Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Congresses & symposia

03 April 2025

Congress The Transparent Transition

Workshop

03 April 2025

SoTL in the Polder: practice-oriented educational research

PhD Defences

03 April 2025

PhD defence F. Buccoliero

Mental Well-being

Social events

03 April 2025

Walk during your day @VU

PhD Defences

03 April 2025

PhD defence C. Verberkt

Inaugural lectures & valedictory speeches

03 April 2025

Inaugural lecture prof.dr. D.J. Vugts

Social events

Mental Well-being

03 April 2025

Spring's Grief Café

PhD Defences

04 April 2025

PhD defence E.A.R. Hartman

PhD Defences

04 April 2025

PhD defence G. Magni

PhD Defences

04 April 2025

PhD defence M. Berardi

Inaugural lectures & valedictory speeches

04 April 2025

Inaugural lecture prof.dr.mr. J.E.B. Coster van Voorhout

Debates & conversations

Social events

05 April 2025

Spring Mini Retreat

Debates & conversations

06 April 2025

VU Amsterdam strikes against higher education cuts

PhD Defences

07 April 2025

PhD defence I. L. Huiberts

PhD Defences

07 April 2025

PhD defence S. Adhikari

Workshop

08 April 2025

Dealing with large student numbers: activities and assessment

Workshop

Information sessions

08 April 2025

Finding first funds (early career)

PhD Defences

08 April 2025

PhD defence J. Kuebler

PhD Defences

08 April 2025

PhD defence E.O. Wesselink

PhD Defences

08 April 2025

PhD defence M. Blijlevens

PhD Defences

09 April 2025

PhD defence U. Baginska

PhD Defences

09 April 2025

PhD defence J.M. Smit

Congresses & symposia

09 April 2025

NRIN-on-Tour 2025

PhD Defences

09 April 2025

PhD defence S.A. Arends

PhD Defences

09 April 2025

PhD defence L.B. Streicher

Social events

09 April 2025

Close reading: The Disappearance of Rituals N.1

Workshop

09 April 2025

Bytes & Bites: R Packaging

PhD Defences

10 April 2025

PhD defence E. Brouwers

Congresses & symposia

10 April 2025

StuKO Symposium 'Students as Teachers: make it business as usual'

PhD Defences

10 April 2025

PhD defence R.E. van Weelderen

PhD Defences

10 April 2025

PhD defence V.G. Bogatyr

Workshop

Social events

10 April 2025

Workshop: Harmony in Conversation - How to Disagree Well

Networking & meeting

Workshop

10 April 2025

Anthropocene Navigators monthly meeting: 10 April 2025

Information sessions

11 April 2025

Horizon Europe 2025 Cluster1 Health, Mission Cancer and EU4Health

PhD Defences

14 April 2025

PhD defence T.S. Groen-van Schooten

Information sessions

14 April 2025

Horizon Europe 2025 Cluster5 (o.a.Climate) & Cluster6 (o.a.Food)

PhD Defences

14 April 2025

PhD defence B. Erdogan

PhD Defences

14 April 2025

PhD defence E.E. Vos

Workshop

15 April 2025

Hot Moments in practice

PhD Defences

15 April 2025

PhD defence N.M. Mattis

Networking & meeting

15 April 2025

Meet & Match | Community Service Learning

Open days

Networking & meeting

15 April 2025

FSS Master Pitches: learn more about the Master tracks

Lectures

15 April 2025

Lunch lecture: Pedagogies of Collapse with Ginie Servant-Miklos

PhD Defences

15 April 2025

PhD defence K. Waury

PhD Defences

15 April 2025

PhD Defence Kathi Waury

Lectures

Congresses & symposia

15 April 2025

LEARN! Research Seminar by Roel van Steensel

PhD Defences

16 April 2025

PhD defence V.E. Pijlman

PhD Defences

16 April 2025

PhD defence M. Looijmans

PhD Defences

16 April 2025

PhD defence A.M. Klukowska

PhD Defences

16 April 2025

PhD defence E.M. van Andel

Networking & meeting

17 April 2025

International Talent Event Amsterdam

PhD Defences

17 April 2025

PhD defence P. Koolwijk

Debates & conversations

17 April 2025

Data Conversations: About sensitive data collected by students.

