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The University of Amsterdam (Dutch: Universiteit van Amsterdam), shortened to UvA, is a public university in Amsterdam, a city in the province of North Holland and also capital to the Netherlands.
The University of Amsterdam was established in 1877 (its predecessor in 1632).
It has about 31,000 students.
Its focus is on all sorts of sciences.
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- (in Dutch) (in English) Official website