Universiteit van Amsterdam (UVA)

The campus that I study in (REC) is very nice, with classrooms that suit our needs and is fairly comfortable. However pre-COVID there was often a shortage of study spaces at the University, regardless of where you went. Courses are OK, readings are heavy (40-50pgs a week is normal) but ComSci is very strict with its examinations - most of them are still closed-book exams, with essays often standing in to replace them. There are many facilities for you to use, but you'd have to actively search for them - the university's method of making you learn is essentially a lot like a mother bird kicking their child out of the nest so they could learn how to fly. They're helpful, but only to a certain point. It's good for us to learn how to take initatives though, and help is always there if needed.

La Universidad de Amsterdam es una de las más prestigiosas de Europa, y en mi caso, estoy estudiando un Master en Derecho Europeo allí. Considero algunas asignaturas bastante interesantes y otras totalmente inútiles, como por ejemplo "EU Regulated Markets", en la que 5 profesores distintos vinieron cada semana a explicarnos materias totalmente distintas, con lo que el exámen serían 5 preguntas sobre cada materia. Ya podía ser Banking Law, Data Protection, Environmental Law... por tanto, tocabas un poco de todo, pero no profundizabas en las materias que te interesaban más. En mi caso concreto, Data Protection me pareció muy interesante y sólamente pude atender a 1 clase de 3 horas sobre ella.