Tuesday, January 10, 2017

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Country           :           Netherland
City                 :           Amsterdam
Passport          :           Regular Passport
Visa                 :           Student residence permit and visa (called MVV)



University         :           University of Amsterdam (UvA)
Major              :           Literary Studies : Literary and Cultural Analysis


Degree programme                  :           BA Literary Studies
Type                                        :           Regular study programme
Mode                                       :           Full-time, part-time
Credits                                                :           180 ECTS, 36 months
Language of instruction          :           English
CROHO code                         :           56802














The reasons for choosing UvA are :

1. Rankings
The UvA scores highly in various world university rankings (Times Higher Education, Shanghai; Centre of Higher Education Development, Leiden). It is ranked among the top 20 universities in Europe and the top 100 worldwide.
2. Range of study programmes
The UvA has one of the largest selections of international Master's study programmes of any university in Europe, with over 130 taught in English and several entirely unique to the UvA.
3. Depth of study programmes
Students benefit from excellent academic career paths, with multiple options to pursue a study within or across disciplines, from the Bachelor's up to the PhD level and beyond. Teaching and research are closely linked in all Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes at the UvA.
4. International research networks
The UvA is a member of the League of European Research Universities (LERU) and of Universitas 21, a leading global network of research-intensive universities. It is also an active partner in many EU-wide initiatives with other universities and research institutions.
5. History
The UvA's open, tolerant and international academic tradition dates back to 1632, when its predecessor the Athenaeum Illustre was founded. With almost 30,000 students, it is now one of the largest comprehensive research universities in Europe.
6. Quality of life
Amsterdam was ranked 11th out of 200 cities worldwide in Mercer's 2015 ‘Quality of Living Survey’. In the pan-European 'International Student Barometer', 94% of students polled were satisfied with safety, and 91% said Amsterdam was 'the place to be'.
7. Practical support
Some 3,000 international degree and exchange students from over 90 countries are presently enrolled at the UvA. They are actively supported by UvA staff and fellow students during their time in Amsterdam. The UvA helps with practical matters such as opening a bank account, applying for visas and finding accommodation.
8. Career prospects
The presence of numerous Dutch and international businesses (e.g. Philips, ING, Heineken), academic institutions and cultural organisations makes Amsterdam the commercial, social and artistic heart of the Netherlands and a prestigious global business centre.

9. Prime location
Amsterdam is well connected for travel within Europe and has excellent links to the rest of world. The city has long been a cultural and commercial crossroads, and offers students access to the many arts, entertainment and social activities of a capital city. The UvA's faculties are located in or near the centre of the city or in the state-of-the-art Amsterdam Science Park.
10. Personal development
The study programmes at the UvA offer students a high level of autonomy, reflecting the respect for individual opinions and convictions that is characteristic of Dutch society. The result is an interactive teaching style that encourages students to develop self-reliance and independent thought.


The reasons for choosing Literary and Cultural Analysis in Uva are :
·         Unique, interdisciplinary programme: the degree combines the best of two disciplines – Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature – offering unique philosophical and political insights into art, literature and popular culture;
·         Tailor-made programme: we will be able to combine our core courses with electives in Media Studies, Philosophy, Comparative Literature, Art History and History;
·         Vibrant community with an international outlook: we will be taught by leading intellectuals focused on contemporary global developments in a student community made up or more than 60 nationalities;
·         Springboard to an academic career: the Bachelor's in Literary and Cultural Analysis is the perfect springboard to our Master’s or Research Master’s degrees in Cultural or Literary Studies, allowing us to pursue an academic career leading to a PhD;

Literary and Cultural Analysis major in UvA also has good reputation, for example :
·         UvA is ranked 52nd in the world and 1st in the Netherlands in the Arts and Humanities category of the QS World University Rankings 2015.
·         UvA is ranked 45th in the THE Top 100 sub-ranking for the Arts and Humanities (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2015).
·         UvA is member of LERU (League of European Research Universities), an exclusive network of renowned research universities.
·         UvA is a member of Universitas 21, the network of leading research-intensive universities in the 21st century in 13 countries.


Beside, I have an active interest in contemporary culture, literature and the arts, and I am fascinated by philosophical and political questions. Thus, the bachelor’s programme in Literary and Cultural Analysis really suits me.

Study programme

Literary and Cultural Analysis

The Bachelor's degree in Literary and Cultural Analysis is a three-year programme worth 180 ECTS. The programme is taught entirely in English.

The programme combines core courses with electives in a wide range of subjects. Throughout the programme, you will have the opportunity to develop your own ideas and hone your skills through interactive case studies, focused on concrete cultural issues. You are also encouraged to pick an additional minor (in a subject of your choice), learn another language, study a semester abroad or do an internship.

