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Attendance of classes on 14 December not obligatory
14 Dec 2018
UvA supports demonstration in The Hague against government cuts to higher education funding.
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Vote for a new elective in UvA's Create a Course Challenge
8 Nov 2018
For the third edition of the 'Create a Course Challenge' the Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies (IIS) received 26 entries. By voting on your top 3, you will partly determine which course will be offered next ...
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UvA to award honorary doctorate to acclaimed journalist Naomi Klein
6 Nov 2018
The University of Amsterdam (UvA) will award an honorary doctorate to the Canadian-American journalist, activist and public intellectual Naomi Klein. Klein will receive the doctorate in recognition of her unique work ...
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UvA and University of Edinburgh sign Memorandum of Agreement
25 Oct 2018
The University of Amsterdam (UvA) and the University of Edinburgh have reinforced their commitment to European partnerships by signing a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA). As part of the agreement, both universities ...
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UvA honours scholarship students with ceremony
13 Oct 2018
On Thursday, 11 October, the UvA held a special ceremony in the Aula to honour this year’s UvA scholarship recipients.
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Draft Budget 2019: scope for investment in education and research
12 Oct 2018
The UvA will have more money to spend in 2019. Revenues are expected to increase by 5% compared to the 2018 budget, and it is expected that there will be scope for investment in education and research in both the ...
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Bezetting P.C. Hoofthuis voorbij / Occupation P.C. Hoofthuis over
28 Sept 2018
De UvA is blij dat de bezetting van het P.C. Hoofthuis is afgelopen. Wij zijn steeds in gesprek met al onze studenten en wij blijven dat ook doen.Vandaag hebben we meerdere malen geprobeerd met de bezetters in ...
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University lecturers and students take action against budget cuts
24 Sept 2018
In the week of 24 September at almost all Dutch universities, a number of lectures will be held out of doors to protest against budget cuts in higher education. This is the first time that academic staff will ...
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ERC awards Starting Grant to four UvA researchers
8 Aug 2018
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded Starting Grants to Silke Allman, Jayne Birkby, Wouter van den Bos and Alfrid Bustanov from the University of Amsterdam (UvA). A Starting Grant is a personal grant of ...
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Agneta Fischer appointed acting dean of Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
11 July 2018
The University of Amsterdam (UvA) Executive Board has appointed Prof. Agneta Fischer, professor of Emotions and Affective Processes and chair of the department of Psychology, as dean of the Faculty of Social and ...
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NSE 2018: Decrease in student satisfaction nationwide, including at the UvA
28 June 2018
The extent to which UvA students are satisfied with their degree programmes has decreased. In the period from February to May of this year, some 8,500 students took part in the National Student Survey (NSE). The ...
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UvA team joint winner of 2018 Global Ingenuity Challenge
19 June 2018
A team from the UvA has been named joint winner of Universitas 21's 2018 Global Ingenuity Challenge (GIC) for KarmaPickUp, an app designed to reduce food waste.
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UvA Matching: a good benchmark for study progress
13 June 2018
Students who participate in UvA Matching and receive a positive recommendation will obtain more credits in the first year than ‘matchers’ with a negative recommendation or students who do not engage in matching at ...
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UvA identifies 220 extra student rooms
8 June 2018
In its pursuit of a rapid solution to meet the need for additional accommodation for international students, the University of Amsterdam (UvA), in collaboration with Droompark recreation park and AM, has made ...
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UvA through to next round of international architecture prize
15 May 2018
With its design for the Roeterseiland Campus (buildings A, B, C, D), the University of Amsterdam (UvA) is through to the next round of the 2018 RIBA International Prize. The campus design is among the 20 nominated ...
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Representative advisory bodies endorse proposal for new allocation model
27 Mar 2018
On 9 March, the Joint Meeting of the COR and CSR agreed to the proposal for a new allocation model. The aim of this model is to distributing the UvA’s direct funding (government grant and tuition fees).
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Communication Science & Media Studies ranked 1st in the world in latest QS Rankings
28 Feb 2018
The University of Amsterdam (UvA) is ranked best in the world in the field of Communication Science and Media Studies in the 2018 QS World University Rankings by Subject. In the latest QS Rankings, which were ...
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UvA subjects ranked highly in latest QS Rankings
28 Feb 2018
Several subject areas at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) have a high ranking in the latest QS World University Rankings by Subject. Communication & Media Studies is ranked the best in the world (up from 2nd spot ...
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UvA produces strong showing in latest International Student Barometer
29 Jan 2018
International students have ranked the University of Amsterdam (UvA) 1st in the Netherlands for being 'a good place to be' and for 'host culture'. Moreover, almost 96% of the UvA's international students feel safe ...
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Weather alert: lectures to proceed
18 Jan 2018
The Meteorological Institute has issued a weather alert in North Holland on account of the storm taking place. Teaching and research will continue as usual and buildings will remain open. Students who are unable to ...
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