Fontys offers 200 bachelor's and master's study programmes in the fields of economics, technology, health care, social work, sports and teacher training.

Fontys scores above-average in the study fields of engineering, IT, logistics as well as business administration and management (consisting of the study programmes International Business (IB), Marketing Management (MM), and International Finance & Control (IFC).

[8] The ranking is done annually by the Centre of Higher Education Information and published in the Keuzegids HBO.

[10] About 11% of Fontys students come from abroad;[11] they represent more than 70 countries around the world, with a large delegation from Germany.

The Student Facilities department at Fontys University of Applied Sciences offers advice and support about financial affairs, course-related matters, practical matters, sports facilities and student associations, supervises during the course of studies and provides information about events relating to the study process.

Fontys School of Fine and Performing Arts (Dutch: Fontys Hogeschool voor de Kunsten – FHK) groups all educational programs in the visual and performing arts under the same roof in a building known as the Kunstkluster ('Art cluster') located in the centre of the city.

At first, the Venlo University of Applied Sciences was established on the grounds of the former country estate De Wylderbeek (whose forest still contains protected artifacts from Roman times).

[15] Several renovations and expansions helped the campus buildings ("which were originally built by a congregation of nuns in 1965")[16] remain "state of the art on the inside and outside".

[18] Although Venlo's city centre was rebuilt after the Second World War, it has buildings dating back to the 14th century.

[20] Both the location on the River Meuse and its close distance to Germany make Venlo one of Europe's most important logistics hotspots.

In their third academic year, Fontys students are given the opportunity of studying abroad for one semester at one of the mentioned partner universities.

Amongst others, these internships are useful for building a professional network and getting work experience which eases getting a job after studies.

[28] Fontys has partnerships with more than 500 international companies including 3M, Adidas, Bayer, BMW, Coca-Cola, Daimler AG, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, Henkel, IKEA, KPMG, L'Oréal, Metro AG, Nike, Inc., Philips, Porsche, Robert Bosch GmbH, Siemens, Sony, Vodafone and Volkswagen.