Hanzehogeschool Groningen
- Type
- Research, Education & Health Organisation
- Location
- Groningen, Netherlands
- Industries
- Alternative proteins, Food ingredients & products, Food safety & quality, New food processing techniques, Waste efficiency, Arable farming, Crop / plant science
- Technologies
- Fermentation, Analytical measurement, Extraction, Biotechnology & sustainable inputs, Measurement & sensing, Processing
About Hanzehogeschool Groningen
Hanzehogeschool Groningen, known internationally as Hanze University of Applied Sciences, is a broad university of applied sciences based in Groningen, the Netherlands. It is the oldest comprehensive university of applied sciences in the country and operates as a foundation with its statutory seat in Groningen. (hanze.nl)
The institution serves students, professionals, and regional partners through practice-oriented education and applied research. Its positioning emphasizes strong links between teaching, research, and societal challenges, with a clear focus on sustainability and the needs of Northern Netherlands. Hanze presents itself as an institution that prepares students for professional practice while contributing to innovation in the region. (hanze.nl)
Hanze also highlights a broad campus footprint in Groningen, with multiple teaching and specialist locations, and provides dedicated contact channels for students and stakeholders. This supports its role as a large, multi-school higher-education institution with a wide service offering. (hanze.nl)
Core Values
- Sustainability: Hanze consistently frames sustainability as a core institutional priority, linking it to education, research, and operations. It explicitly aligns its ambitions with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. (hanze.nl)
- Responsibility: The university describes responsibility as a core value and connects it to socially responsible behaviour, integrity, and careful relationships with society and the work field. (hanze.nl)
- Practical relevance: Hanze emphasizes practice-oriented education and applied research that address concrete societal and professional needs. (hanze.nl)
- Collaboration: The institution works with regional knowledge partners, businesses, and public stakeholders to develop and implement solutions. (publicaties.hanze.nl)
Unique Aspects
- Oldest broad university of applied sciences in the Netherlands: Hanze highlights its long history and broad institutional profile as a differentiator in the Dutch higher-education landscape. (hanze.nl)
- Strong regional innovation role: The university is part of the Northern Netherlands knowledge and innovation network, which underlines its embeddedness in regional development and applied innovation. (publicaties.hanze.nl)
- Visible sustainability ambition: Hanze has set public sustainability goals around gas reduction, zero waste, and renewable energy use, showing a more operationally ambitious sustainability profile than many peers. (hanze.nl)
- Project leadership in applied innovation: In the supplied known news, Hanze is identified as leading technological development in a cross-border innovation project, which reinforces its role as a research and development coordinator. (hanze.nl)