Course registration for first-semester courses will start in June. You can only register for courses if you have submitted a re-enrolment request for the academic year 2021-2022

Are you going back to the UvA soon? Then reset your wifi on your mobile phone and laptop through wifiportal.uva.nl. You can already do this from home.

Do you have links to databases, e-books or e-journals stored in your browser favorites or in one of the citation tools (RefWorks, Zotero or Mendeley) with proxy.uba.uva.nl:2048 or proxy.uba.uva.nl:2443 in the URL? ...

Need to figure out what you should do with your life after graduating? Curious to hear what you could do with your social sciences degree?

The UVA and AUAS were the targets of a major cyber attack in February and March 2021. This cyber attack did not lead to system failures, hijacking or ransom requests. All servers and systems of the UvA and AUAS have ...

When you log in to one of SURF's services, for example SURFspot and Research Drive, you will be presented with a login screen (SURFconext) where you indicate which institution you belong to. In the list you then ...

Accounts blocked for users who have not yet changed their password

Please avoid getting locked out of your UvA user account by changing your UvAnetID as soon as possible. If you are one of the more than 80,000 users of the UvA and AUAS systems who have already done so, we thank you ...

In this update, we again draw attention to changing your password. More than 70,000 colleagues and students have already done so. Thanks for that! Have you not changed your password yet? Then do it as soon as ...

As a result of the cyber attack on the UvA and AUAS, it is important that all staff and students change their UvAnetID password. Are you one of the 26,000 people who have already changed their password? There’s no ...

We are still working hard to limit the consequences of the cyber-attack. All students and staff have now been notified that they have to change their passwords. The call to do so is being well heeded.

We are working very hard to repel the cyber-attack. We are closely monitoring all ICT systems and are working hard to clean them up. Investigations have shown that the hackers have access to the encrypted passwords. ...

We’re working hard behind the scenes to limit the impact of the cyber attack. Within ICT Services in particular, employees are working overtime to ensure that education and research can continue as smoothly as possible.

The situation concerning cyber security remains the same as yesterday. Education and research at the UvA and AUAS are currently experiencing very little hindrance from the cyber-attack: all systems are online and ...

Education and research at the UvA and AUAS are currently experiencing very little hindrance from the cyberattack: all systems are online and available for use.

The Security and Operations Center of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) and University of Amsterdam (UvA) have found that an unknown third party has gained access to the ICT environments of the AUAS ...

Due to the extreme weather conditions, the Dutch Meteorological Institute (KNMI) issued code orange for Monday morning, 8 February. The buildings of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences will therefore open ...

In the My UvA App you now have the option to be notified of the latest timetable changes. With this new feature, the UvA is continuing to work on improving the information provision to students.

Last year, the UvA started to improve educational logistics. This concerns everything that is required to enable you to study at the UvA. Consider, for example, the timetable, course registration, but also how and ...

Only if you have signed up during the course application period, you have a guarantee that you will be able to follow the course. Before the start of the semester there will be a reinstatement opportunity. This ...

Increasingly, employees, students and business contacts receive fake UvA emails, which are almost indistinguishable from real UvA emails. This is not only annoying, but can also be harmful. To counteract this, we are ...

Services.uva.nl is the place where the UvA informs you about ICT disruptions. This services page is always available because it is placed outside of our own digital environment.

On Friday, the 28th of August the Graduate School of Social Sciences (GSSS) welcomed all new students starting a Master’s programme with a panel discussion, which could be attended live or online. In case you missed ...

This message is intended for students who did not (properly) in time applied for courses during the course application period from 11 June 2020 to 23 June 2020.

Dear Social Sciences students and staff, We hope this letter finds you well amid these uncertain and trying times. We are reaching out to you on behalf of the International Development Studies (IDS) department at ...

My name is Iris van Urk and I’ve just started in my role as Study Adviser and Programme Manager for the three Master programmes in Human Geography, Urban and Regional Planning and Urban Studies.

Check services.uva.nl for more information and updates.

Starting last week, the UvA and AUAS have been bombarded with phishing emails. The phishing attacks seem designed to send huge amounts of spam from the hijacked accounts. Be alert: do not click on links in these ...

You might have already noticed that id.uva.nl has gotten a new and fresh design.

This week we measured 40.000 simultaneous Wi-Fi network users, the highest amount ICT Services has ever measured in one day. A milestone to be proud of! We have access to a Wi-Fi network so advanced, it is able to ...

After the news coverage last week about unsafe personal hotspots, you might think it is better not to use them. This is not entirely true. Creating a personal hotspot, for example in the train, is much safer than ...

Starting 1 October 2019, the reading room in the Law Library will be accessible only to Amsterdam Law School students (including PPLE) and staff between the hours of 9:00 and 17.00. The collection and study places ...

Starting 1 September 2019, students and staff will no longer be able to view courses on or download material from Blackboard.

In connection with the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Dutch government tasked the Privacy Company agency with investigating and identifying the privacy risks of Office 365 ProPlus (the most recent ...

From now on Office 365 ProPlus is available for free for all UvA students. This will give you access to the latest versions such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint. You can download the software directly at ...

A new contemplation room has been created in building REC J/K, room B.93 at Roeterseiland campus.

The launch of the new design of the UvA website has been temporarily reversed. The new site went live on Monday morning, at 10:30, but unfortunately it soon became apparent that servers were becoming overloaded and ...

Do you ever have those days where you show up for an exam, but without your calculator? Or you're studying in the library and could really use a marker?

Earlier this month, we reported on security leaks that were found in the chips of current computer processors. In order to minimize security risks, maintenance work (including the installation of security patches) ...

In the past few days there have been news reports about the safety leaks ‘meltdown’ and ‘spectre’. The possible consequences of these leaks are currently being investigated. Up till now there have not been any ...

You have probably seen the news reports about the ransomware cyber-attacks on ICT systems worldwide. Currently, there is no reason to believe that the UvA and AUAS IT systems have been affected by the attacks.

Once again, dozens of fake emails are in circulation with the potential to cause serious damage, including locking you out of your files.

As a student of the UvA you can use the ‘uva’ or ‘eduroam’ networks for a fast and secure connection. This will also give you access to all the information systems.