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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.
This is a list of American-style colleges and universities outside the United States. It is meant to include only free-standing universities or satellite campuses , not programs by which one may study abroad at a non-American university.
The Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam [a] (abbreviated as VU Amsterdam or simply VU when in context) [7] is a public research university in Amsterdam, Netherlands, being founded in 1880. The VU Amsterdam is one of two large, publicly funded research universities in the city, the other being the University of Amsterdam (UvA).
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 ...
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.