Organisation

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Learn more about the UvA's management and structure.

Governance and organisation

• The three-member Executive Board is responsible for University's general management.
• The Supervisory Board oversees university governance and advises the Executive Board.
• The Executive Staff support the Executive Board. The Executive Staff's main tasks are to formulate the University's strategic policy, to set frameworks and to provide operational steering and first-line control.
• The role of the shared service units is to carry out all the support processes within the University.

Faculties

Our people

• Use our staff directory to find academic and support staff by name or faculty/unit.
• Talented professors are the cornerstone of our teaching and research.
• The UvA awards honorary degrees as a way of honouring an individual’s outstanding contributions within a specific field or to society at large.

Organisational chart

What does the organisational structure of the UvA look like?

Download the organisational chart

• Faculty teaching activities are organised in Colleges (Bachelor’s) and Graduate Schools (Master's).
• Find out how research at the UvA is organised in institutes and research centres.

Councils, committees and advisory

• Students and staff participate in decision-making at the level of the university, the faculty and the individual degree programmes, in student councils, works councils and programme committees.
• Four advisory committees provide the Executive Board with advice in several areas.
• The Examinations Boards of programmes are responsible for assessing whether each student meets the programme requirements for obtaining a degree. Find out more about their duties and powers.
• Examination Appeals Board, arbitration committees and other legal matters.

Affiliated organisations

• Support from the Amsterdam University Fund makes it possible for students and scientists to realize their academic dreams.
• CREA offers courses and workshops in music, dance, theatre, new media, photography and visual arts. We also host concerts, presentations, exhibitions and debates about science, art and society.
• The USC offers over 80 sports different activities, from aikido to weightlifting, and aerobics to lacrosse. Work out 7 days a week at one of our 7 fitness centres located across Amsterdam
• From Egyptian antiquities to Blaeu atlases, and from medieval manuscripts to contemporary graphic design, the Allard Pierson has a wide variety of the UvA's collections available to the public and to researchers. ...
• Always wanted a cool UvA sweater, beanie or other merchandise items? Check out the online shop and the physical store at Spui.
• SPUI25 is an academic and cultural centre for lectures, debates, interviews, book presentations and more.
• 19th-century medical professor Gerardus Vrolik began this collection which includes over 10,000 anatomical and embryological specimens, skeletons and skulls, and anatomical models and reconstructions.
• This student orchestra is Amsterdam’s oldest symphony orchestra. It regularly performs at top locations in Amsterdam and elsewhere.
• Folia is the independent, journalistic online magazine for and about the UvA. Folia has existed since 1948 and is produced by a professional editorial team and (former) students.