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Universiteit van Amsterdam is a major research university and a member of the League of European Research Universities (LERU). It has its origins in the Athenaeum Illustre (1632) and, with over 30,000 students, over 5,000 employees and an annual budget of 600 million euros, is one of the largest general research universities in Europe. It ranked best in the Netherlands in the latest QS World Ranking, it ranks high in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, especially in Social Sciences (top in the Netherlands) and Arts & Humanities, as well as in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (also known as Shanghai Ranking) and the CWTS Leiden Ranking.
The Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences includes the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR), home to several research structures, in particular the Centre of Urban Studies (CUS). CUS is a multidisciplinary centre bringing together social and political scientists, especially human geographers, urban and regional planners, urban sociologists, demographers, and scholars in the fields of migration studies and development studies.
The Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences includes the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR), that unites all social science research of the UvA. It is home to several research structures, in particular the Centre of Urban Studies (CUS). CUS is a multidisciplinary centre bringing together social and political scientists, especially human geographers, urban and regional planners, urban sociologists, demographers, and scholars in the fields of migration studies and development studies.