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Fontys provides education and research. As a broad-based university, we are the largest public knowledge institute in the southern Netherlands. Fontys wants to be an innovation engine by linking its education and research to innovation processes within and outside the regions. Fontys has an enormous impact due to its education and research in almost all sectors of society. Because of our representation in key positions in almost every sector, everyone who lives and works in the southern Netherlands comes into contact with Fontys, either directly or indirectly. We educate large groups of talented young adults in a great many professions. After their training, we meet them as colleagues, as internship coaches, as partners in cooperation or research, or as professionals who wish to enrich or deepen their knowledge. Our organization is in good order. Students and employees are satisfied and give us 'seven minus' and 'seven-plus' respectively. Fontys is financially healthy, and the quality of our education is also in good order. The essential qualities that we demand of ourselves are sustainably anchored in control and accompanying evaluation cycles. We regard ourselves as a knowledge and innovation partner of regions and professional fields. Fontys aims to be an educational institution that is 'inspiring growth through support & challenges' and an educational organization at which students can grow and learn to think more laterally, i.e., to 'think bigger.' Fontys aims to achieve these objectives by providing support and challenges to its students, staff, and all relevant stakeholders. The core objective is to promote an organization-wide mentality that will result in continuous attention for quality improvement in education, content, and processes. Fontys focuses on Bachelor education and Master degree programs financed by the Dutch government. Education is organized well and provided in professional education environments. Fontys strives to achieve high quality, embedding its activities solidly within society while achieving a leading position as a knowledge institution nationally and in its regional environments. Quality is a critical feature of Fonty's vision. Fontys strives to achieve a level of quality that will match any higher education institution in the European context. We offer students the prospect of discovering their talents and developing into start-ready professionals who accept social responsibility, contribute to innovations in their professional field and continue to develop optimally in their way. We work on innovations in the professional field on themes that are relevant to the regions. Here, we work together with the government, institutes, and companies on research and development for innovation in the region and invest in the ecosystem in which students and employees can (continue to) professionalize. Fontys has an exact social assignment: offering inspiring, challenging, and high quality higher vocational education and practical research that has significance for society. Education and research are appropriate for current and future questions, the student's needs, the professional field, and the (regional) society. We want to formulate, prioritize, research, and, if possible, resolve the questions of the future jointly with our partners. Fontys delivers an essential contribution to these necessary changes by meeting more than the student's needs and the world of the future. Our significance also lies in our effect on implementing society's changes – regional, national, and international. Our added value lies in our proactive role – in the joint designing and development of a sustainable and fair society. We deliver this added value by linking talent development to change in societal sectors and fields of work. Our function as an open knowledge institute is to link education and research to current societal issues. This is how we contribute to innovation in work, the professional context, and social sectors. We form the regional, national, and international agendas in cooperation with our social partners. We are proactive and future-oriented to have the necessary impact on society, today and in the future. We deliver this added value by investing in talents. For us, talent is a personal natural aptitude or characteristic that enables you to contribute to society. Talent allows people to use their strengths. Fontys is there for everyone who wants to discover and develop their talents at the higher vocational level and everyone who wants to continue their professional development. We offer space to all cultural and social backgrounds. View full university