University of Amsterdam

The University of Amsterdam (UvA), known in Dutch as Universiteit van Amsterdam, is a public research university in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Founded in 1632, it is one of Europe's oldest and most prestigious universities. UvA has over 40,000 students, 6,000 employees, and 3,000 PhD candidates. The university offers more than 60 bachelor's programmes (including over 20 English-taught) and 250+ master's programmes and tracks (including over 150 English-taught). It operates three main campus areas in Amsterdam: the historic city-centre campus (Universiteitskwartier), Roeterseilandcampus, and Science Park. UvA is accredited by the Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO) and participates in the European Universities alliance EPICUR. Its faculties include Economics & Business, Humanities, Medicine, Social and Behavioural Sciences, Science, Law, and Dentistry (ACTA).