Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - VU Amsterdam
speciality: Law

As a graduate of the University of Lisbon, which largely follows the Portueguesse university system, the Vrije University is a breath of fresh air.
The professors clearly care about their students and their success.
My LLM program also allowed me to choose the course that interested me the most.
Overall, the educational level at VU is very high, but you have a lot of free time as the system is different from what you are used to. Students are expected to apply what they learn more theoretically and argumentatively, in contrast to the French system where students have to read and memorize countless texts.

My overall experience about the university has been quite positive. I am really impressed by the student life here. Specifically, I am quite amazed by the quality of education being offered here. I am doing my masters in International Technology Law and we have guest lectures from the experts in the industry which helps us in having a practical perspective apart from the theoretical knowledge alone.

The university is quite well regarded in the Netherlands. While it hosts a diverse range of studies, the general turn of the university has been towards an overemphasis towards science-based education. This is not bad in itself, rather the bad consequence of such an overemphasis is to disregard, defund, and dramatically under-emphasize the importance of the humanities, social sciences and the law.