The Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU or VU Amsterdam) is a public research university in Amsterdam, Netherlands, founded in 1880, and consistently ranks among the top 150 universities in the world by major ranking tables. The VU is one of two large, publicly funded research universities in the city, the other being the University of Amsterdam (UvA). The literal translation of the Dutch name Vrije Universiteit is "Free University". "Free" refers to independence of the university from both the State and the Dutch Reformed Church. Both within and outside the university, the institution is commonly referred to as "the VU".
Although founded as a private institution, the VU has received government funding on a parity basis with public universities since 1970. The university is located on a compact urban campus in the southern Buitenveldert neighbourhood of Amsterdam and adjacent to the modern Zuidas business district.
As of October 2021, the VU had 29,796 registered students, most of whom were full-time students. That year, the university had 2,263 faculty members and researchers, and 1,410 administrative, clerical and technical employees, based on FTE units. The university's annual endowment for 2014 was circa €480 million. About three quarters of this endowment is government funding; the remainder is made up of tuition fees, research grants, and private funding.
The official university seal is entitled The Virgin in the Garden. Personally chosen by Abraham Kuyper, the Reformed-Protestant leader and founder of the university, it depicts a virgin living in freedom in a garden while pointing towards God, referring to the Protestant Reformation in the Netherlands in the 16th and 17th century. In 1990, the university adopted the mythical griffin as its common emblem.

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Master of Arts [M.A] (History - Global History and International Studies)

Master of Arts [M.A] (Archaeology - Mediterranean Archaeology)

Master of Arts [M.A] (Humanities Research - Global History)

Master of Arts [M.A] (History: Religion and Society)

Bachelor of Arts [B.A] (History and International Studies)

Bachelor of Arts [B.A] (Communication and Information Studies - Language and Media)

Master of Science [M.Sc] (Management, Policy Analysis and Entrepreneurship in Health and Life Sciences)

Bachelor of Arts [B.A] (Communication and Information Studies - Language Learning and Language Teaching)

Bachelor of Arts [B.A] (Archaeology)

Master of Science [M.Sc] (Global Health - Research)

Master of Science [M.Sc] (Health Sciences)

Master of Science [M.Sc] (Physics and Astronomy - Astronomy and Astrophysics)

Master of Arts [M.A] (Comparative Arts and Media Studies - Arts & Culture)

Master of Arts [M.A] (Humanities Research - Literature and Contested Spaces)

Master of Research [M.Res] (Classics and Ancient Civilizations - Research)

Master of Science [M.Sc] (Psychology - Work and Organizational Psychology)

Bachelor of Arts [B.A] (Literature and Society)

Master of Arts [M.A] (Humanities Research - Critical Studies in Art and Culture)

Bachelor of Science [B.Sc] (Economics and Business Economics)

Bachelor of Arts [B.A] (Ancient Studies)

Master (Philosophy of Law and Governance)

Master of Science [M.Sc] (International Crimes, Conflict and Criminology)

Master of Research [M.Res] (Clinical and Developmental Psychopathology)

Bachelor of Science [B.Sc] (Psychology)

Master of Philosophy [M.Phil] (Economics - Research)

Master of Science [M.Sc] (Drug Discovery and Safety)

Master of Science [M.Sc] (Political Science - Global Environmental Governance, Sustainability and Climate Change)

Master of Laws [L.L.M] (International Business Law)

Master of Laws [L.L.M] (Law and Politics of International Security)

Master of Science [M.Sc] (Finance - Duisenberg Programme Quantitative Risk Management)

Master of Science [M.Sc] (Bioinformatics and Systems Biology)

Master of Laws [L.L.M] (International Technology Law)

Master of Laws [L.L.M] (International Migration and Refugee Law)

Master of Science [M.Sc] (Information Sciences)

Bachelor of Science [B.Sc] (Biomedical Sciences)

Master of Science [M.Sc] (Entrepreneurship)

Master of Science [M.Sc] (Chemistry)

Master of Arts [M.A] (Philosophy, Bioethics and Health)

Master of Science [M.Sc] (Accounting and Control)

Master of Science [M.Sc] (Ecology)

Master of Arts [M.A] (Philosophy of Neurosciences)

Master of Arts [M.A] (Humanities Research - Linguistics)

Master of Science [M.Sc] (Humanities Research - Philosophy)

Bachelor of Science [B.Sc] (Mathematics)

Master of Science [M.Sc] (Business Administration)

Bachelor of Arts [B.A] (Philosophy)

Master of Science [M.Sc] (Computer Science)

Master of Science [M.Sc] (Earth Sciences)

Master of Science [M.Sc] (Business Analytics)

Master of Science [M.Sc] (Biomedical Sciences)

Bachelor of Science [B.Sc] (Business Analytics)

Bachelor of Science [B.Sc] (Artificial Intelligence)

Bachelor of Science [B.Sc] (Computer Science)

Master of Science [M.Sc] (Mathematics)

Master of Arts [M.A] (Design Cultures - Arts & Culture)

Master of Science [M.Sc] (Spatial, Transport and Environmental Economics)

Master of Science [M.Sc] (Cognitive Neuropsychology)

Master of Research [M.Res] (Business in Society)

Master of Science [M.Sc] (Finance)

Master of Science [M.Sc] (Marketing)

Master of Science [M.Sc] (Science, Business and Innovation)

Master of Science [M.Sc] (Econometrics and Operations Research)

Master of Science [M.Sc] (Neurosciences)

Master of Science [M.Sc] (Biomolecular Sciences)

Master of Science [M.Sc] (Human Movement Sciences)

Bachelor of Science [B.Sc] (Econometrics and Operations Research)

Master of Science [M.Sc] (Oncology)

Master of Science [M.Sc] (Hydrology)

Master of Research [M.Res] (Cardiovascular Research)

Master of Science [M.Sc] (Computational Science)

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