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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
De Boelelaan 1105, Amsterdam 1081 HV Netherlands |
#82 in Best Global Universities
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Summary
VU University Amsterdam is a public institution that was founded in 1880. The Dutch university is located in the Zuidas district of Amsterdam, and it enrolled around 23,000 students in a recent year. Tuition costs are higher for non-European Union and non-European Economic Area students. Furnished and unfurnished university accommodations are available for international degree-seeking and exchange students.
The university has 10 main academic divisions: dentistry, economics and business administration, earth and life sciences, behavioral and movement sciences, humanities, law, medicine, sciences, social sciences and theology. In a recent year, the university offered more than 50 bachelor's programs and 160 master's programs. Several English-taught international bachelor's degree programs – including programs in business analytics, computer science and psychology – are available, but the majority of undergrad programs are taught in Dutch. Both Dutch- and English-speaking students have a variety of master's programs to choose from at the university. Around a quarter of the students enrolled in English-taught programs at VU University Amsterdam are international. The school follows a semester-based academic calendar.
The four main teaching and research themes at the university are governance for society, human health and life sciences, connected world and science for sustainability. Some of the university's research centers are the Amsterdam Center for Career Research, the Amsterdam Center for Entrepreneurship and the Institute for Cardiovascular Research. The university is also affiliated with the VU University Medical Center, a teaching hospital.
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Rankings
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is ranked #82 in Best Global Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Rankings
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Subject Rankings
- #92in Arts and Humanities
- #160in Biology and Biochemistry (tie)
- #128in Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems (tie)
- #122in Cell Biology
- #364in Chemistry (tie)
- #62in Clinical Medicine (tie)
- #245in Computer Science
- #55in Economics and Business
- #51in Endocrinology and Metabolism
- #711in Engineering (tie)
- #53in Environment/Ecology (tie)
- #98in Gastroenterology and Hepatology
- #66in Geosciences (tie)
- #169in Immunology (tie)
- #152in Infectious Diseases
- #11in Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences
- #235in Microbiology
- #97in Molecular Biology and Genetics (tie)
- #23in Neuroscience and Behavior
- #61in Oncology
- #197in Pharmacology and Toxicology
- #314in Physical Chemistry (tie)
- #212in Physics
- #371in Plant and Animal Science (tie)
- #17in Psychiatry/Psychology
- #131in Public, Environmental and Occupational Health
- #47in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging
- #43in Social Sciences and Public Health
- #29in Surgery
2022-2023 Indicator Rankings
Thirteen indicators were used to calculate Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam's overall Best Global Universities rank. Here is a breakdown of how this institution ranked relative to other schools for each indicator.
Global score
72.3
Global research reputation
#178
Regional research reputation
#67
Publications
#95
Books
#115
Conferences
#509
Normalized citation impact
#123
Total citations
#75
Number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#73
Percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#98
International collaboration - relative to country
#1042
International collaboration
#324
Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#69
Percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#131
Arts and Humanities overall score
59.0
Arts and Humanities global research reputation
#87
Arts and Humanities regional research reputation
#48
Arts and Humanities publications
#136
Arts and Humanities books
#164
Arts and Humanities normalized citation impact
#72
Arts and Humanities total citations
#102
Arts and Humanities number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#110
Arts and Humanities percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#75
Arts and Humanities international collaboration - relative to country
#260
Arts and Humanities international collaboration
#40
Biology and Biochemistry overall score
47.5
Biology and Biochemistry global research reputation
#304
Biology and Biochemistry regional research reputation
#102
Biology and Biochemistry publications
#145
Biology and Biochemistry normalized citation impact
#245
Biology and Biochemistry total citations
#149
Biology and Biochemistry number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#125
Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#184
Biology and Biochemistry international collaboration - relative to country
#443
Biology and Biochemistry international collaboration
#114
Biology and Biochemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#138
Biology and Biochemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#234
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems overall score
55.2
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems publications
#102
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems conferences
#173
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems normalized citation impact
#192
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems total citations
#130
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#100
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#151
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems international collaboration - relative to country
#224
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems international collaboration
#101
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#91
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#86
Cell Biology overall score
44.2
Cell Biology publications
#145
Cell Biology conferences
#27
Cell Biology normalized citation impact
#112
Cell Biology total citations
#138
Cell Biology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#140
Cell Biology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#113
Cell Biology international collaboration - relative to country
#267
Cell Biology international collaboration
#74
Cell Biology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#100
Cell Biology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#78
Chemistry overall score
50.1
Chemistry global research reputation
#241
Chemistry regional research reputation
#158
Chemistry publications
#540
Chemistry normalized citation impact
#551
Chemistry total citations
#521
Chemistry number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#547
Chemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#638
Chemistry international collaboration - relative to country
#240
Chemistry international collaboration
#43
Chemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#418
Chemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#423
Clinical Medicine overall score
73.0
Clinical Medicine global research reputation
#90
Clinical Medicine regional research reputation
#9
Clinical Medicine publications
#52
Clinical Medicine normalized citation impact
#410
Clinical Medicine total citations
#63
Clinical Medicine number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#50
Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#172
Clinical Medicine international collaboration - relative to country
#563
Clinical Medicine international collaboration
#202
Clinical Medicine number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#57
Clinical Medicine percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#321
Computer Science overall score
48.4
Computer Science global research reputation
#149
