News for UvA EB students

The Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies (IIS) challenges all UvA students to submit an idea for an interdisciplinary course and to develop that course together with IIS curriculum experts. Submit your idea before ...

From Tuesday 2 June, UvA students and staff are welcome to study at the University Library Singel again. We will start with a limited amount of 67 study places (including 25 places with a PC). You have to book your ...

As of 1 August 2020, smoking will no longer be allowed on UvA premises. From that day, Dutch educational institutions, from primary schools to universities, will be obligated to keep their premises smoke-free.

How are various departments at Economics and Business dealing with the current situation? Suzan van der Bruggen shares how the EB Career Centre is responding to the changes.

The follow-up surveys done as part of the UvA Crisis Monitor, which have been conducted over recent weeks, paint a similar picture on most points to that seen in the first survey. The impact on the well-being of ...

Marise Voskens, Pauline Meurs and Rob Becker have been reappointed by the Minister of Education, Culture and Science as, respectively, chairperson and members of the Supervisory Board (Raad van Toezicht) of the UvA. ...

On Wednesday, 3 June 2020, Executive Board member Jan Lintsen will give an online lecture for students and staff about the UvA’s financial management and the 2021 Framework Letter. Registration is now open.

How did the world react to previous pandemics and which lessons can be learned for the future? How do we create a circular economy? Or would you rather be informed about the geopolitics of China? Follow an elective, ...

The VSNU, NFU, NWO, KNAW and Vereniging Hogescholen have agreed upon a national open science partnership with Elsevier for five years. The new agreement contains conditions about access to journals, open access ...

Yesterday we received more clarity about the scope we will have to resume education and research on location from 15 June.

In the coming weeks the services of the Library will be extended in phases. Keep an eye on our website for the latest news.

The UvA's Student Council elections will take place from Monday, 8 June to Friday, 12 June. Students will be able to vote using the online voting application. The Central Voting Office has finalised the candidates ...

Due to the corona crisis, many platforms and publishers offer universities and university libraries unlimited user access to eMaterials.

ORCID stands for Open Researcher and Contributor iD. It is a persistent digital identifier to distinguish researchers. In short, ORCID is a personal ID for researchers like ISBN is for books, ISSN for journals and ...

On 6 May 2020 the Executive Board adopted the 2021 Framework Letter subject to the approval of the general outline of the budget by the central representative advisory bodies. The Framework Letter will serve as the ...

The UvA Research Support Portal collects existing information for UvA researchers that is relevant when preparing, executing and completing research.

How are various departments at Economics and Business dealing with the current situation? Roos Klaasman and Marian Neuteboom share how the Study Advisers have responded to the changes.

How are various departments at Economics and Business dealing with the current situation? Peter Boswijk shares how the Quantitative Economics department has responded to the changes.

According to the initial results of the UvA Crisis Monitor almost half of students and staff at the UvA are very or extremely worried about the coronavirus crisis. Their primary concerns are about the health and ...

'Why bother with diversity? The best people will always float to the top!' This was one of the statements made during the Faces of Science Park event in February on diversity, which included discussions, workshops ...