PhD Defences

17 April 2025

PhD defence W. Mul

Inaugural lectures & valedictory speeches

17 April 2025

Inaugural lecture prof.dr. D.E. Slot

Networking & meeting

Lectures

17 April 2025

Waste-made Amsterdam & the Can Collective (dual lecture)

Workshop

22 April 2025

Coaching and guiding students

PhD Defences

22 April 2025

PhD defence J.R. Rosier

Debates & conversations

22 April 2025

WO&MEN@VU: Strengthening Communication & Community in Academia.

PhD Defences

22 April 2025

PhD defence A. Moerkerken

PhD Defences

22 April 2025

PhD defence S.L. di Prima

PhD Defences

23 April 2025

PhD defence I.S. Verissimo

Workshop

24 April 2025

Literature search strategy - reflecting, improving. Module 3

PhD Defences

24 April 2025

PhD defence C. Nuij

Information sessions

Congresses & symposia

24 April 2025

AI Literacy at VU Amsterdam

PhD Defences

24 April 2025

PhD defence T.W.B. Leijnse

Inaugural lectures & valedictory speeches

24 April 2025

Inaugural lecture prof.dr. S.M. Rubinstein

Presentations

24 April 2025

Yasamin Nazari: Distance Structures and Algorithmic Applications

Festivals

Social events

24 April 2025

Join the City Nature Challenge Amsterdam!

PhD Defences

25 April 2025

PhD defence B. van Hall

PhD Defences

25 April 2025

PhD defence R. Soleimanidinani

PhD Defences

25 April 2025

PhD defence M.S. Zee

Inaugural lectures & valedictory speeches

25 April 2025

Inaugural lecture prof.dr. W.D. Hulsbergen

PhD Defences

28 April 2025

PhD defence A.L.S.T. Rosset

PhD Defences

28 April 2025

PhD Defence Alois Rosset​

Workshop

28 April 2025

Reference software - citing with EndNote, module 2

Congresses & symposia

30 April 2025

Symposium on the occasion of Prof. Henri Bal's retirement

PhD Defences

02 May 2025

PhD defence A.S. Gravestijn

PhD Defences

02 May 2025

PhD defence F.A. Podieh

PhD Defences

02 May 2025

PhD defence J.S. Banks

PhD Defences

06 May 2025

PhD defence L.E. de Vries

PhD Defences

06 May 2025

PhD defence J.G.W.V. Voet

PhD Defences

06 May 2025

PhD defence J.A.G.J. Asselbergs

PhD Defences

06 May 2025

PhD defence E.M. Neppelenbroek

Presentations

07 May 2025

ABRI PhD Day 2025

PhD Defences

07 May 2025

PhD defence A. Ziaee

Information sessions

07 May 2025

Horizon Europe 2025 Cluster2(o.a.Culture) &Cluster3(o.a.Security)

