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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).
Webster University Leiden is a university outside the Dutch system, offering Bachelor and Master programs in the Netherlands. Webster University is a private, non-profit American university, accredited in the United States by the Higher Learning Commission's North Central Association.
The University of Amsterdam began working in close collaboration with the Hogeschool van Amsterdam. In 2008, the University of Amsterdam and VU University jointly founded the Amsterdam University College (AUC), an interuniversity institute that offers a three-year Bachelor (Honors) program in the Liberal Arts and Sciences. [12] [13]
The three universities that jointly operate the Tinbergen Institute all ranked among the top 100 economic schools in the world according to The Tilburg University Economics School Research Ranking [3] based on research contributions from 2016-2020, with the VU ranked 39th, followed closely by the EUR which is ranked 42nd and the UvA which is ...
Windesheim was administratively associated with VU University Amsterdam after the merger, but this arrangement ended in 2012. Both institutions now have their own independent boards and organizations. In September 2006, Windesheim transitioned to the bachelor's/master's degree system. [citation needed]
This public funding is entirely output-based, determined by the number of undergraduate and graduate degrees delivered. Except for this output-based funding, Dutch universities are almost entirely private entities (i.e. foundations) that, since 1998, own and operate their real estate at their own risk [ 1 ] ; moreover, the employees of Dutch ...
The AUC programme is a fully accredited joint bachelor programme of the VU University Amsterdam and the University of Amsterdam (UvA). The Dutch government allocates responsibility for accreditation to the NVAO (the Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders). The AUC programme was accredited by the NVAO on 2 September 2008.
van den Bergh, 2011. Jeroen Cornelis Johannes Maria van den Bergh (born August 1, 1965) is an environmental economist of Dutch origin. [1] As of January 2015 he was ICREA Research Professor at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and deputy director for Research of its Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, and professor of Environmental and Resource Economics at VU University Amsterdam.