WELCOME TO THE UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM

THE UVA IS THE #1 RESEARCH UNIVERSITY IN THE NETHERLANDS (QS RANKING 2022)
WELCOME AT THE UVA
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Congratulations on your new position at the University of Amsterdam! Geert ten Dam, President of the Executive Board, would like to welcome you.

INSPIRING GENERATIONS
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The UvA is a leading player in the academic world. If we are to maintain our position as a leader across this broad spectrum of disciplines, academic innovation is essential. We want to achieve this through the following ambitions:

  • Education and research: we continue to deliver top quality across the board
  • Students: we invest in excellent and inspiring education
  • Partners: we enhance our work through external collaboration
  • Responsibility: we put our public values into practice
  • Staff: we are a magnet for talent
  • Organisation: we are agile thanks to our process and governance design

More information on these ambitions and how we will achieve them in the coming years can be found in our Strategic Plan 2021 – 2026.

Read more about the strategic plan

 

OPEN CITY CAMPUS
CITY CENTRE
CAMPUS
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The City Centre Campus is home to the Faculty of Humanities, which includes both established disciplines and pioneering fields of study. Housed in monumental buildings in the heart of Amsterdam, its unique location underlines the cultural and historical ties between the University and the city.

ROETERSEILAND CAMPUS
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On this campus you will find the Faculties of Economics and Business, Social and Behavioural Sciences and Law. Roeterseiland also welcomes students from other faculties to the student cultural centre, CREA, with its café, theatres and studios.

AMSTERDAM SCIENCE PARK
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One of the largest science campuses in Europe. The Amsterdam Science Park is a hub for research, innovation and entrepreneurship, with major research institutions and about 120 companies and spin-offs, as well as the large University Sports Centre and Amsterdam University College.

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER
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A meeting place for outstanding scientific talent. Where the medical disciplines collaborate and work together, and students put their studies into practice by working with doctors, nurses and patients.

UVA IN
NUMBERS

39,000
STUDENTS
5,500
EMPLOYEES

 

10,000 ACADEMIC
PUBLICATIONS
EACH YEAR

 

4 CITY CAMPUSES
3,000 PHD
RESEARCHERS

 

200+
MASTER’S
PROGRAMMES
200+
ENGLISH-TAUGHT
PROGRAMMES
7
FACULTIES

70+
BACHELOR’S
PROGRAMMES
100+
NATIONALITIES

 

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