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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
VU University Amsterdam (Dutch: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) or VU is a university in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, founded in 1880. 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 [as in liberated] University”. Both within and outside the University, the institution is commonly referred to as “the VU” (pronounced somewhat like ‘vew’ as in ‘new’). In English, therefore, the university uses the name “VU University”.
Though founded as a private, faith-based institution, VU has received government funding on a parity basis with public universities since 1970. Over the past decades, VU has transformed from a small, Protestant institution into a broad, research-intensive university attended by a wide variety of students of diverse backgrounds.
The university is located on a compact urban campus in the southern Buitenveldert neighbourhood of Amsterdam and adjacent to the modern Zuidas business district.
In 2012, VU had about 24,500 registered students, most of whom were full-time students. Measured in FTE, the university had 2,250 faculty members and researchers, who were supported by 1,500 administrative, clerical and technical employees. The university’s annual endowment for 2013 is around € 450 million. About three quarters of this endowment is government funding, the remainder is made up of tuition fees, research grants, and private funding.
The emblem of the university is the griffin. The position of its wings symbolizes the freedom in the university’s name: freedom from both state and church.
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Ph.D. Candidate, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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Assistant Professor in Communication, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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Professor of Ecotoxicology of Delta and Coastal Waters, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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Professor of Social Anthropology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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Research assistant professor, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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Associate Professor in Social and Organizational Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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Professor of Clinical Child and Family Studies, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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Researcher VU Amsterdam, Project Manager SusPhos, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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Postdoctoral fellow, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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Postdoctoral researcher in photosynthesis, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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Visiting scholar of Sociology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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Professor of Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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Marie Curie Research Fellow, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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Assistant professor, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
