Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam)
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam) is a public institution in Amsterdam, Netherlands, accredited by Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO); Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science; European Higher Education Area (EHEA / Bologna Process since 1999). Primary language: Dutch. AlmiStudy lists 5 canonical subject areas, all verified against Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO); Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science; European Higher Education Area (EHEA / Bologna Process since 1999).
- Country
- Netherlands (NL)
- City
- Amsterdam
- Control
- public
- Language
- Dutch
- Accreditation
- Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO); Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science; European Higher Education Area (EHEA / Bologna Process since 1999). Verify on the public registry · last verified 2026-05-16.
- Source
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam) Official Website · tier: tier_1_official
- Website
- https://vu.nl/en
Subjects offered
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Humanities · Science · Social Sciences · Behavioural and Movement Sciences · Law · Economics and Business · Religion and Theology · Medicine (Amsterdam UMC) · Dentistry
Founded in 1880, the Vrije Universiteit ('Free University') Amsterdam is a major Amsterdam research university (~30,000 students), originally founded as an independent (Reformed-Protestant) institution, now a broad secular research university with strong sciences, medicine (Amsterdam UMC), and social sciences.
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