hi everyone,
I am interested in doing my master in International human rights in the Netherland.I've already applied 3 university;University of Amsterdam,Groningen and Ultrecht.
I have to mention that I am an international student and affording my studies is a bit problem.
I was wondering why UvA is significantly cheaper than other two.And of course I don't want to make my decision just depends of the tuion fees.
Could anybody help me about the academic success among the three universities.
Also,the master programme in UvA is called.In this programme,am i going to able to find a satisfactory human rights studies?
I'm looking forward to hearing any relevant replies!!

Hi Sanem
In general all the dutch universities are good. In a last assessment which was held i think two years ago, Groningnen came first among the dutch universities for teaching law. However, i think that differences are not so big. The only university i would distinguish is leiden, but again not because is better but due to the fact that is the most well known university abroad. Regarding the three universities you mention i would recomment Groningen because there you can have a degree which will mention that you had a specialisation in human rights. For the other two among the positives things are that Ultrecht is one of the 10 best european universities in general and UvA is located in...Amsterdam where as you are an international student you might be able to find an english speaking job.

Thank you for your reply geoman,it was really helpful.As far as i know Groningen is one of the oldest university in Netherland and has a good repetution,like Ultrecht.I assume that there is no big difference between these two.But what i want to learn is more about UvA,because as people do a comparision between the universities,they always mention one thing about UvA; its location!
I agree with your idea about finding an english speaking job will be easier in Amsterdam than the other cities.obviously,it would be a good thing to afford my expenses by myself .But it is not essential..
Briefly,I am trying to consider all the pros and cons..But in the mean time please give me more information about academic aspect of UvA .
see u..

Hi,
I've just been admitted to Leiden to study on the European Law LLM programme. I'm also waiting for replies from Utrecht and UK unis. Does anyone know whether Leiden is really a good choice to study EU law? I know it is excellent in PIL, but I have doubts as to EU law, even though the staff seems good, and the uni hosts the common market law review. I have heard many good things about Utrecht in EU law. Any tips on that please?

As i told you, universities in the netherlands are more or less the same. Regarding UvA i believe that among its positives, is the fact that it gives to students to work for a short period of time in the Amsterdam Law Clinic where you can see from a first hand the matters you are interested for. Now regarding the courses i don't know to be honest. i don't know which are your expectations. The only i can say is that i am also interested in international law but the amsterdam school of law offers courses such as state's responsibility and the law of the treaties which i had them during my undergraduate studies. i don't want to hear again the same things

Hi etienne
well in my opinion since you are interested in eu law you shouldn't look at uk universities, since uk is among the states that are not so in favour of european integration. so i don't know if the level of european studies, either european law or european politics, is good enough. if i were you i would be looking only in one place...belgium. i think this is the place where you should look for because EU is located there. currently i am studying in belgium (no eu law) and i can tell you that the level and the interest of universities in european law is really strong.

etienne: i think EU law at Leiden is definitely much better than UK... and the Common Market Law Review is definitely a plus.

Anyway, if anyone can pitch in some opinions... i'm admitted into Leiden for their PIL (with ICL) specialization, Utrecht as well as colleges in London (UCL, KCL). Where is the most reputable for PIL, and how about the educational experience in these institutions. Be grateful if anyone can share some of their insights.

Thanks for all these useful remarks. Actually i have already studied at the uni of Essex for 2 years (I'm now in france), and the idea of going back to the UK didn't make me that happy. In addition, if I graduate from an english-taught programme, my french uni will "automatically" give me a kind of master's degree as well.
As to PIL, I guess that Leiden has a better reputation than Utrecht, and its location couldn't be better. The real choice is between Leiden and UCL. But you can't go wrong with either one.

Guys,

are there anyone who have aver obtained the MTEC scholarship from the Amsterdam School of Law? In case you are, could you please describe what exactly it covers and if it was sufficient enough for living in Amsterdam?

looking forward...:))