EVA is the accreditation operator of professional bachelor, academy profession and diploma programmes as well as the specialisation courses (adult education and continuing training).

The following colleges, which issue professional bachelor, academic bachelor and master degrees, are recognised by the Flemish government:

The restrained smile of a professional bachelor, desperate to hide how desperate he was.

The professional bachelors are on avionics, chemistry, electronics, ICT and mechanics.

These vocational institutions offer 3-4 year 'professional bachelor degrees'.

Justin the schoolboy rugby star, Justin the professional bachelor, burying his loneliness in numbers.

All citizens of the Netherlands who complete high school at the pre-academic level (vwo) or have a professional bachelor's degree at hbo level are eligible to attend university.

The former professional bachelor now talks about doing up a house, about starting a family.

The professional (non-academic) graduate degree has been replaced by a professional bachelor's degree of 3 years.

Updike was Zenith's professional bachelor; a slim-waisted man of forty-six with an effeminate voice and taste in flowers, cretonnes, and flappers.