Animal Husbandry - Equine, Sports and Business

Combine your passion for horses and business. With 50% horse-related courses and 50% business courses.

Are horses your passion? And do you want to learn all about the business surrounding them? The Bachelor Equine, Sports and Business brings the world of horses and business together.

Why choose this equestrian programme?

This Bachelor programme anticipates the future of the equine sector through its international character, its key focus on horse welfare and sustainability, and its links with the professional field. All to ensure you will get a good start in the equine and business world with the right knowledge and skills.

• You can combine your passion for horses and business administration to the max here. With 50% equine subjects and 50% business subjects. That is entirely unique in the world of higher education.
• Horse welfare, sustainability and innovation in sport and business weave the common thread: how will the equestrian sector become sustainable and future-proof?
• The ties with the professional field are close, which results in great excursions, assignments and internships at companies.
• The international focus of the study programme provides a huge network in the international equestrian sector. This allows you to intern or find a job 'anywhere in the world'.
• There are many job options available to you after graduation. For instance as an online marketeer, event manager, employee of the equestrian federation or sales consultant. Inside and outside the equine industry.

What you will learn

You will study business administration (50%) and equine-related subjects (50%). Therefore each term has two modules: one on business administration (with subjects such as marketing, sales, finance and event management), and one on horses (with subjects such as nutrition, health, physiology and genetics). You start very broadly with a lot of information and then specialise in your minor, internship and graduation assignment.

• You will understand all facets of horses and the business around them.
• The majority of projects are tackled in groups. You will therefore work a lot together with your fellow students.
• Your first internship is at a horse company. During your second internship, you will gain work experience in the service industry. This could be at an equestrian company or somewhere else entirely.
• Your minor has a link to horses, to commercial business or to equestrian business administration. And you can complete it with us, or at another national or international university.

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Kastu feedback about the program after the visit

• It’s a business management program, that goes around the animals but those who want to study something like veterinary will not like this program.
• Students are learning about animal’s behavior, nutrition etc. But mostly it’s about how to make the animal happy and productive for the market.
• Students try to include sustainability principles in everything they do. For example, the students have organized a “Happy race”, which was a horse race, but the main criteria were that the horse would really enjoy the race and be healthy and not pushed to win.
• With Equine program, students often work in the stables but they don't ride or do something particular with the horses (unless in their own free time) because they are oriented in the management of the equine business.