Two Amsterdam Universities Make Higher Education Top 200

The Times Higher Education Survey has ranked the University of Amsterdam and the VU (Vrije Universiteit) Amsterdam 49th and 165th, respectively, on its QS World University Rankings, a list of the top 200 institutions of higher education in the world.

The Universiteit van Amsterdam, often referred to as UVA, is the city's largest and oldest university, dating to 1632. So not surprisingly, much of the campus is in the oldest part of the city, an area featured in my Walking Tour of Peaceful Places in Amsterdam's Quiet Southern Centrum.

In total, 11 Dutch universities made the list. Not bad for a country of only 16 million. For the complete list, see the Times Higher Education website.