Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences - HRO (reviews)

“Rotterdam hogeschool” is a very average college, that did its job to host my studies about computer science. The teachers where decent in what they knew, but not the best in human connection. Also, the building was old, and it stank in the hallways.

I picked the Master River Delta Development program, expecting technical coursework on dikes and water management. What I got was a much bigger picture—how deltas shape economies, cities, and entire ways of life, and how engineers, planners, and policymakers actually need to work together to manage them.
Rotterdam is basically the perfect classroom for this. You’re studying delta management in a city that’s spent centuries fighting, adapting to, and living with water. Field trips weren’t theoretical — you’d be standing on an actual storm surge barrier or walking through a floodplain redevelopment project the same week you studied it in class.
The program’s strength is its mix of disciplines. You’re not just doing hydraulics—you’re pulled into spatial planning, governance, and stakeholder management, often through real projects with companies and municipalities. Group work with classmates from wildly different backgrounds (engineering, geography, and urban planning) forced you to communicate technical ideas to non-technical people, which turned out to be one of the most useful skills I picked up.
It’s intense—juggling technical rigour with policy and design thinking isn’t easy, and the international cohort means adjusting to different working styles fast. But if you want a master’s that treats river deltas as living systems, not just engineering problems, this program delivers exactly that.

They provide a great deal of real world learning environment. They mainly focus on hands-on learning, projects, internships, and real industry work. Those can make a person more confident as well as adaptive to real world challenges which can make easier the path of sustainable career development.

Studying International Business we moved to a new building in my third year of University. The new building is amazing and has an encouraging atmosphere. I am constantly surrounded by different cultures and encouraged to meet new people. I was able to design my own learning path, choose topics I was interested in, and study abroad. The course could be a little more structured and I think the university could work on its communication sometimes, but overall I am really satisfied with my decision.