Karel de Grote University of Applied Sciences and Arts (KdG) stands for sustainable development, for students, staff and society.

In a mutual interaction, based on an inviting learning, living and working environment. Driven to let students perform to the best of their abilities and work towards top quality. Driven by values, Christian inspired, open towards other ideologies.

Vision

Together, with both feet firmly in the real world, we turn KdG into a warm, sincere and dynamic environment. We aim high, always respectfully, and give anyone a fair chance.

Our alumni, students and staff take their responsibility when it comes to the creation of a sustainable society. Well-thought and confident.

Strategy

KdG devotes attention to

• Intercultural dialogue and acting
• The power of co-creation
• Motivation and self-management
• Entrepreneurship
• Flexibility

Values

Our values are:

• Student-oriented approach
• Result-driven
• Reliable cooperation
• Committed to turn the world into a better place
• Sustainable innovatio

Learning context

KdG’s learning context is innovative and challenging. KdG offers each student and staff member an intercultural experience, @home or international. In a co-creative atmosphere with students, alumni, teachers and professionals KdG enlarges its powerful and interdisciplinary learning environments. Our methods encourage knowledge sharing and learning through experiences and cases, across fields of study. We also implement new methods of workplace learning.

KdG makes room for audacity, exploration and experiment. We think of ‘failure’ as an actual learning opportunity.  That is why our curricula, our education and evaluation methods pro-actively anticipate new workplace and society developments, on a solid basis and drawn up for students.

At KdG learning support and empowering feedback both serve as a structural part of the learning environment. We have high hopes for our students, esp. in inflow, transfer and graduate-competences and rely on their responsibility in achieving these competences.

Campus life!

The KdG-campuses are alive!

KdG works and connects, locally and globally. There is room for debate and diversity in each campus. KdG makes participation work. Students actually have a say in how life is organized on campus. The way campuses are organized encourages co-creation; KdG stimulates and supports sustainable ideas  that lead to a vivid campus life. KdG welcomes new and enticing ideas that inject campus life with a dash of inspiration and dynamism. This way we reveal the full potential of our talents, every day, and also outside our learning context.