Dean and Management Team

Dean

Amsterdam University College's Dean is Prof. Dr. Marijk van der Wende.

Marijk van der Wende is a professor of higher education at the VU University Amsterdam and the chair of the Internationalisation Board of VU University. She is an honorary professor at the Center for Higher Education Policy Studies (CHEPS), at the University of Twente and President of the Programme on Institutional Management in Higher Education of the OECD.

Marijk van der Wende obtained Bachelor and Master's degrees in Science of Education from the University of Amsterdam, and a PhD from Utrecht University. She was a visiting scholar at the Center for Studies in Higher Education at the University of California, Berkeley (USA).

Director of Education and Head of Studies (Sciences)

Dr. Ramon Puras is AUC's Director of Education and Head of Studies (Sciences).

Ramon Puras graduated (Diplom) in Chemistry/Biochemistry at the Freie Universität Berlin (Germany). He received his PhD on ‘HIV integrase: a target for drug discovery' (AIDS research) from the Netherlands Cancer Institute in Amsterdam, and followed postdoctoral studies at the VU University Amsterdam. He has been a lecturer at Utrecht University and University College Utrecht (UCU). He was involved in the development of the Prestige Master programme in Biomolecular Sciences at Utrecht University.

Direct phone number: +31 (0)20 525 8787

Head of Studies (Academic Core) and Curriculum Manager

AUC's Head of Studies (Academic Core) and Curriculum Manager is Deirdre Klein Bog, MA.

Before joining Amsterdam University College as its Academic Coordinator, Deirdre Klein Bog was Deputy Director (Management) of the Amsterdam Business School. She joined the business school at its beginning in 2001. Before this she had been head of the Financial English Department of the Amsterdam Academy (a joint venture of Hogeschool Holland and VU University Amsterdam). Originally from Northern Ireland, Deirdre Klein Bog obtained her MA in History and Political Science from Trinity College, Dublin, and her postgraduate degree in education (PGCE) from the University of Greenwich in London.

Direct phone number: +31 (0)20 525 8785

Managing Director and Admissions Officer

Dr. Belinda Stratton is Managing Director and Admissions Officer.  

Belinda Stratton obtained her BSc (Honours) and PhD in Chemistry at the University of East Anglia in the UK, with a study abroad period at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. After her studies she worked in an editorial department of the scientific publishing company Pergamon Press, before moving to the Netherlands and starting work at the European Association for International Education (EAIE) in 1993. She was the EAIE's Publications and Information Manager when she was recruited to the AUC team at the end of 2007.

 Direct phone number: +31 (0)20 525 8784 / 8780

Coordinator Marketing, Communication and Internationalisation

Direct phone number: +31 (0)20 525 8781