First year

The first year consists of compulsory courses introducing the fields, various methods of analysis and interpretation, and key theoretical concepts. Some examples of the courses.
·         Introduction to Literary and Cultural Analysis. This course highlights the most important ideas, approaches, debates, and topics in the field. You will learn about discourse, intertextuality, intermediality, cultural capital, gender, semiotics, cultural memory and more. Key ideas are illustrated and elaborated with the help of specific examples. You will also start analysing and interpreting concrete works of literature, the arts, and popular culture yourself.
·         Methods of Analysis and Interpretation. How to analyse and interpret a story? A metaphor? An image? A social way of talking about a particular topic? What do stories, metaphors, and images do? How can they relate to each other? In this very hands-on and interactive course, you try out different ways of analysing and interpreting specific cultural artefacts: narrative, rhetorical, discourse, and visual analysis. This course also includes a part that is dedicated to improving your academic writing skills in English. 
·         Methods of Analysis and Interpretation: Case Studies. In this course, you and your fellow students explore a series of case studies: a collection of materials - literary, visual, cultural, historical, theoretical - that are related to the same theme or topic. Through specific case studies, you deepen and expand your analytical and interpretive skills. Examples are: orientalism in nineteenth-century Russian literature; "Frankenstein" in literature and film; modern primitivism in the arts.
·         Key Terms. A number of philosophical concepts are presented that are right at the heart of contemporary debates about the arts, popular culture, and literature. Those key ideas include, amongst many others, representation, ideology, diversity, desire, performance, subjectivity, and commodity. You will learn about the meaning and background of a selection of those terms, and also learn how to use them in dialogue with particular works of art, literature, and popular culture. 
·         Contexts and Frames. Cultural artefacts acquire meaning and relevance in light of specific historical, social, and political contexts. But it is not always easy to pick the “right” context: the biography of the maker, the history of the period in which something was created, the history of when something was read or watched, the genre or school to which something belongs? Where to begin? Where to stop? How to choose? In this course, you will study and practice ways of relating particular cultural, literary, and artistic objects to different contexts. This course also includes further training in English proficiency.
·         Literary Worlds: World Literature and Globalisation. Literary Worlds engages with the idea of “world literature” in a time of globalisation. How did Western and non-Western literatures relate to each other in the past, and how do they now? Who continues to be left out, or is now excluded? Is it possible to escape from exoticism and cultural appropriation, and to learn to engage differently with novels and films in which “we” are not at the centre?

Second and third year

The second year will provide you with a wide-ranging overview of Cultural Theory and Cultural Studies. In the second and third year, you will have the opportunity to choose your own minor and elective courses in a wide range of subjects, as well as having the option to study abroad or do an internship. 
The third and final year is partly dedicated to Philosophy of Science. In addition, you will participate in a research seminar, have the opportunity to work with fellow students on concrete case studies on diverse subjects ranging from installation art to theatre and write your thesis on a topic of your choice.
·         Philosophy of Science. Can a literary interpretation ever be “scientific”? A philosophical argument? This class explains the historical and philosophical background of the Humanities, with a particular emphasis on the literary, cultural, and artistic disciplines.
·         Literary and Cultural Theory before 1900. Plato, Dante, Kant -- these are some of the big names who have written extensively on literature, culture, and the arts in the past. This course offers engagement with some of the historical philosophies that shape academic and intellectual debates to the present day.
·         Literary and Cultural Theory after 1900. Post-structuralism, Marxism, psychoanalysis, queer theory, and post-humanism are some of the big theories that have contributed to the study of culture in the twentieth century up to today. Each of these theories enables different ways of analysing, interpreting, and reflecting on literature, the arts, and popular culture.
·         Introduction to Cultural Analysis. Starting from the 1960s, the academic outlook on the arts was opened up to social as well as political questions, no longer just historical or aesthetic ones. These social and political questions have to do with power, justice, identity, equality, inclusion, subversion, resistance, and so on. Moreover, 'low' or sub-cultural forms of culture — not just 'high' or elite ones — were increasingly admitted as objects for academic and critical inquiry. You will become familiar with the debates, approaches, and concepts that are central to this development in the Humanities.  
·         Cultural Analysis: Case Studies. In this class, groups of students work together on concrete case studies in cultural analysis. The case studies consist of different topics. For example, the interaction between story and image in a particular work of installation art; how official monuments give shape to, as well as distort, memory and history; a theatre performance that includes bodies we view as ‘disabled’; the ideals of the university in a time of cut-backs and conflicts.
·         Research Seminar Literary and Cultural Analysis. The Research Seminar offers an interactive workshop, in which students prepare for their thesis research and writing. Students decide the topics and approaches at stake in the workshop; readings are compiled jointly. Groups of students work together, and give each other feedback on their work in progress.  
·         Bachelor’s Thesis. Your topic. Your approach. The thesis entails a largely independent piece of research and writing. Assisted by one of the teachers, you will plan and carry out your own research in Literary and Cultural Analysis step by step.
The programme structure
·         The year is split in two semesters. For a semester the total of courses is 30 EC (one EC = 28 hours of study).
·         Each semester covers three teaching periods (blocks). The first two blocks are 8 weeks, the third one is 4 weeks.
·         In each 8 week block course participation is limited to a maximum of two.
The bachelor is structured as follows:
·         The first year program - the propedeutic year - consists of required courses, for a total of 60 EC.The students needs to obtain a minimum of 48 EC in the first year to continue with the bachelor programme.
·         The second and third year are 120 EC (2 x 60 EC) in total:  - a required part, from 66 to 78 EC- 42 EC for optional courses- a program specific optional part, 12 or 18 EC
Contact hours
An average of at least 12 contact hours per week are scheduled in the propaedeutic year. Contact hours are understood to refer to the following activities to be scheduled for students (as stated in the Course Catalogue): lectures and seminars, academic student counselling, the tutorial scheme, work placement supervision, field work supervision, academic career counselling, excursions, examinations held outside the four examination weeks and feedback on examinations. Because we are disregarding activities that are held during the four examination weeks, the total number of contact hours in the propaedeutic year is 432 (i.e., 36 weeks x 12 hours). The Course Catalogue gives the number of contact hours for each propaedeutic course. There are also ‘non course-specific contact hours’, i.e., contact hours that are not associated with any specific course but with the propaedeutic year as a whole.













