hogeschool

Onder het voeren van de naam hogeschool wordt tevens het voeren van deze naam in samenstellingen verstaan, alsmede het voeren van de naam hogeschool in vertalingen.

You had spend 2 years at a Belgian 'high school' (in the sense of 'secundair onderwijs', not 'hogeschool':) )?

Already exists in Europe, the 'hogeschool' in Belgium & the Netherlands and the 'fachhochschule' in Germany.

Since the English language does not differentiate between the terms ‘hogeschool’ and ‘universiteit’, it is appropriate for both to translate into ‘university’.

Also all the people were from applied universities (hogeschool).

In afwijking van artikel 1.22, eerste lid, wordt de naam hogeschool in het Engels aangeduid met «university of applied sciences» dan wel, bij hogescholen die opleiden tot een bepaald beroepsprofiel, «university» met daarachter het vakgebied.

I did Communication and Multimedia Design at the Hogeschool van Amsterdam, and they did a lot of stuff like that: having a dialogue with your teacher or exams where you could bring a couple of handwritten notes.

The reason 'hogeschool' studies aren't as good as a proper CS degree has very little to do with vocational studies being inherently inferior to a more theoretically grounded education, it has to do with the fact that these vocational schools are known for being easier than their university counterparts, which attracts a certain audience, which leads to the courses getting dumbed down.

Dad works at a "hogeschool" as teacher among other things and mom is a doctor.

If that's what you want, there's also the "hogeschool" which also counts as higher education, but practical, professional education, whereas university is called "scientific education".

The law defines which schools are allowed to call themselves "hogeschool", and also that the English translation of that word is "university of applied sciences" or, if limited to a specific job profile, "university of <said profile>".

I have done 2 ethics courses during my education at a Dutch 'Hogeschool' (honestly not sure how this maps to US education wikipedia says 'Vocational university').