
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Change your world
UNIQUE IDENTITY
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam ('VU Amsterdam') is an internationally renowned research university founded in 1880. The university offers over 190 English-taught programmes at Bachelor's, Master's and PhD level to more than 24,000 students from all over the world. Students and staff of 84 nationalities create a dynamic international academic community.
HIGH QUALITIY EDUCATION
The teaching style at VU Amsterdam can be described as student-centered: we stimulate students to develop their own opinion through independent and creative thinking. This means that teaching is mainly conducted in small tutorials, where interactivity is the norm rather than the exception. At every opportunity, students are encouraged to engage in constructive dialogue with their
VU MASTER'S EVENT
Come to the VU Online Master’s Event on December 6. Change your world. Study at VU Amsterdam:
CAMPUS
VU Amsterdam is a campus university: almost all university buildings are situated on one site, with teaching & research facilities and several leisure activities all together. It is located in the business district of Amsterdam, so that during your studies you can also get a glimpse of the business world.
OUR CAMPUS IS
- a modern international campus, with student housing just a five minute bike ride away
- situated in the middle of the most dynamic and fastest growing business districts in Europe
- within walking distance of all facilities
- well connected to public transport
- a 15 minute tram ride from the historic city centre
- an 8 minute train journey away from Schiphol Airport
- developing continuously to make VU Amsterdam a more sustainable place to work and study: new sustainable research, new university buildings, while old buildings are refurbished to improve sustainability

AMSTERDAM, THE CITY OF BYCYLES
As soon as you set foot in the Dutch capital, there's no escaping them. And why would you want to? Cycling is the perfect way to get around in such a charming and compact city.
As a student of VU Amsterdam, you stand to benefit from all the advantages offered by the capital. In just about fifteen minutes, by bike or by tram, you are in the lively centre of Amsterdam. It is virtually unique in having all the advantages of a big city – culture, history, good food, entertainment and extensive public transport – but with relatively few of the drawbacks. The city is small, there are plenty of quiet spots where you can kick back and relax and, thanks to its canals, it has relatively little traffic. Yet, it still has plenty to offer!
STUDENT SERVICES
An International Student Advisor (ISA) assigned to the faculty you are interested in will help you with the application procedure and any other information you may need. Once you have been admitted to the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdams programme, the Services-teams at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam International Office can help you find accommodation and apply for a visa and residence permit (if applicable). The International Office offers orientation periods for international students in August, consisting of social events, sports activities and a cultural programme.

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Department / School information and available programmes:
International Marketing & Communications department
Programme List:
- Clinical and Developmental Psychopathology (Research Master) MSc
- Cognitive Neuropsychology (Research Master) MSc
- Genes in Behaviour and Health (Research Master) MSc
- Human Movement Sciences: Sport, Exercise and Health (Research Master) MSc
- Human Movement Sciences: Sport, Exercise and Health MSc
- Muscoloskeletal Physiotherapy Sciences MSc
- Psychology: Work and Organizational Psychology MSc
- Social Psychology: Regulation of Social Behaviour (Research Master) MSc
Programme List:
- Archaeology: European Archaeology MA
- Archaeology: Mediterranean Archaeology MA
- Arts and Culture: Comperative Arts and Media Studies MA
- Arts and Culture: Contemporary Art History MA
- Arts and Culture: Design Cultures MA
- Classics & Ancient Civilizations (Research Master) RM
- Classics and Ancient Civilizations MA
- Communication and Information Studies: Dialogue, Health and Society MA
- Communication and Information Studies: Multimodal Communication MA
- Curating Art & Cultures MA
- Heritage Studies MA
- History: Global History and International Studies MA
- History: Medical and Health Humanities MA
- History: Religion and Society MA
- Humanities: Critical Studies in Art and Culture (Research Master) RM
- Humanities: Environmental Humanities (Research Master) RM
- Humanities: Global History (Research Master) RM
- Humanities: Linguistics (Research Master) RM
- Humanities: Literature and Contested Spaces (Research Master) RM
- Humanities: Philosophy (Research Master) RM
- Linguistics: Language Description and Comparative Linguistics MA
- Linguistics: Text Mining MA
- Literary Studies: English Literature in a Visual Culture MA
- Philosophy: Philosophy of Law and Governance MA
- Philosophy: Philosophy of Neuroscience MA
- Philosophy: Philosophy, Bioethics and Health MA
Programme List:
- International Business Law LLM
- International Business Law: Climate Change and Corporations LLM
- International Business Law: Commercial Transactions LLM
- International Business Law: Markets and Behavior LLM
- International Crimes, Conflict and Criminology LLM
- Law and Politics of International Security LLM
- Law: European and International Law LLM
- Law: International Migration and Refugee Law LLM
- Law: International Technology Law LLM
Programme List:
- Artificial Intelligence: Cognitive Science MSc
- Bioinformatics and Systems Biology: Bioinformatics MSc
- Bioinformatics and Systems Biology: Systems Biology MSc
- Biomedical Sciences: Immunology MSc
