The Higher Education Review

Sheltering a whopping 30,000 students, 6,000 staff members and 3,000 Ph.D. scholars who study and work in different fields, the University of Amsterdam (UvA) is the largest university present in the country. Having a long enriched history, the UvA encompasses research activities and is the most sought after university in Europe. The UvA was established in 1632 as Athenaeum Illustre by Gerardus Vossius (a Dutch classical scholar and theologian) who lectured on 'De Historiae Utilitate' (usefulness of history). On the following day, Caspar Barlaeus (a Dutch polymath and Renaissance

humanist, theologian, poet and historian) presented his famous lecture on the wise merchant ­ 'Mercator Sapiens'. Walking through the path shown by the two renowned scholars, the University of Amsterdam has stood firmly for four centuries with a plethora of Bachelor's, Masters and other holistic programmes.

"Having a long enriched history, the UvA encompasses research activities and is the most sought after university in Europe"

The Bachelor's programme includes 75 courses in topics like Actuarial Science, Ancient Studies, Arabic Language and Culture, Archeology and Prehistory, Biology, Biomedical Sciences, Business Administration, Econometrics, English Language and Culture, Philosophy, Tax Law, Fiscal

Economy, Medicine, History, Media and Information, Political Science, Psychology, and more. Compared to the number of courses in the Bachelor's curriculum, the Master's curriculum has 199 courses in total. The Master's courses include Accountancy and Control, Actuarial Science and Mathematical Finance, American Studies (History), Archeology, Argumentation, Rhetoric and Communication, Art and Performance Research Studies, Artificial Intelligence, Biological Science, Biomedical Sciences, Business Administration and others. The quality of education at the UvA is ensured by the results of the students over the years and the teaching methodologies practiced at the University of Amsterdam are no match to others.