Holland's Artistic Side
Utrecht (1636); and though Leyden had, and possibly still has, a certain precedence, they are equal in law; and with them, since 1877, has ranked the University of Amsterdam, though it is a municipal, not a State, institution. The Technical School at Delft, also, has recently been granted the status of a University. Besides the town, there is also a Free University of Amsterdam. Leyden and Utrecht have about the same number of students—700 to 800; Groningen about half that number; the Amsterdam Free about 100 to 150. The greatest number of students is found at the Delft School—some 1,100 to 1,200. None of the Universities is residential; they all follow the Scottish model (or the Scots follow them). The students lodge in the town, and are for the greater part their own masters. The course for Medicine is eight years; Law, four;
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