The UvA is a traditional academic and research university. The coordinators of the separate courses on the programme are all members of the Amsterdam Centre for Tax Law (ACTL), part of the Amsterdam Law School. The ACTL staff includes a number of internationally renowned professors and PhD students from many different countries. Its staff members also have extensive experience in the advisory, government and judicial branches of the profession. In addition to its considerable research and teaching activities, the ACTL organizes a lively programme of conferences and short courses.