Breda University of Applied Sciences taught bachelor programmes and five English taught master programmes. With a focus on the development of academic knowledge and the promotion of sound professional practice, the specialist disciplines of Breda University of Applied Sciences are: In the fields of tourism, leisure and hospitality, Breda University of Applied Sciences is the largest education institute in the world. According to the league table of Dutch universities of applied sciences of ‘’, Breda University of Applied Sciences is one of the best universities of applied sciences in the Netherlands for many years. Breda University of Applied Sciences prepares for practical management-level positions in
The Surrender of Breda 1637 Breda was recaptured by Frederick Henry after a four-month siege, and in 1648 it was finally ceded to the Dutch Republic by the Treaty of Westphalia. Velázquez painted "The Surrender of Breda" as a tribute to Spanish arms and Ambrogio Spinola. Diego Velázquez and Ambrogio Spinola had been thrown closely together “During the voyage from Barcelona to Genoa, in 1629… The artist must also have been more deeply affected than others by the tragic result of the siege of Casale, which occurred soon after the voyage – how Spinola was shamefully sacrificed; and how, mortified at the slur cast