The University of Amsterdam has its origins in the Athenaeum Illustre (1632) and, with over 30,000 students, over 5,000 employees and an annual budget of 600 million euros, is one of the largest general research universities in Europe. This ‘Electronic Fact Book' provides current and detailed facts and figures about the University.
Degree Programmes
(open for intake starting September 2015)
|
|
Total |
English taught |
Joint degree with VU |
Joint degree with Aarhus |
|
Bachelor's Programmes |
57 |
5 |
1 |
- |
|
Master's Programmes |
66 |
52 |
1 |
- |
|
Research Master's Programmes |
21 |
16 |
1 |
- |
|
Dual Master's Programmes |
7 |
2 |
- |
- |
|
Teacher Training Programmes (Master's) |
23 |
- |
- |
- |
|
Executive Master's Programmes |
11 |
8 |
- |
1 |
Students
(reference date 1 October 2014)
Total enrolled: 31,186
Number of first-year students: 7,992*
* Number of students enrolling at the UvA for the first time (at the Bachelor's, pre-Master's or Master's level)
Research in 2014
Number of PhDs awarded: 492
Number of scientific publications (excluding duplicates): 9,172
Staff 2014**
UvA employees:
Academic members of staff, excluding doctoral candidates: 2,369 (1,852 FTE)
Members of staff in non-academic positions: 2,425 (1,873 FTE)
Doctoral candidates: 1,340 (941 FTE)
** excluding the Amsterdam Medical Center (AMC)