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Over 30,000 students attend the University of Amsterdam. From its original focus on Trade and Philosophy the original Athenaeum Illustre has expanded into a comprehensive university featuring almost all academic disciplines.

The University of Amsterdam is one of the major comprehensive universities in Europe with a budget of 560 million EUR. It has a strong internationalisation programme featuring active student exchange programmes, Bachelors programmes and over 100 Masters study programmes taught in English.
The UvA currently has students, staff and researchers from over 80 countries and offers a truly multi-national environment.

The university comprises seven faculties covering humanities, social and behavioural sciences, law, economics and business, medicine, dentistry and science.

The UvA offers a comprehensive range of academic programmes with multiple options to pursue studies within or across disciplines all the way from Bachelor through to PhD level and further. UvA staff publish over 7,500 scholarly articles each year. The university's fundamental academic research is world-class in many respects. The applied research programmes are frequently of an interdisciplinary nature and often focus on social issues.

The UvA offers an inspiring, broadly oriented international academic environment where staff and students can develop their capacities to the fullest. The UvA is characterised by a critical, creative and international atmosphere, open-minded and strongly engaged with society. Because the university is located in both historic and modern buildings spread throughout the heart of the city, it forms an integral part of the intellectual and cultural life of Amsterdam.

Faculty

Number of Faculty Staff	Headcount: 0 FTE: 3,232	Total number of academic faculty staff who are responsible for planning, directing and undertaking teaching only, research only or both teaching and research. Please include: vice-chancellors, deputy vice-chancellors, principals, professors, heads of school, associate professors, principal lecturers, tutors or postdoctoral researchers. Please exclude research assistants, PhD students who contribute to teaching, and exchange scholars or visiting faculty staff who are members of another university. The important distinction for us is that staff counted as 'research only' should be academically involved in that research and should be likely to publish research outputs. A research assistant, in our understanding, is any individual who is not doing own research and is therefore not likely to publish own research outputs. Said individual is (only) involved in research in terms of operation execution , such as lab technician or equipment operator.
Number of International Faculty Staff	Headcount: 0 FTE: 724	Number of academic faculty staff who are of foreign nationality. The term 'international' is hereby determined by citizenship. For EU countries, this includes all foreign nationals, even if from another EU state. In Hong Kong, this includes professors from Mainland China. Inclusion and exclusion mirrors those for academic faculty staff. In case of dual citizenship, the 'deciding' criteria should be 'citizenship obtained through birth', basically first passport obtained.

Undergraduate Information

Number of Undergraduate Students	Headcount: 17,897 FTE: 17,271	Number of students pursuing a Bachelor’s level or equivalent degree. This excludes certificates/diplomas and associate’s degrees.
Number of International Undergraduate Students	Headcount: 689 FTE: 675	Number of undergraduate students who are foreign nationals. The term 'international' is hereby determined by citizenship. For EU countries, this includes all foreign nationals, even nationals of other EU states. In Hong Kong, this includes students from Mainland China. In case of dual citizenship, the 'deciding' criteria should be 'citizenship obtained through birth', basically first passport obtained. Please exclude all exchange students. As for language students, if the language students take up a particular language course that is outlined as 'undergraduate degree program' they should be included under 'international undergraduate students' . Language students who take part in a course not contributing to a degree qualification should be counted under 'Total International Students'.
Average International Undergraduate Fees	$ EUR 7,000	Average tuition fees per academic year (two semesters) that an international student would be expected to pay for an undergraduate program, with ‘program’ referring to the complete range of courses contributing to a degree. FAQ: How do I calculate average fees?
Average Domestic Undergraduate Fees	$ EUR 1,565	Average tuition fees per academic year (two semesters) that a domestic student would be expected to pay for an undergraduate program, with ‘program’ referring to the complete range of courses contributing to a degree. FAQ: How do I calculate average fees?

