Announcements

The UvA will start a pilot of the Meet Your Mentor (MYM) programme on 1 September 2020. An online mentoring programme for talented (first-generation) Dutch students with a non-Western background who want to orient ...

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.

The major network maintenance weekend has been carried out successfully and all applications are available once again.

Major ICT maintenance work will once again be taking place during the weekend of 23-24 November. Although the maintenance work will be performed throughout the entire weekend, we have managed to minimise the impact ...

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 ...

There is currently a power outage at our Roeterseiland Campus (REC). As a result, Buildings A, B, C, and D are all closed. The Tienhovengebouw and De Plint are also closed.

All ICT study places (i.e. study places with an UvA computer) in study centres and libraries will be upgraded to Windows 10 and the new Office package 365 ProPlus in August.

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 Monday 27 May to Wednesday 5 June, the University Library will be switching over to a new library system. Our services will be restricted during this time. Read more about what temporarily is not possible.

On Tuesday, 28 May, there will be no public transport throughout the Netherlands because of a strike. All UvA exams scheduled for that day will be cancelled and attendance at seminars and lectures will be optional. ...

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 2019-2020 in Studielink. Check the step-by-step ...

From Wednesday 24 April through the end of May, the REC-E bike shed will be closed due to building works being carried out during this period. Bikes and scooters may be parked in the underground facility at REC-A ...

During the spring holidays most UvA buildings, study centres and catering locations will be closed.

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 ...

Starting on 1 April and running until late May, the annual inspection to schedule maintenance work will be taking place at Roeterseiland Campus. An inspector will be checking all the buildings to take measurements ...

Due to the launch of a new registration system for Facility Services, the FS forms will be temporarily unavailable for use from 12 noon on Thursday, 21 February until 12 noon on Friday, 22 February.

From Monday, 28 January through Friday, 1 February, cooling equipment at building REC BCD will be dismantled and removed. This work will take place between 07:00 and 17:00.

As from January 2019, bicycle racks on the Roeterseiland Campus UvA premises will be cleared once a month. As well as keeping the racks serviceable, this also ensures emergency services can access the campus, if needed.

During the Christmas break (Saturday, 22 December 2018 through Tuesday, 1 January 2019), maintenance work will be carried out in the REC A bicycle basement.

The Christmas recess will take place from Saturday, 22 December until Tuesday, 1 January. During this period most UvA buildings and facilities will be closed or have adjusted opening hours.

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 ...

Starting on Monday 15 October and continuing through Friday 30 November, Waternet will be replacing the sewage system under Valckenierstraat. These works will take place between 07:00 and 16:00.

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?

From Friday 31 August, Amsterdam municipality will be conducting a ‘bike removal’ program on Roeterseiland campus at REC-A, REC-M and University property areas.

Arrange your re-enrolment and pay your tuition fees no later than 31 August.

From Monday, 30 July, some bicycle racks will be removed from the large part of the REC E bicycle parking facility. Any bikes in the bicycle parking facility at that time will be moved and temporarily stored elsewhere.

A countrywide transport strike is set to take place as from Wednesday, 27 June. Exams, lectures and other activities at the UvA will continue as planned.

Arrange your re-enrolment and pay your tuition fees no later than 31 August. You can only register for first-semester courses if you have submitted a re-enrolment application.

On Thursday 19 and Friday 20 April UvAQ and EvaSys will be updated.

During the spring holidays most UvA buildings, study centres and catering locations will be closed.

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 ...

On Friday, 5 January 2018, the feedback tool on Blackboard will be updated from 18:00 to 22:00.

The Christmas recess will take place from Saturday, 23 December until Monday, 1 January. During this period most UvA buildings and facilities will be closed or have adjusted opening hours.

KNMI has issued code red for large parts of the country from 13:00 onwards because of bad weather conditions. All classes have been canceled although UvA buildings remain open. We advise students and staff to go home ...

Due to technical difficulties the Canon Portal has been temporarily unavailable. This meant that students and employees where unable to login to uva.canon.nl.

The major network maintenance weekend has been carried out successfully and all applications are available once again.

On Thursday 12 October from 15:00 to 17:00, due to emergency maintenance it is not possible to follow web lectures on the web page webcolleges.uva.nl.

Arrange your re-enrolment and pay your tuition fees no later than 31 August.

From 7 August to 28 August inclusive, renovations will take place in the restaurant and the seating area on the ground floor of Building H. This part of the building will therefore be closed during this period. Both ...

The renovation of the current study area on the first floor of building B will start on Monday 3 July. In the coming weeks, a completely new study landscape will be created.

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.