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Hogeschool is a Dutch word that refers to a certain type of institution of higher education.
- After 1986 in the Netherlands, currently to be translated as university of applied sciences.
- Before 1986 in the Netherlands research schools with a limited scope (e.g. Katholieke Economische Hogeschool Tilburg, Technische Hogeschool Delft, Landbouw Hogeschool Wageningen). These school were renamed universities in 1986.
- In Belgium, it is translated as university college