Minor Crowd Safety in Hubs & Events
Everyone wants to feel secure at a festival, a football match, or in a bustling shopping street. With global trends and developments, effective crowd management is crucial. Learn how by closely collaborating with industry partners in the Crowd Safety in Hubs & Events minor.
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Choosing a minor is an important decision. That's why we will help you make your choice.
Why choose this minor?
- You will learn how to prevent accidents from happening in crowded areas
- You will contribute to a safer world by developing your analysing and problem solving skills
- You will develop multidisciplinary skills in the fields of crowd science, event logistics, mobility management and crowd simulations
- You will join a lot of (international) fieldtrips to gain experience with crowds
About this minor
This minor is all about the prevention of accidents and incidents in crowded places. Just think of city centres and parks, railway stations, festivals, but also events, such as Pride Amsterdam, carnival or the Tilburg Fun Fair. The main purpose is to prevent unsafe situations by defining, preparing, researching, analysing and improving the ‘place to be’.
The minor gives you the opportunity to get into contact with key players in the field of safety, such as the Event Safety Institute and GK Still International, who are unparalleled in their knowledge of crowd safety. Dedicated experts will guide you through this minor. All relevant safety aspects of crowded areas will be discussed, and it is up to you to apply all the knowledge gathered in real-life cases.
Nowadays, a lot of attention has already been paid in studies to create experiences. In this minor you will learn how to manage them and to keep them safe. That is a definite value added! Not only if you study Built Environment or Logistics, but also if you want to work in the event sector, the tourism industry, the hotel world or the facility services industry, this minor is a good choice.
After this minor
Upon completion of this minor, you will have the skills to prevent accidents by assessing and analysing risks in crowded areas. You will understand crowd dynamics, have developed modelling and communication skills, and expanded your network in a challenging industry.
Practical information
When
Monday 1 September 2025 – Friday 30 January 2026
Where
All classes and meetings will take place on the BUas campus in Breda.
Teaching method
The minor provides a combination of theory and practical experience by means of lectures and challenging international case studies and field trips.
How to apply?
You can choose this minor if you study at BUas, but students from other higher education institutes are also warmly invited to join. This makes for a diverse and inspiring classroom!
- How to apply: BUas students
For BUas students, the application option in Osiris opens from March. When you apply in Osiris you can indicate two preferences, these can be two different minors at BUas, but you should also indicate if you prefer to take an external minor.
Please note that application will be open from 24 February to 28 March 2025 and that applicants will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.
- How to apply: non-BUas students
All information regarding the minors for 2025 -2026 is available on Kies op Maat. From 3 February to 16 May, the application option and thus the download of the learning agreement will be open on Kies op Maat.
The full step-by-step plan:
- Download the learning agreement on Kies op Maat. Ask your own university of applied sciences to sign the learning agreement for approval.
- Start your application via Studielink – this is possible until 27 June. Go to the Study Programmes tab and click 'add new enrolment application'. Then click at 'Educational institution' on Breda University of Applied Sciences and enter 'Minor' or 'KOM' as search term. A list of BUas KOM minors per academy will appear. Make sure you apply for the right minor. Click here to see the correct manner to start your application on Studielink. After registering in Studielink you will receive two emails: one confirming your registration with BUas and immediately afterwards an email containing the login codes for and the link to Osiris Registration from BUas. If you do not receive the second e-mail, check your spam first and otherwise send an e-mail to [email protected].
- Receive access to My Online Application. Here you can complete – and keep track of – the next steps of your application.
- Upload the signed learning agreement in My Online Application (note: the learning agreement must be signed by your own university of applied sciences and yourself before uploading it on My Online Application)
- Request ‘Proof of Paid Tuition Fee’ statement. Since you are coming to BUas temporarily for a minor, it is important that you arrange payment with your own university of applied sciences. Once you have arranged payment, you will need to provide BUas with proof by means of a ‘Proof of Paid Tuition Fee’ statement. You can request this statement via Studielink, see the step-by-step plan here. Should it not be possible to request this via Studielink, you will need to contact your university of applied sciences yourself to request this document.
Make sure you complete all steps on time, as mentioned there are deadlines for downloading the learning agreement and starting your application. Once you have made a start in My Online Application, you have until 1 September / the start of the minor at the latest to complete your steps. Please note:
- Some minors have limited numbers of places available. Students will be admitted in order of application.
- If you are a student of an institution affiliated to Kies op Maat, the rules and agreements of Kies op Maat apply. The costs of the minor will be settled between BUas and your home institution. As a student, you won’t notice anything about this.
- If you are a student from a government-funded institution that is not affiliated to Kies op Maat, we will make separate arrangements about financing the minor before the start of the minor.