About university

The University of Amsterdam is an intellectual center with more than 30,000 students, 3000 PhDs, 6000 employees and 100 different nationalities. The mission of the university is to train future leaders, conduct scientific research and publish the results. The university offers 200 English-language master's programs and about 20 bachelor's programs. Teaching at the university is conducted in two languages. Training can be conducted in Dutch and English. The University is a leading international research institute that values and promotes research. The University is home to 21 research institutes, a leading organization for 12 national research schools and a proud member of LERU, a network of prestigious European research institutes universities. $ Over the past decade, the university has received more than 100 grants from the European Research Council, more than any other Dutch university, and more than 400 grants from the Dutch scientific organization research. $ Education at the university is based on scientific research. The University encourages students to acquire international experience, the number of foreign students is constantly growing, and an increasing number of joint programs with leading international partners. $ The University conducts leading research in a number of areas and answers new questions in innovative ways. As a center of leading international research, with outstanding scientists and graduates, the university attracts knowledge-intensive companies, entrepreneurial talents and investors to the Amsterdam region. Research and teaching take place in seven faculties. They are based on four campuses, where different students from all over the world gather.