It has a strong internationalization programme and offers over 85 English Master programmes taught in English, as well as a number of Dutch and English language courses. The University of Amsterdam (UvA) should not be confused with Amsterdam's second university, the VU University. In 2006, the UvA joined the League of European Research Universities (LERU). The universities work together to invest in European 'centres of excellence', with the aim of maintaining Europe's strong position in the global knowledge economy.
History
The predecessor of the University of Amsterdam, the Athenaeum Illustre, was founded in Amsterdam in 1632 to educate students in Trade and Philosophy. Lessons were generally given at the professors' homes, as the establishment was not yet a proper university.
The Athenaeum remained a small institution until the nineteenth century, with no more than 250 students and eight teachers. The situation changed in 1877 when the Athenaeum Illustre became the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and was permitted to confer the highest educational degrees.
Years of rapid growth lay ahead. There were 900 students at the University of Amsterdam by 1900. This figure had risen to 2,500 by 1935, and to 7,500 by 1960. More fields of study and research were introduced, and new university departments were established.
Research
The University of Amsterdam has an outstanding reputation for research both at a national and an international level. The quality assessments carried out by formal evaluators, the UvA's success in national and international competitions for research funding, and the fact that the UvA is an respected partner in many collaborative international research projects all attest to the quality of its researchers. The University of Amsterdam is a member of the prestigious European League of Research Universities, which also includes the Universities of Leiden and Utrecht.
In recent years, the number of doctoral degrees conferred by the University of Amsterdam has risen to over 330 per year. The University's thriving doctoral programmes provide an excellent foundation for high-quality research and education.
The University of Amsterdam is a comprehensive, classical university, with an annual internal research budget of around € 80 million. In addition to this amount, faculty members and institutes are often successful in securing prestigious external grants, such as those awarded by the NWO (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research).
University of Amsterdam research institutes:
AMC Research Intitute (Medicine)
Amsterdam Business School Research Institute
Amsterdam Center for International Law
Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication
Amsterdam Centre for Conflict Studies
Amsterdam Institute for Metropolitan and International Development Studies
Amsterdam Institute for Private Law
Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis
Amsterdam School for Social Science Research
Amsterdam School of Communications Research
Astronomical Institute Anton Pannekoek
Centre for Environmental Law
Hugo Sinzheimer Institute (Labour and Law)
Informatics Institute
Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics
Institute for High Energy Physics
Institute for Information Law
Institute for Logic, Language and Computation
Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies
Institute for Theoretical Pysics
Institute of Culture and History
Korteweg-De Vries Institute for Mathematics
Leibniz Center for Law
Psychology Research Institute
Research Institute in Economics and Econometrics Amsterdam
SCO-Kohnstamm Institute (Child rearing, education and child welfare)
Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences
Tinbergen Institute (Economics)
Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences
Van der Waals-Zeeman Institute
Library
The Library of the University of Amsterdam is located in a number of buildings all over the city. Apart from the central UvA Library (UB) on the Singel there are also individual faculty libraries, and together they have around four million volumes and a large collection of manuscripts. The library also offers a range of useful digital services. See the library website for more information.
Faculties
he University of Amsterdam has seven faculties which conduct education and research in the humanities, social and behavioural sciences, economics and business, law, science, medicine and dentistry. Each faculty is headed by a dean. Education and research take place in a variety of departments and institutes within the faculties. Each faculty also has a central services department which is responsible for its operational management.
Faculty of Dentistry
Faculty of Economics and Business
Faculty of Humanities
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Medicine
Faculty of Science
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
University of Amsterdam was ranked 53rd in the 2008 THES-QS World University Ranking
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