PhD Defences

07 May 2025

PhD defence S.J. den Nijs

PhD Defences

07 May 2025

PhD defence D.E. Huisman

Workshop

07 May 2025

Writing a Data Management Plan | FGB and Faculty of Science

PhD Defences

07 May 2025

PhD defence E.F. Koridon

PhD Defences

08 May 2025

PhD defence S.E. Beutick

Workshop

08 May 2025

Effectively integrating generative AI into your course

PhD Defences

08 May 2025

PhD defence M. van Merriënboer

PhD Defences

08 May 2025

PhD defence J.F. Dez

PhD Defences

09 May 2025

PhD Defence Roderick van der Weerdt

PhD Defences

09 May 2025

PhD defence R.P. van der Weerdt

PhD Defences

09 May 2025

PhD defence C.P.A. Venier Cambron

PhD Defences

09 May 2025

PhD defence A.E. Guevara Morel

Inaugural lectures & valedictory speeches

09 May 2025

Valedictory speech prof.dr. H.M. Kapelle

PhD Defences

12 May 2025

PhD defence T. van Aswegen

Workshop

12 May 2025

Three ways to improve your study Module 1: The negative spiral

PhD Defences

12 May 2025

PhD defence A. Yeste Vázquez

Workshop

12 May 2025

Setting up a literature search strategy - Module 2

PhD Defences

13 May 2025

PhD defence J. Sueters

Workshop

13 May 2025

Master prompting with generative AI

PhD Defences

13 May 2025

PhD defence T. Matej Hrkalovic

PhD Defences

13 May 2025

PhD defence A.V. de Jonge

Courses

13 May 2025

The Art of Dialogue for researchers

PhD Defences

13 May 2025

PhD defence A. Tatar

PhD Defences

13 May 2025

PhD Defence Andrei Tatar

Workshop

Congresses & symposia

14 May 2025

Workshop “Theorizing Data and AI”

PhD Defences

14 May 2025

PhD defence W. Nieboer

PhD Defences

14 May 2025

PhD defence M.J. Bakkum

Congresses & symposia

14 May 2025

UNESCO Symposium Be the Change

Workshop

15 May 2025

Reference software - citing with EndNote, module 2

PhD Defences

15 May 2025

PhD defence A.N. de Vries

Inaugural lectures & valedictory speeches

15 May 2025

Valedictory speech prof.dr. C.C.J.H. Bijleveld

Open days

15 May 2025

Open Evening Thursday May 15 2025

PhD Defences

16 May 2025

PhD defence F.M.A. Wagenaars

PhD Defences

16 May 2025

PhD defence G.K. Schouten

PhD Defences

16 May 2025

PhD defence K. Bhat

PhD Defences

16 May 2025

PhD Defence Koustubha Bhat

Inaugural lectures & valedictory speeches

16 May 2025

Inaugural lecture prof.dr. T. Wuyts

PhD Defences

19 May 2025

PhD defence S. Saha

PhD Defences

19 May 2025

PhD defence L.M.A. Mulder

PhD Defences

19 May 2025

PhD defence T. Karacic

Workshop

19 May 2025

Literature search strategy - reflecting, improving. Module 3

Lectures

19 May 2025

Abraham Kuyper Lecture 2025

Workshop

20 May 2025

Use generative AI to design courses faster and better

PhD Defences

20 May 2025

PhD defence F. Mathey

PhD Defences

20 May 2025

PhD defence D.N. Schoonhoven

PhD Defences

20 May 2025

PhD defence E. Geretto

PhD Defences

20 May 2025

PhD Defence Elia Geretto

Open days

20 May 2025

Open Evening Tuesday May 20 2025 (Online)

