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University status City Organisation Type Number of staff Number of students Members of the Universities of the Netherlands association: University of Amsterdam [1] 1632: 1877 [2] Amsterdam: Public: Research university: 4,062: 32,739 Academic Medical Center: 1983: Amsterdam: Amsterdam University College: 2008: Amsterdam Vrije Universiteit ...
The University of Amsterdam's municipal status brought about the relatively early addition of the faculties of Economics and Social Sciences. After the World War II the dramatic rise in the cost of university education put a constraint on the university's growth. [12] [13] Buildings of the University of Amsterdam.
Amsterdam University College (AUC) offers a Liberal Arts and Sciences programme leading to a joint Bachelor’s (Honours) degree issued by the UvA (University of Amsterdam) and VU (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam). AUC is based on the American Liberal Arts and Sciences model, with students living and studying together on an international campus ...
Instruction at the undergraduate level tends to be in Dutch, but it is in English for most Masters and PhD programs. Dutch universities used to offer only four- or five-year courses. Since 2002 most of them now offer three-year undergraduate programmes, leading to a bachelor's degree, and one- or two-year Master's programmes.
To apply to university, students must submit a single application via UCAS's online Apply service. The application itself requires the student to register to the service, giving a "buzzword" if applying through a centre, fill in personal details, write a personal statement and choose up to five courses to apply to, in no order of preference.
University admission or college admission is the process through which students enter tertiary education at universities and colleges. Systems vary widely from country to country, and sometimes from institution to institution. In many countries, prospective university students apply for admission during their last year of high school or ...
The Dutch Student Union (Dutch: Landelijke Studentenvakbond, LSVb; lit. "National Student Union"), founded in 1983, is one of the two national students' unions of the Netherlands . LSVb represents the interests of university and hogeschool ( vocational university ) students in eight Dutch municipalities, often collaborating with the Dutch ...
The university maintains ties with the University of Amsterdam. [4] The 2,300 employees of the AUAS serve more than 40,000 students. An important way of learning is via work placements. All students at the AUAS have a practical work period in order to get on-the-job experience in the field of their study.