- Biomedical Sciences: Infectious diseases MSc
- Biomedical Sciences: International Public Health MSc
- Biomedical Sciences: Neurobiology MSc
- Biomedical Sciences: Science Communication MSc
- Biomedical Sciences: Science in Society MSc
- Biomedical Technology and Physics MSc
- Biomolecular Sciences: Biological Chemistry MSc
- Biomolecular Sciences: Molecular Bioinformatics MSc
- Biomolecular Sciences: Molecular Cell Biology MSc
- Chemistry (Joint Degree UvA-VU): Analytical Sciences MSc
- Chemistry (Joint Degree UvA-VU): Molecular Sciences MSc
- Chemistry (Joint Degree UvA-VU): Science for Energy and Sustainability MSc
- Computational Science (Joint Degree UvA-VU) MSc
- Computer Science (Joint Degree UvA-VU): Big Data Engineering MSc
- Computer Science (Joint Degree UvA-VU): Computer Systems Security MSc
- Computer Science (Joint Degree UvA-VU): Foundations of Computing and Concurrency MSc
- Computer Science (Joint Degree UvA-VU): Internet and Web Technology MSc
- Computer Science (Joint Degree UvA-VU): Parallel Computing Systems MSc
- Computer Science (Joint Degree UvA-VU): Software Engineering and Green IT MSc
- Computer Security MSc
- Drug Discovery and Safety: Computer-Aided Drug Design (CADD) MSc
- Drug Discovery and Safety: Diagnostics and Imaging MSc
- Drug Discovery and Safety: Molecular Pharmacology MSc
- Drug Discovery and Safety: Molecular Toxicology MSc
- Drug Discovery and Safety: Synthesis of Drugs MSc
- Earth Sciences: Earth and Climate MSc
- Earth Sciences: Geology and Geochemistry MSc
- Earth Sciences: Global Environmental Change and Policy MSc
- Ecology and Evolution (Joint Degree 3 Universities): Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution MSc
- Ecology and Evolution MSc
- Environment and Resource Management: Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity MSc
- Environment and Resource Management: Energy and Climate MSc
- Environment and Resource Management: Global Food Challenges MSc
- Environment and Resource Management: Global Sustainable Futures MSc
- Environment and Resource Management: Global Water Challenges MSc
- Global Health (Research Master) MSc
- Hydrology MSc
- Information Sciences MSc
- Management, Policy Analysis and Entrepreneurship in Health & Life Sciences: Health & Life Sciences-based Communication MSc
- Management, Policy Analysis and Entrepreneurship in Health & Life Sciences: Health & Life Sciences-based Communication MSc
- Management, Policy Analysis and Entrepreneurship in Health & Life Sciences: Health and Life Sciences-based Management and Entrepreneurship MSc
- Management, Policy Analysis and Entrepreneurship in Health & Life Sciences: Health and Life Sciences-based Policy MSc
- Management, Policy Analysis and Entrepreneurship in Health & Life Sciences: International Public Health MSc
- Mathematics MSc
- Neurosciences (Research Master) MSc
- Physics and Astronomy: Advanced Matter and Energy Physics MSc
- Physics and Astronomy: Astronomy and Astrophysics MSc
- Physics and Astronomy: Biophysics and Biophotonics MSc
- Physics and Astronomy: Gravitation, Astro- and Particle Physics MSc
- Physics and Astronomy: Science for Energy and Sustainability MSc
- Physics and Astronomy: Theoretical Physics MSc
- Science, Business & Innovation: Energy and Sustainability MSc
- Science, Business & Innovation: Life and Health MSc
Programme List:
- Communication Science MSc
- Culture, Organization and Management MSc
- Political Science: Democracy, Power and Inequality MSc
- Political Science: Global Environmental Governance, Sustainability and Climate Change MSc
- Political Science: International Relations, Security and Global Order MSc
- Social and Cultural Anthropology MSc
- Societal Resilience (Research Master) MSc
Programme List:
- Accounting and Control MSc
- Business Administration: Duisenberg Honours Programme in Corporate Finance MSc
- Business administration: Finance MSc
- Business Administration: Financial Management MSc
- Business Administration: Human Resource Management MSc
- Business Administration: International Management MSc
- Business Administration: Leadership and Change Management MSc
- Business Administration: Management Consulting MSc
- Business Administration: Strategy and Organization MSc
- Business Analytics (Research Master) MSc
- Business Analytics: Optimisation of Business Processes MSc
- Business Analytics: Computational Intelligence MSc
- Business Analytics: Financial Risk Management MSc
- Business Data Science (Research Master) MSc
- Digital Business and Innovation MSc
- Econometrics and Operations Research: Climate Econometrics MSc
- Econometrics and Operations Research: Econometric Theory MSc
- Econometrics and Operations Research: Econometrics and Data Science MSc
- Econometrics and Operations Research: Financial Econometrics MSc
- Econometrics and Operations Research: Financial Engineering MSc
- Econometrics and Operations Research: Marketing Data Science MSc
- Econometrics and Operations Research: Operations Research Theory MSc
- Econometrics and Operations Research: Quantitative Economics MSc
- Econometrics and Operations Research: Quantitative Logistics MSc
- Economics: Development Economics MSc
- Economics: Global Challenges MSc
- Economics: International and Macroeconomic Policy MSc
- Economics: Labour and Health MSc
- Economics: Market Analytics MSc
- Economics: Public Policy MSc
- Entrepreneurship (Joint Degree UvA-VU) MSc
- Finance: Duisenberg Honours Programme in Finance and Technology MSc
- Finance: Duisenberg Honours Programme in Quantative Risk Management MSc
- Marketing MSc
- Spatial, Transport and Environmental Economics: Environmental Economics MSc
- Spatial, Transport and Environmental Economics: Real Estate Economics and Finance MSc
- Spatial, Transport and Environmental Economics: Transport Economics MSc
- Spatial, Transport and Environmental Economics: Urban and Regional Economics MSc
- Tinbergen Institute Mphil in Economics MSc
- Transport and Supply Chain Management MSc