Computer Science regional research reputation
#60
Computer Science publications
#322
Computer Science conferences
#231
Computer Science normalized citation impact
#341
Computer Science total citations
#313
Computer Science number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#234
Computer Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#236
Computer Science international collaboration - relative to country
#577
Computer Science international collaboration
#181
Computer Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#437
Computer Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#550
Economics and Business overall score
59.6
Economics and Business global research reputation
#133
Economics and Business regional research reputation
#16
Economics and Business publications
#32
Economics and Business normalized citation impact
#175
Economics and Business total citations
#43
Economics and Business number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#30
Economics and Business percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#116
Economics and Business international collaboration - relative to country
#80
Economics and Business international collaboration
#36
Economics and Business number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#237
Economics and Business percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#308
Endocrinology and Metabolism overall score
65.4
Endocrinology and Metabolism publications
#36
Endocrinology and Metabolism conferences
#27
Endocrinology and Metabolism normalized citation impact
#116
Endocrinology and Metabolism total citations
#44
Endocrinology and Metabolism number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#44
Endocrinology and Metabolism percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#124
Endocrinology and Metabolism international collaboration - relative to country
#200
Endocrinology and Metabolism international collaboration
#78
Endocrinology and Metabolism number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#26
Endocrinology and Metabolism percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#53
Engineering overall score
36.7
Engineering global research reputation
#588
Engineering regional research reputation
#207
Engineering publications
#984
Engineering conferences
#826
Engineering normalized citation impact
#337
Engineering total citations
#836
Engineering number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#872
Engineering percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#575
Engineering international collaboration - relative to country
#537
Engineering international collaboration
#160
Engineering number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#763
Engineering percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#509
Environment/Ecology overall score
79.1
Environment/Ecology global research reputation
#81
Environment/Ecology regional research reputation
#14
Environment/Ecology publications
#137
Environment/Ecology normalized citation impact
#63
Environment/Ecology total citations
#89
Environment/Ecology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#92
Environment/Ecology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#83
Environment/Ecology international collaboration - relative to country
#287
Environment/Ecology international collaboration
#50
Environment/Ecology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#48
Environment/Ecology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#48
Gastroenterology and Hepatology overall score
49.5
Gastroenterology and Hepatology publications
#68
Gastroenterology and Hepatology conferences
#6
Gastroenterology and Hepatology normalized citation impact
#123
Gastroenterology and Hepatology total citations
#85
Gastroenterology and Hepatology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#75
Gastroenterology and Hepatology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#104
Gastroenterology and Hepatology international collaboration - relative to country
#179
Gastroenterology and Hepatology international collaboration
#87
Gastroenterology and Hepatology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#95
Gastroenterology and Hepatology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#117
Geosciences overall score
67.3
Geosciences global research reputation
#197
Geosciences regional research reputation
#88
Geosciences publications
#162
Geosciences normalized citation impact
#15
Geosciences total citations
#95
Geosciences number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#94
Geosciences percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#46
Geosciences international collaboration - relative to country
#60
Geosciences international collaboration
#5
Geosciences number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#54
Geosciences percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#16
Immunology overall score
29.9
Immunology global research reputation
#146
Immunology regional research reputation
#38
Immunology publications
#114
Immunology normalized citation impact
#128
Immunology total citations
#119
Immunology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#129
Immunology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#169
Immunology international collaboration - relative to country
#250
Immunology international collaboration
#125
Immunology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#139
Immunology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#164
Infectious Diseases overall score
34.7
Infectious Diseases publications
#139
Infectious Diseases conferences
#31
Infectious Diseases normalized citation impact
#143
Infectious Diseases total citations
#153
Infectious Diseases number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#139
Infectious Diseases percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#120
Infectious Diseases international collaboration - relative to country
#173
Infectious Diseases international collaboration
#105
Infectious Diseases number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#135
Infectious Diseases percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#122
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences overall score
89.7
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences regional research reputation
#1
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences publications
#109
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences conferences
#122
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences normalized citation impact
#2
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences total citations
#42
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#39
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#1
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences international collaboration - relative to country
#38
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences international collaboration
#2
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#24
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#1
Microbiology overall score
22.0
Microbiology global research reputation
#105
Microbiology regional research reputation
#24
Microbiology publications
#269
Microbiology normalized citation impact
#178
Microbiology total citations
#235
Microbiology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#218
Microbiology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#158
Microbiology international collaboration - relative to country
#232
Microbiology international collaboration
#68
Microbiology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#186
Microbiology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#153
Molecular Biology and Genetics overall score
51.1
Molecular Biology and Genetics global research reputation
#125
Molecular Biology and Genetics regional research reputation
#34
Molecular Biology and Genetics publications
#113
Molecular Biology and Genetics normalized citation impact
#57
Molecular Biology and Genetics total citations
#74
Molecular Biology and Genetics number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#85
Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#72
Molecular Biology and Genetics international collaboration - relative to country
#329
Molecular Biology and Genetics international collaboration
#96
Molecular Biology and Genetics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#48
Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#31
Neuroscience and Behavior overall score
69.3
Neuroscience and Behavior global research reputation
#88
Neuroscience and Behavior regional research reputation
#4
Neuroscience and Behavior publications
#26
Neuroscience and Behavior normalized citation impact
#67
Neuroscience and Behavior total citations
#24
Neuroscience and Behavior number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#24
Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#48
Neuroscience and Behavior international collaboration - relative to country
#185
Neuroscience and Behavior international collaboration
#56
Neuroscience and Behavior number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#23
Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#44
Oncology overall score
59.3
Oncology publications
#64
Oncology conferences
#132
Oncology normalized citation impact
#121
Oncology total citations
#56
Oncology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#39
Oncology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#58
Oncology international collaboration - relative to country
#277
Oncology international collaboration
#116
Oncology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#65
Oncology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#136
Pharmacology and Toxicology overall score
44.4
Pharmacology and Toxicology global research reputation
#128
Pharmacology and Toxicology regional research reputation
#84
Pharmacology and Toxicology publications
#196
Pharmacology and Toxicology normalized citation impact
#175
Pharmacology and Toxicology total citations
#190
Pharmacology and Toxicology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#191
Pharmacology and Toxicology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#217
Pharmacology and Toxicology international collaboration - relative to country
#278
Pharmacology and Toxicology international collaboration
#91
Pharmacology and Toxicology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#154
Pharmacology and Toxicology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#141
Physical Chemistry overall score
46.6
Physical Chemistry publications
#558
Physical Chemistry conferences
#68
Physical Chemistry normalized citation impact
#234
Physical Chemistry total citations
#462
Physical Chemistry number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#448
Physical Chemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#282
Physical Chemistry international collaboration - relative to country
#79
Physical Chemistry international collaboration
#10
Physical Chemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#278
Physical Chemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#141
Physics overall score
59.8
Physics global research reputation
#458
Physics regional research reputation
#165
Physics publications
#503
Physics normalized citation impact
#20
Physics total citations
#190
Physics number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#403
Physics percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#176
Physics international collaboration - relative to country
#529
Physics international collaboration
#218
Physics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#166
Physics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#21
Plant and Animal Science overall score
45.4
Plant and Animal Science global research reputation
#250
Plant and Animal Science regional research reputation
#135
Plant and Animal Science publications
#602
Plant and Animal Science normalized citation impact
#195
Plant and Animal Science total citations
#475
Plant and Animal Science number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#376
Plant and Animal Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#97
Plant and Animal Science international collaboration - relative to country
#240
Plant and Animal Science international collaboration
#25
Plant and Animal Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#374
Plant and Animal Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#202
Psychiatry/Psychology overall score
78.5
Psychiatry/Psychology global research reputation
#64
Psychiatry/Psychology regional research reputation
#10
Psychiatry/Psychology publications
#10
Psychiatry/Psychology normalized citation impact
#47
Psychiatry/Psychology total citations
#10
Psychiatry/Psychology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#9
Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#35
Psychiatry/Psychology international collaboration - relative to country
#194
Psychiatry/Psychology international collaboration
#82
Psychiatry/Psychology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#12
Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#52
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health overall score
53.5
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health publications
#43
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health conferences
#179
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health normalized citation impact
#269
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health total citations
#86
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#60
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#264
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health international collaboration - relative to country
#283
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health international collaboration
#116
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#87
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#261
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging overall score
65.4
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging publications
#57
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging conferences
#130
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging normalized citation impact
#34
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging total citations
#48
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#43
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#26
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging international collaboration - relative to country
#121
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging international collaboration
#48
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#77
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#142
Social Sciences and Public Health overall score
70.4
Social Sciences and Public Health global research reputation
#145
Social Sciences and Public Health regional research reputation
#52
Social Sciences and Public Health publications
#37
Social Sciences and Public Health normalized citation impact
#88
Social Sciences and Public Health total citations
#28
Social Sciences and Public Health number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#27
Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#90
Social Sciences and Public Health international collaboration - relative to country
#302
Social Sciences and Public Health international collaboration
#87
Social Sciences and Public Health number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#27
Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#135
Surgery overall score
70.1
Surgery publications
#62
Surgery conferences
#32
Surgery normalized citation impact
#27
Surgery total citations
#38
Surgery number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#30
Surgery percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#11
Surgery international collaboration - relative to country
#172
Surgery international collaboration
#72
Surgery number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#27
Surgery percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#53