User Experience Design - English - 3 years - Full-time
Whether it’s a smart fridge that stocks itself up online, or a watch that tracks activity, the user experience of digital technology is a reality for every professional designer. As a prospective student of User Experience Design (UXD) at The Hague University of Applied Sciences (THUAS), you might already have some initial ideas of how to improve daily lives with technology. UXD takes this one step further and teaches you is to hone your creativity by putting the end user of your product at the forefront of the design process.
Testimonials
On working with real clients
Felix Kaufman
‘We’re now working on a project for the canteen at THUAS to design an app that helps customers in making healthier choices. Through the app you get bonus points when you buy healthy food and you can use these points later to buy healthy smoothies. I really like the fact that we can combine research with working with real clients.’
On motivation
Grace Wabbijn
‘It’s very interesting seeing what moves people, why they do things. And how you then adapt your design in such a way that your product can be used in a way that is fun and easy for people. Through our research, we can ultimately create something that can really help people.’
On making choices
Osman Öztürk
‘I like to concentrate on design and everything related to design: websites, apps and more. You learn techniques here and how to do research in the way in which design is used. This is very interesting. You first need to know what you are doing it for, for whom and why. It means that a design does not have to be 'attractive', but that you do need to know why it was designed that way.’
Admission
UXD, 2019-2020
You have a Dutch diploma
To begin the 3-year bachelor's degree programme in User Experience Design, you should have a vwo-diploma with the appropriate profile.| HAVO |
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You have a non-Dutch diploma
You don’t need to be a budding mathematician or a genius in mechanics to enrol for UXD. However, you’ll need a secondary school diploma equivalent to that of higher Dutch VWO and a good command of English.
Before we can decide on your eligibility, we’ll need to assess your secondary school certificate. To make sure your certificate is evaluated fairly, we work with NUFFIC, an organisation that specialises in the assessment of international education qualifications.
Bachelors candidates who are educated in the Netherlands, UK, Ireland, USA, Canada (Quebec only when the education language is English), Australia, New Zealand, South Africa or Malta, or students holding a diploma (including English as an exam subject) stated on this diploma list, don’t need to take an English proficiency test.
All other prospective students are required to hand in a valid and sufficient language test.
Please check our entry requirements for more information.
If you completed your prior education in another country than those listed above, you might still qualify for exemption, if:
- you have an American or International High School Diploma, or
- you have an European or International Baccalaureate Diploma.
Please contact the Enrolment Centre and ask for details.
If you have not quite reached the level you need to enrol for a degree but your results are promising, we offer an the Prep School programme, which takes six months or one year. On completion of this, you will not only be ready to join a bachelor's, but you’ll also have learned a lot about the Netherlands, The Hague and our university.
Student for a day
Get a taste of student life
2 November 2019
Open Day
Attend UXD classes like Project Design for Emotion and Psychology of Experience and meet our current creatives and lecturers. This is also your chance to experience how UXD coaches you and your fellow students to become innovative designers.
Student for a day
Shadow a current UXD student and experience what it’s like to study at THUAS. You will participate in brainstorming sessions with existing workgroups and attend useful introductory lectures like: Programming Basics and Building Engaging Prototypes. These could help you decide what type of designer you would like to be and how you can exploit your passion for technology.