The Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences (abbreviated as: RUAS; Dutch: Hogeschool Rotterdam) is a large vocational university located in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

It was created in 1988 by a large-scale merger of 19 higher education schools followed by a merger with the Hogeschool voor Economische Studies.

It teaches at ten campuses in Rotterdam and one in the nearby city of Dordrecht.

student body is around 39,000.

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