# Research organisation

**Source**: https://www.uva.nl/en/research/research-environment/research-organisation/research-organisation.html
**Parent**: https://www.uva.nl/en/research/research-at-the-uva/research-at-the-uva.html

Research is carried out within research institutes and centres. We also work together with other universities within research schools.

## Research institutes

At each UvA faculty, research takes places within one or more research institutes. There are a total of 26 institutes, including well-known institutes such as the Amsterdam School of Communication Research and the Institute for Information Law. The research director is responsible for the quality and relevance of the research and for the Institute’s strategic direction.

[Our research institutes](https://www.uva.nl/en/research/research-environment/research-organisation/research-institutes/research-institutes.html)

## Research centres

Research centres are collaborative, and often interdisciplinary, initiatives on the part of researchers and research institutes that have been set up around a specific research theme. The UvA has around 30 such research centres. Themes include Brain and Cognition, Urban Studies, Tax Law, Neuroscience, and Sustainable Development Studies.

[Our research centres](https://www.uva.nl/en/research/research-environment/research-organisation/research-centres/research-centres.html)

## National research schools

National research schools bring together research institutes from multiple universities. These schools provide high-quality and highly rated PhD programmes. The UvA participates in a large number of national research schools and is the lead organisation in the research schools listed below:

- [Holland Research School of Molecular Chemistry](https://www.hrsmc.nl/)
- [Landelijke Onderzoekschool Taalwetenschap (LOT)](https://lotschool.nl/)
- [Netherlands Institute for Cultural Analysis (NICA)](https://www.nica-institute.com/)
- [Onderzoekschool Kunstgeschiedenis (OSK)](https://onderzoekschoolkunstgeschiedenis.nl/)
- [Research School for Media Studies (RMeS)](https://www.rmes.nl/)

## Dutch institutes abroad

The UvA is also actively involved in several Dutch Scientific Institutes Abroad (NWIB). These institutes offer courses for students and facilities for academic staff and students doing temporary research abroad. The UvA has several scientific institutes in other countries, and manages the institute in Athens:

- [The Netherlands Institute in Athens (NIA)](http://nia.gr/nl/)
- [The Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo](http://www.institutes.leiden.edu/nvic/)
- [The Dutch Interuniversity Institute for Art History in Florence](https://www.niki-florence.org/?lang=en)
- [The Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome](http://www.knir.it/en/)
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