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  • AUC student elected President of EYP NL

    14 Mar 2017

    AUC student Maria Bianka Lojanica was recently elected President of the European Youth Parliament the Netherlands (EYP NL). A second-year sciences major, Lojanica looks forward to her upcoming term coordinating and ...

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  • AUC students participate in International Interdisciplinary Seminar in UK

    10 Mar 2017

    From 1-6 January 2017, AUC science students George Jenkinson and Sachith Mendis joined AUC lecturer Sebastian De Haro and a group of Amsterdam graduate students and professors to attend the week long International ...

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  • DO Group hosts Dutch political discussion

    7 Mar 2017

    On Thursday, 2 March, the Diversity Outreach (DO) student group invited representatives from various Dutch political parties to AUC to discuss party stances on important issues in the national elections on 15 March. ...

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  • Fourteen AUC science students visit CERN

    15 Feb 2017

    On Friday, 20 January 2017, a group of 14 students from Amsterdam University College visited CERN, the largest particle accelerator in the world, in Geneva, Switzerland.

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  • Symposium at AUC examines LAS education in international contexts

    8 Feb 2017

    The Symposium on Liberal Arts and Sciences Education in International Contexts took place at Amsterdam University College on Friday, 3 February 2017, featuring keynote speakers Prof. Dr. Marijk van der Wende ...

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  • Best-selling author Russell Shorto delivers WiT lecture at AUC

    7 Feb 2017

    On Thursday, 2 February 2017, AUC hosted a very special Who's in Town speaker: Russell Shorto. Organised by the U.S. Consulate Youth Advisory Board, the best-selling American author stopped by AUC during his short ...

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  • AUC to participate in Amsterdam Law Trials for the first time

    20 Jan 2017

    This year, AUC will take part in the Amsterdam Law Trials (or ALT) for the first time. ALT is a four-month moot court competition between AUC, UvA-PPLE (Politics, Psychology, Law and Economics) and the Honours ...

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  • Study abroad stories: Johanna & Andrea in Morocco

    17 Jan 2017

    AUC students Johanna Ramaer (Class of 2017, Social Sciences) and Andrea Haefner (Class of 2017, Social Sciences) both spent the Autumn 2016 semester studying abroad at the École de Gouvernance et Economie in the city ...

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  • AUC hosts first ‘Who’s in Science Park’

    14 Dec 2016

    On Thursday, 8 December, Who’s in Science Park (WiSP), a special edition of Who’s in Town, took place in the Common Room of the AUC Academic Building in order to highlight various new initiatives starting in ...

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  • Study abroad stories: Jakub in Kazakhstan

    7 Dec 2016

    Third-year AUC student Jakub Polansky (Class of 2017) has spent the previous three months studying abroad at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University in Almaty, Kazakhstan. In an interview with AUC's International ...

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  • AUC a top rated liberal arts and sciences programme for 2017

    2 Dec 2016

    Amsterdam University College is proud to announce that it has been awarded a top rating designation by the Keuzegids Universiteiten 2017.

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  • Netherlands ranked first in non-native English proficiency index

    16 Nov 2016

    The Netherlands has been named the country with the highest English proficiency among non-native speaking countries according to the EF English Proficiency Index. The Netherlands ranks first of the 72 countries for ...

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  • AUC alumna wins AUV-Alumnus Prize

    7 Nov 2016

    AUC alumna Luana Carretto (Class of 2016) was awarded the AUV-Alumnus Prize on Saturday, 5 November 2016 for her dedicated work on the food-waste saving initiative Taste Before You Waste.

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  • AUC students explore mathematical philosophy in Munich

    3 Nov 2016

    This past July, the third edition of the Summer School on Mathematical Philosophy for Female Students was held at the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Two AUC ...

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  • Jeugdlab hosts festive programme for Science Park Open Day 2016

    10 Oct 2016

    Amsterdam University College once again turned over the building to student initiative Jeugdlab for the Amsterdam Science Park Open Day on Saturday, 1 October 2016. Part of the wider national “Weekend of Science” ( ...

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  • AUC students on winning team of quiz show 'University Challenge'

    3 Oct 2016

    The finale of the Dutch television show University Challenge (Universiteitsstrijd) aired on 30 September 2016, which saw the University of Amsterdam team defeat Leiden University in an exciting conclusion of 130 ...

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  • AUC Open Days and Bachelor Days 2016-2017

    28 Sept 2016

    Interested in applying to AUC? Looking to learn more about what a liberal arts and sciences programme entails? By visiting an Open Day or Bachelor Day, you'll have the chance to ask questions to current students, ...

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  • 116 solar panels installed on AUC roof

    14 Sept 2016

    From June-September 2016, some 116 solar panels were installed on the roof of the AUC Academic Building at Amsterdam Science Park. The installation is part of a larger UvA-AUAS wide initiative which will see over ...

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  • AUC Welcomes the Class of 2019

    5 Sept 2016

    The 2016 AUC Introduction Week took place from 29 August – 2 September 2016, during which more than 350 new AUC students and exchange students participated in a week-long orientation programme.

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  • AUC students to feature on Dutch television quiz show

    22 Aug 2016

    Three AUC students will be participating in the upcoming season of the Dutch television quiz show The University Challenge (De Universiteitsstrijd) on the teams of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and Vrije ...

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