How we make impact

This is how we strengthen education, research, and collaboration within and beyond THUAS

Building sustainable societal progress

We are THUAS. The international learning and research community where resilient go-getters from diverse cultures, backgrounds, and perspectives work together on sustainable societal progress through high-quality education and practice-oriented research.

At THUAS, we are building sustainable societal progress. Here, everyone has the opportunity, the space, and the network to help shape ground-breaking solutions together with our partners and the professional field. Solutions to complex societal challenges, such as the depletion of our planet, geopolitical tensions, digital vulnerability, and increasingly polarised debates. In this regard, our diversity is our greatest source of inspiration and the driving force for good.

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Our core values

Curious

We have a genuine desire to understand how the world works, because only then can we help it move forward sustainably. That is why we continually seek out fresh perspectives and unexpected insights in our education and research. We challenge our assumptions and ask searching questions.  That genuine curiosity helps us grow as professionals, as people, and as a society.

Connecting

Within our community, we encourage exchanges that broaden horizons.  We create encounters that matter: between disciplines, cultures, partners, and the professional field.  Wherever sustainable societal progress is being advanced, we actively seek collaboration.

Caring

We care about your well-being. That is why our community is a safe, welcoming, and accessible place where everyone feels seen and heard. We pay attention to personal development and mental wellbeing. Did things not go as expected? Then we support each other. However large our community may be, we are always close by and involved.

Committed

We are a community of resilient go-getters. Convinced of our goals and driven to obtain them. Continuously striving for the highest quality of education and research. Give up quickly? That’s not what we do. We are determined to make society juster and we encourage each other: obstacles do not stop us.  Together with the professional field, we prefer taking sustainable steps forward. Because we realise: societal progress is not achieved in a day.

Unesco Associated School

THUAS has been a UNESCO Associated School since 2009. We are committed to international unity, tolerance and solidarity, and we address all UNESCO themes through a variety of activities such as lectures, workshops, and debates. On our UNESCO page, you can read more about what it means to be part of the UNESCO Associated Schools network.