Graduate / Postgraduate Information

Number of Graduate / Postgraduate Students	Headcount: 10,434 FTE: 9,633	Students pursuing a higher-level degree (Master and Doctorate), including both taught and research postgraduates (e.g. PhD students)
Number of International Graduate/Postgraduate Students	Headcount: 1,166 FTE: 1,132	Number of graduate / postgraduate students who are foreign nationals. The term 'international' is hereby determined by citizenship. For EU countries, this includes all foreign nationals, even nationals of other EU states. In Hong Kong, this includes students from Mainland China. In case of dual citizenship, the 'deciding' criteria should be 'citizenship obtained through birth', basically first passport obtained. Please exclude all exchange students. As for language students, if they take up a particular language course that is outlined as 'postgraduate degree program', they should be included under 'international postgraduate students'. Language students who take part in a course not contributing to a degree qualification should be counted under 'Total International Students'.
Average International Graduate / Postgraduate Fees	$ EUR 9,000	Average tuition fees per academic year (two semesters) that an international student would be expected to pay for a graduate / postgraduate program, with ‘program’ referring to the complete range of courses contributing to a degree. FAQ: How do I calculate average fees?
Average Domestic Graduate / Postgraduate Fees	$ EUR 1,565	Average tuition fees per academic year (two semesters) that a domestic student would be expected to pay for a graduate / postgraduate program, with ‘program’ referring to the complete range of courses contributing to a degree. FAQ: How do I calculate average fees?

Students

Total Students	Headcount: 28,331 FTE: 26,914	Total number of students.
Total International Students	Headcount: 1,855 FTE: 1,803	Number of students who are foreign nationals. The term 'international' is hereby determined by citizenship. For EU countries, this includes all foreign nationals, even nationals of other EU states. In Hong Kong, this includes students from Mainland China. In case of dual citizenship, the 'deciding' criteria should be 'citizenship obtained through birth', basically first passport obtained.
Total Outbound Exchange Students	Headcount: 248	Total number of students registered at your institution who have attended another institution on an exchange program for at least 1 semester in the last 12 months.
Total Inbound Exchange Students	Headcount: 373	Total number of students attending your university on international exchange programs for at least 1 semester in the last 12 months.
Average International Student Fees	$ EUR 8,000	Average tuition fees per year that an international student would be expected to pay for any course
Average Domestic Student Fees	$ EUR 1,565	Average tuition fees per academic year (two semesters) that a domestic student would be expected to pay for any program, with ‘program’ referring to the complete range of courses contributing to a degree. FAQ: How do I calculate average fees?

Graduate Output

Proportion of Graduates Pursuing Further Study	Headcount: 10 %	Proportion of graduates from undergraduate programs pursuing further study at your own institution or any other within 6 months after graduation.
Proportion of Graduates Employed	Headcount: 86 %	Proportion of graduates (excluding those opting to pursue further study) in permanent employment within 6 months of graduation
Number of PhDs Awarded	Headcount: 378	Total number of PhDs awarded in the last 12 months

Range of Fees

Tuition fees for the 2009-2010 academic year are as follows (in EUR):

Bachelor's students from non-EU/EEA countries: 7,000
Master's students from non-EU/EEA countries: 9,000
Full-time EU/EEA students under 30: 1,620
Full-time EU/EEA students over 30: 1,945
Part-time EU/EEA students under 30: 1,215
Part-time EU/EEA students over 30: 1,458

Basic TOEFL/IELTS requirements

Non-native speakers of English need to take an English language test. Applicants must, en general, have a minimum TOEFL score of 600 (250 for the computer based test, 100 for the internet based test) or a minimum IELTS score of 6.5. Please note that minimum requirements may differ per programme, see www.uva.nl/isp.

Accommodation

The university does not have a formal campus for students. Student housing is spread throughout the city, as are the University buildings. The university assists students enrolled in the English taught programmes to find housing during their first year.

Accommodation Range

350 - 600 EUR per month

Finance and Scholarships

Amsterdam Merit Scholarships
The University of Amsterdam aims to attract talented students and so offers the most promising non-EU students a scholarship
For more information, please visit www.uva.nl/ams

Other scholarships
In addition to the Amsterdam Merit Scholarships, numerous other scholarships are available. In some cases students can make use of the Dutch government system of student grants and loans. For more information, please visit www.uva.nl/scholarships

Entry Requirements

Entry requirements and deadlines for applications vary per programme. For more information, please visit www.uva.nl/isp

Language Support

Various courses are available at UvA Talen, the language centre of the UvA, for students wishing to improve their English. For more information, please visit www.uvatalen.nl

