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English taught programmes
4 years, Bachelor
2 years, Final Phase Bachelor
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Bachelor of Animal Husbandry
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The Bachelor (engineer, ing.) is accredited by the NVAO, the Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders.
Bachelor of Animal Husbandry
For dynamic all-rounders
The animal sector is highly dynamic. In the Netherlands alone, 415,000 people ride horses. Some 70,000 companies are involved with horses, their turnover totalling EUR 1.3 bn. Things are also changing fast with regard to farmed animals. While the number of dairy farmers is falling, farm production is rising rapidly.
None of this would be possible if the fullest attention were not paid to the care, health and welfare of animals. Together with business management, marketing and innovation, these lie at the heart of this degree programme.
But nowadays a growing number of farms are adding extra activities to their core jobs as producers. A dairy farmer might start a campsite, for example.
As an entrepreneur, service provider or consultant, you will be involved in all such changes - though you will need expertise in several domains: breeding, trade, horsemanship, animal behaviour, sport, and welfare. By then, however, you will have an excellent understanding of animal and business management, of the various business types involved in the livestock and dairy industries, and of the many suppliers they depend on.
The sector needs well-trained specialists like you! Upon graduation, you will qualify for a wide range of jobs - as an entrepreneur or business manager, as a business advisor, or as a supplier. You will also qualify for a job in banking or insurance, or as an organiser of sporting events. You could become a manager, project manager or strategic policy assistant. Or how about a job with the British Horse Society? Because this internationally focused degree programme has been shown to open doors worldwide!