Professional Education

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Your career is well established, but you want to keep growing. Real growth takes new insights, fresh perspectives and the courage to change. The University of Amsterdam supports you with programmes and courses for professionals who want to deepen their expertise, broaden their outlook and increase their impact. Our programmes combine cutting-edge academic knowledge with practical experience, helping you view your organisation and field from a fresh perspective.

Expert and passionate UvA lecturers and guest speakers from the industry deliver all our programmes – from masterclasses, MBAs, and courses to executive programmes and short lecture series.

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Go to your area of interest

• AI & Data Science
• Behaviour & Society
• Board & Governance
• Business & Management
• Finance, Accounting & Control
• Government, education, healthcare
• HR & Leadership
• IT
• Lean & agile
• Legal
• Marketing & Communications
• Strategy & Innovation
• Sustainability

Programmes in the spotlight

• [Do you want to obtain your CFA qualification and enhance your career prospects ? Join our CFA® Preparation Course to prepare for the exam.

4 March 2026](https://www.uva.nl/en/programmes/professionals/cfa-level-i-preparation-course/cfa-level-i-preparation-course.html) - [In this masterclass we explore AI foundation models: AI systems that generate diverse content like text, images, sound, and videos. Discover how to interact with them through prompts to unlock their creative potential!

12 March 2026](https://www.uva.nl/en/programmes/professionals/ai-foundation-models/ai-foundation-models.html) - [Learn to manage conflicts effectively in our 2-day masterclass. You will gain practical knowledge and hands-on experience that may ultimately reduce your time spent managing conflicts.

30 March 2026](https://www.uva.nl/en/shared-content/subsites/amsterdam-business-school/en/open-programmes-abs/conflict-management/conflict-management.html)

Supplier

• The Amsterdam Law School is the Faculty of Law of the University of Amsterdam. Through our education and research we work on stronger legal institutions, solutions to social problems, and a better and juster society.
• MBAs, Master’s, long-term and short-term programmes
• [UvA Academy offers accessible academic education for professionals seeking depth and inspiration.

Dutch only](https://uva.nl/onderwijs/voor-professionals/fmg/leven-lang-leren.html) - The Informatics Institute aims to contribute to this lifelong learning by offering short IT (technical) programmes at academic level for IT professionals and executives.

See also

• UvA also offers tailor-made solutions for organisations. With In company programmes, the content of the programme is tailored to the practice within your organisation.
• Interested in continuing your education without enrolling in a full study programme? At the UvA, you can follow one or more courses or modules.
• Do you, as a professional, attend short-term education at a college or university? With microcredentials, you can demonstrate the quality of the education you have pursued!
• Discover the inspiring locations of the University of Amsterdam for professional education.