Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

university in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Organization university Q1065414
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam has 2.2k employees.

Key Facts

  • Member of: ORCID, Inc.[3], Association of Universities in the Netherlands[4], Academic Heritage Foundation[5], World Wide Web Consortium[6], European University Association[7], ArXiv[8], ELIXIR-NL[9], Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment[10], Aurora[11], Netherlands Association of Corporate Art Collections[12]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Amsterdam[13]
  • Country: Netherlands[14]
  • Founder: Abraham Kuyper[15]
  • Headquarters location: VU Main building[16], Amsterdam[17]
  • Child organization or unit: EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research[18], Amsterdam Neuroscience[19]
  • Commons category: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam[20]
  • Has part(s): Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Historisch Documentatiecentrum voor het Nederlands Protestantisme (1800-heden)[21], Q61667908[22], Q61667977[23], Q61668004[24], VU University Medical Center[25], Q61668362[26], School of Religion and Theology[27], Q61668394[28], VU School of Business and Economics[29], Q61668476[30], Q61668717[31], VU Library[32]
  • Inception: 1880[33]
  • Official website: https://vu.nl/nl[34], https://vu.nl[35]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam[36]
  • Employees: 2200[37]
  • Described by source: Open GLAM Survey[38]
  • Ranking: 100[39], 98[40], 209[41], 207[42], 214[43], 177[44], 181[45], 171[46], 176[47], 199[48], 218[49], 231[50], 219[51], 236[52]
  • Commons Institution page: Vrije Universiteit[53]
  • Different from: University of Amsterdam[54]

Why It Matters

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] It is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  36. [38] ↑ . Open GLAM Survey, version of 31 October 2019. Retrieved . archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . shanghairanking.cn. Retrieved . shanghairanking.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [55] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [56] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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