The University of Amsterdam has an outstanding reputation for research at both the national and international level. The quality assessments carried out by formal evaluators, the UvA's success in competing for national and international research funding and the fact that the UvA is a respected partner in many collaborative international research projects all attest to the quality of its researchers. The University of Amsterdam is a member of the prestigious European League of Research Universities, which also includes the Universities of Leiden and Utrecht.  

Doctorates
In recent years, the number of doctorates conferred by the University of Amsterdam has risen to over 330 per year. The University's thriving doctoral programmes provide an excellent foundation for high-quality research and education.

Research Perspective of the University of Amsterdam
The University of Amsterdam is an old university with a modern, international focus, offering tuition and research opportunities in a wide and comprehensive range of disciplines. In addition to its annual internal research budget of around €80 million, faculty members and institutes are often successful in securing prestigious external grants, such as those awarded by the NWO (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research).

The Research Perspective of the University of Amsterdam, adopted by the Executive Board on 14 September 2006, maps out the course the UvA seeks to follow in terms of research in the coming years. A revised (Dec. 2008) English translation of the Research Perspective can be downloaded below.

Research publications
There are several databases at the University of Amsterdam which enable you to browse academic publications:

• UvA-DARE (UvA staff publications)
• UvA Dissertations Online (doctoral theses)
• Promise of Science (doctoral theses)

Please follow the link below for more information on these databases.