university of applied sciences

noun

An institution of higher education, which provides tertiary and sometimes quaternary education and grants professional degrees in a variety of subjects that typically lead to careers in e.g. engineering, nursing, commerce.

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professional universityvocational university
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Meanings

noununiversity of applied sciences (plural universities of applied sciences)

plural universities of applied sciences

  1. An institution of higher education, which provides tertiary and sometimes quaternary education and grants professional degrees in a variety of subjects that typically lead to careers in e.g. engineering, nursing, commerce.

    Synonyms: professional university, vocational university

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn institution of higher education, which provides tertiary and sometimes quaternary education and grants professional degrees in a variety of subjects that typically lead to careers in e.g. engineering, nursing, commerce.

Similar
professional universityvocational university
Also see
polytechnicprofessional universityvocational university

Translations

Dutch hogeschool, hbo-school
  • hogeschoolschool
  • hbo-schoolschool
Estonian rakenduskõrgkool
  • rakenduskõrgkoolschool
Finnish ammattikorkeakoulu
  • ammattikorkeakouluschool
German Fachhochschule
  • Fachhochschuleschool
Swedish yrkeshögskola
  • yrkeshögskolaschool
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Chicago

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