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Graduate School for Humanities
Graduate School of Social Sciences
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Anthropology
- Cultural anthropology and sociology in non-western societies - Full Time
Biological Sciences
- Bio-exact - Full Time
- Biology - Full Time
- Life sciences - Full Time
- Psychobiology - Full Time
Communications/Media
- Communication science - Full Time
- Media and culture - Full Time
Computing/Information Technology
- Artificial intelligence - Full Time
- Computer science - Full Time
- Information science - Full Time
- Information Studies - Full Time
Creative/Performing Arts
- Theatre studies - Full Time
Earth Sciences
- Earth sciences - Full Time
- Human geography - Full Time
- Life sciences - Full Time
- Spatial Planning - Full Time
Economics
- Actuarial studies - Full Time
- Econometrics and operational research - Full Time
- Economics - Full Time
- Political Science - Full Time
- Tax economics - Full Time
Education/Training
- Behaviour and society - Full Time
- Educational Science - Full Time
- Pedagogical sciences - Full Time
Geography
- Earth Sciences - Full Time
- Spatial Planning - Full Time
Health/Para-medical Studies
- Biomedical Sciences - Full Time
- Dentistry - Full Time
- Medical Informatics - Full Time
- Psychobiology - Full Time
- Psychology - Full Time
History/Archaeology
- Archeology & prehistory - Full Time
- Art history - Full Time
- History - Full Time
Humanities
- Cultural studies - Full Time
- European Studies - Full Time
- Musicology - Full Time
Languages
- Arabian language and culture - Full Time
- Dutch language and culture - Full Time
- English Language and Culture - Full Time
- French language and culture - Full Time
- German language and culture - Full Time
- Greek language and culture - Full Time
- Hebrew language and culture - Full Time
- Italian language and culture - Full Time
- Latin Language and culture - Full Time
- Modern Greek and Latin language - Full Time
- Romanian language and culture - Full Time
- Slavic language and culture - Full Time
- Spanish language and culture - Full Time
Mathematics
- Mathematics - Full Time
Medicine/Medical Sciences
- Dentistry - Full Time
- Medical Informatics - Full Time
- Medicine - Full Time
Philosophy
- Philosophy - Full Time
Physical Sciences
- Biomedical Sciences - Full Time
- Chemistry - Full Time
- Earth Sciences - Full Time
- Physics and astronomy - Full Time
Politics
- Political sciences - Full Time
Psychology
- Psychobiology - Full Time
- Psychology - Full Time
Sociology/Social Studies
- Cultural anthropology - Full Time
- Cultural anthropology and sociology in non-western societies - Full Time
- Educational Science - Full Time
- Information Studies - Full Time
- Political Science - Full Time
- Sociology - Full Time
Theology/Religion
- Religious Studies - Full Time
- Religious studies - Full Time
- Religious studies - Full Time

Amsterdam Merit Scholarship . 120 available @ EUR 0: Amsterdam Merit Scholarships
The University of Amsterdam aims to attract talented students and so offers the most promising non-EU students a scholarship. Amounts vary per programme (6,000 - 21,000).

For more information, please visit www.uva.nl/ams
HSP Huygens Programme . 32 available @ EUR 0: The prestigious HSP Huygens programme is open to excellent students from all countries of the world. It is aimed at talented students who want to come to the Netherlands in the final phase of their bachelorâ€™s studies or during their masterâ€™s studies. PhD applications can only be accepted from excellent students from Croatia and Turkey.

The Dutch Ministry for Education, Culture and Science has made seven million euros per year available for international excellent students coming to the Netherlands under the HSP Huygens programme. There is no fixed number of available scholarships, but the actual number is determined by the total cost of the variable components of the scholarships.

The Dutch Ministry has reserved part of the total budget for excellent students following programmes in Dutch language and literature (Neerlandistiek). The candidates of Neerlandistiek must meet the same criteria as all other candidates.
MTEC Scholarships . 0 available @ EUR 0: The MTEC LLM International and European Law scholarships
Are meant for students and residents of the Matra-countries, who have completed their LLB with flying colours and who satisfy the criteria for admission to the LL.M. International and European law of the Faculty of Law, University of Amsterdam. Applicants should both be nationals of one of the participating countries and be resident in one of these countries.

Covers tuition fees, travel, accomodation etc. Candidates must have excelled in their LLB and have usually begun their legal career. Most candidates over 35 yrs of age.
Netherlands Fellowships Programme (NFP) . 0 available @ EUR 0: The Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science offers scholarships to students from a wide range of countries under the terms of various cultural agreements and other agreements of co-operation.

The Netherlands Fellowships Programme (NFP) is part of the Dutch government's programme of development co-operation and consists of four programmes of which two are for university students:

University Fellowships Programme (UFP)

Jan Tinbergen Scholarships Programme (TSP) for international and Dutch students

The following two fellowship programmes are designed specifically for professionals:

Regular Fellowships Programme (RFP)

Special Fellowships Programme (SFP)
Other scholarships . 0 available @ EUR 0: For other scholarship possibilities please visit the website www.uva.nl/scholarships or use the NUFFIC grantfinder: www.grantfinder.nl.

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