Information sessions

20 May 2025

VU RC Experience

PhD Defences

21 May 2025

PhD defence J.C. Smits

PhD Defences

21 May 2025

PhD defence M. Dam

PhD Defences

21 May 2025

PhD defence T.C. Abreu

PhD Defences

21 May 2025

PhD defence E.A.D. Gabory

PhD Defences

21 May 2025

PhD Defence ​Esteban Gabory

Congresses & symposia

Workshop

22 May 2025

LEARN! Annual Conference 2025

Congresses & symposia

Workshop

22 May 2025

4th Healthcare & Technology Research Jam

Congresses & symposia

22 May 2025

Professionalizing Board of Directors Self-Evaluations

PhD Defences

22 May 2025

PhD defence R.F. Mahomedradja

Congresses & symposia

22 May 2025

Meet the Future of Teaching - Spring 2025

Inaugural lectures & valedictory speeches

22 May 2025

Inaugural lecture prof.dr. G.N. Cornelisse

Presentations

22 May 2025

Loek van Montfort: Vehicle routing problems with synchronization

PhD Defences

23 May 2025

PhD defence B.C. Keumatio Doungtsop

PhD Defences

23 May 2025

PhD defence A.W. Boerman

Inaugural lectures & valedictory speeches

23 May 2025

Valedictory speech prof.dr. M.S. van der Knaap

PhD Defences

26 May 2025

PhD defence M.P. van Engelen

PhD Defences

26 May 2025

PhD defence N.S. Funke

Workshop

26 May 2025

Reference software - citing with EndNote - Module 2

PhD Defences

26 May 2025

PhD defence R.M. Visser

PhD Defences

27 May 2025

PhD defence S. Sametoglu

Workshop

27 May 2025

Explore image and video generation with generative AI

PhD Defences

27 May 2025

PhD defence J.H.K. Man

PhD Defences

27 May 2025

PhD defence R.F. Malik

PhD Defences

27 May 2025

Phd defence C.D. du Toit

PhD Defences

28 May 2025

PhD defence Xin Liu

PhD Defences

28 May 2025

PhD defence A.R. Mohamed

PhD Defences

28 May 2025

PhD defence J. Poppinga

PhD Defences

28 May 2025

PhD defence C. Lu

Lectures

03 June 2025

Hope in Turbulent Times - MLK's Spirituality | Public lecture

Workshop

05 June 2025

Setting up a literature search strategy. Module 2

Workshop

10 June 2025

5 tools to save you time and improve your teaching

Workshop

12 June 2025

Literature search strategy - reflecting, improving. Module 3

Festivals

12 June 2025

Déjà VU Festival

Presentations

12 June 2025

Sebastian Kraul: Hospital case mix and medical resident planning

Festivities & celebrations

14 June 2025

Open Tower Day

Congresses & symposia

16 June 2025

Open Science Week 2025

Workshop

18 June 2025

CSL Learning Lab | Sustainability in CSL | OPEN SCIENCE WEEK

Congresses & symposia

18 June 2025

Critical and Alternative Thinking on Governance Workshop

Courses

19 June 2025

KIN Summer School 2025

Workshop

19 June 2025

Reference software - tips and tricks with EndNote, module 3

PhD Defences

19 June 2025

PhD Defence Erik van Haeringen

Workshop

Information sessions

19 June 2025

ABP Pension Information Meeting for international employees

Congresses & symposia

Networking & meeting

20 June 2025

Inaugural Conference: Amsterdam Space Law & Sustainability Center

Debates & conversations

Workshop

23 June 2025

“The Innovation Puzzle” Workshop and World-wide Book Launch

Workshop

24 June 2025

Dealing with large student numbers: activities and assessment

Congresses & symposia

25 June 2025

Slavery Past, Present & Future: 9th Global Meeting 26 June

Congresses & symposia

26 June 2025

Slavery Past, Present & Future: 9th Global Meeting 27 June

PhD Defences

27 June 2025

Phd Defence Corinne Allaart

Congresses & symposia

27 June 2025

Slavery Past, Present & Future: 9th Global Meeting 28 June

Workshop

01 July 2025

Hot Moments in practice

Lectures

Debates & conversations

01 July 2025

LEARN! Guest Seminar by Bruce Maxwell

Courses

04 July 2025

VU Amsterdam Summer School 2025

Workshop

25 August 2025

Getting to know Canvas for teachers

Workshop

25 August 2025

Practice with VU’s classroom equipment

Workshop

27 August 2025

5 simple tips for Active Blended Learning

Festivities & celebrations

01 September 2025

Opening Academic Year

Lectures

Debates & conversations

30 September 2025

LEARN! Research Seminar by Matthijs Warrens

Congresses & symposia

07 October 2025

From Darkness to Light: Hope in Contemporary cinema - 8 October

Congresses & symposia

08 October 2025

The International Motor Impairment Conference 2025

Congresses & symposia

09 October 2025

The International Motor Impairment Conference 2025 Day 2

Congresses & symposia

10 October 2025

The International Motor Impairment Conference 2025 Day 3

Open days

07 November 2025

VU Bachelor's Days - 7 and 8 November 2025

Festivities & celebrations

20 November 2025

Dies Natalis

Lectures

Debates & conversations

25 November 2025

LEARN! Research Seminar by Inge Molenaar

Open days

27 November 2025

Online Master's Event