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UvA Thesis Prize

The best and most original Master’s theses written at the UvA are rewarded each year with the UvA Thesis Prize. The jury judges the submissions by scientific quality and originality.

UvA Thesis Prize 2025

Master's students who graduated between April 1, 2024 and April 1, 2025, and received a grade of 9 or higher for their thesis are eligible to participate in the UvA Thesis Prize 2025. The grand prize winner will receive 3,000 euros, and the other (faculty) winners will each receive 1,000 euros.

The prize ceremony of the UvA Thesis Prize 2025 will take place during the UvA Education Day on Tuesday, 28 October 2025.

The deadline for submissions has passed.

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Winners of the UvA Thesis Prize 2024

Here are the faculty winners of 2024, who wrote the very best theses of the 2023–2024 academic year.

Roos Metselaar (FMG) is the grand prize winner of the UvA Thesis Prize 2024! The jury awarded her research – on sperm donors and the ways in which these donors are matched with prospective parents – the top prize of 3,000 euros. The other winners were Max Schoenmakers (ACTA), Maaike van Vulpen (FEB), Marta Pagliuca Pelacani (FGw), Amber den Hollander (Medicine), Heleen Mulder (FNWI), and Ömer Arikan (FdR).