Are you curious to find out which programme is right for you? Tio offers a variety of bachelor programmes and vocational training courses in the fields of hotel management, event management, tourism, business and marketing. Tio’s bachelor’s degrees take either three or four years, while its level-4 vocational training courses (mbo4-opleidingen, only available in Dutch) can be completed in just one or two years.
Why choose a private study course at Tio?
Are you curious about what extras set a Tio study course apart from other degree programmes? Below, you can read why students choose Tio’s small-scale, personal and high-quality education and how you can benefit from our unique approach as well.
Tio University of Applied Sciences offers you the option of accelerated studying in a pleasant and safe environment. You are surrounded by motivated students and lecturers with extensive practical experience in their respective field.
Tio University of Applied Sciences offers both bachelor courses and vocational training courses. That means you get to study in small groups – circa eleven students per lecture, on average – and receive plenty of personal attention and guidance. As opposed to subsidised education, Tio offers students the opportunity to complete their studies in less time. Here is an overview of the various benefits of a private education, compared to one subsidised by the government:
Students about their choice
You are in your last or second-to-last year of your general secondary or pre-university education and you face an important choice: what will you be studying next? What do you want to be later? To help you make this major decision, we have asked some new Tio students how they reached their decision and why they chose Tio.
Choosing between higher professional education or research university?
Have you not yet decided between a bachelor’s degree at a university of applied sciences or one at a research university? Below, we will explain the various differences between a bachelor’s degree and a university degree. The choice is yours.
Learning for a profession | Learning to conduct research |
Clear career prospects | Unclear career prospects |
Lots of contact hours | Fewer contact hours and more independent study |
Mainly practical and with a practical focus | Mainly theoretical |
Putting knowledge into practice | Discovering and sharing new knowledge |
Skills and attitude for position/profession | Skills for research and science |
Many different subjects | Fewer subjects, more in-depth approach |
Course content spread out | Course content often concentrated, high pace |
Personal guidance | Less personal, find everything out for yourself |
Learn as part of a group | Focus on independent learning |
Lectures in (small) classes | Lectures in large lecture halls |
Multiple internships and a final thesis | Optional internship/final thesis |
Students are trained for a position/profession | Students are trained for a field of expertise |
Choosing quality
The choice of a study course is an important one for your future. How can you make this decision? There are tools to find out whether you are, for example, looking at a bachelor’s degree of high quality. Studiekeuze123 is a website that lets you compare study courses and see how current students rate their respective study courses. The Higher Education Guide publishes an overview of the best study courses in the Netherlands every year. Both tools can help you make the right decision for your future.
Show moreShow less
Study choice check
If you want to be sure that you are making the right choice, the Tio study choice check is perfect for you. To find out whether a study course is right for you, you can sign up for a non-binding study choice check from Tio. This study choice check may consist of e.g. attending an open day or a trial study day, tagging along with a Tio student for a day, conducting a personal meeting or a financial consultation. Once you have been accepted at Tio, you may be called in for a non-binding meeting with your future study coach to discuss your study choice.
If your prior education does not tie in sufficiently with the study course you wish to enrol in, an intake interview and an assessment will be scheduled. Based on the outcome of this interview and the assessment, you may be accepted into the study course after all.
Even after 1 May
Tio’s study choice check is available even after 1 May. During the holiday periods and in the summer months, Tio is open every working day. You are hereby invited to stop by and experience Tio for yourself.
Show moreShow less
Career opportunities after graduation
Your Tio degree opens a multitude of career paths for you. Do you want to know what these are? Take a look at what you can do after completing your Tio bachelor’s degree.
Job opportunities after graduating at Tio