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Tuition fees

Tuition fee rates are divided into statutory tuition fees and institutional tuition fees.
The statutory tuition fee (except for the part-time rate) is determined annually by the Dutch government. Institutional tuition fee rates are set by the higher education institutions individually, and apply to students who do not meet the conditions for the statutory tuition fee rate.
The tuition fee rate is valid for a full academic year. The rate for enrolment as of 1 February can be determined by calculating 7/12ths of the given rate.

Statutory tuition fees 2017-2018

Specification
Amount
full-time students
€2,006
part-time students
€1,717
dual programme students     
€2,006
AUC students
€4,251
PPLE students
€4,012


Information for students from the Netherlands, the EEA, the EU, Switzerland and Suriname.

Students from the Netherlands, other countries within the European Economic Area (EEA), the EU, Switzerland and Suriname pay the statutory tuition fees if they satisfy the legal requirements.

Institutional fee for students who do not qualify for the statutory fees

You are required to pay the institutional tuition fee if:
·         you are not a national of an EU or EEA Member State, Switzerland or Suriname;
·         after obtaining your Dutch Bachelor's degree you enrol in a second Bachelor's programme;
·         after obtaining your Dutch Master's degree you enrol in a second Master's programme;
·         you fail to satisfy all the conditions under one of the UvA's transitional arrangements.

2017-2018 institutional fee: per faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Institutional tuition fee for second or next Dutch degree programme

Bachelor's          
Master's (one year)
Master's (two years)
Master's (dual)
Master's in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage
€7,500
€12,025
€12,025
€12,025
€13,300

Methods of Living

Renting an apartement in Egelantiersgracht, Amsterdam

A 1 bedroom apartment (completely furnished) of approximately 46 m2 located on the Egelantiersgracht in the Jordaan neighborhood of Amsterdam.

This apartment in the Egelantiersgracht features the following:

o    Not suitable for: Pets
o    Neighborhood: Quiet street
o    Bathroom: Separate shower, Toilet in bathroom, Sink
o    Kitchen: Dishwasher, Microwave, Oven, Refrigerator, 5 Burner stove, Separate Freezer
o    Livingroom: Television
o    Laundry room: Washing machine
o    Parking: Paid, Permit waiting list
o    Kitchen type: Half-open

Price per month                       € 1600
The Jordaan is where Amsterdammers most want to live. Lots of cosy cafes and any type of restaurant can be found here. Specialty shops are abundant in the many narrow streets. The Europarking garage is within walking distance as is most of the city centre. It only takes 25 minutes to reach UvA.
I  plan to apply the Holland Scholarship (HS) that provides a student €5000/year and other scholarships as many as i can get for paying my tuition fee. Furthermore, I’d like to look for part-time job to fulfill my daily needs.


References :  http://www.uva.nl/
 https://www.perfecthousing.com/

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