Faculty of Science - University of Amsterdam

Faculty of Science

Researchers and students at the Faculty of Science are fascinated by every aspect of how the world works, be it elementary particles, the birth of the universe or the functioning of the brain. With education and research in mathematics, physics, chemistry, astronomy, biology, logic and computer science, we are fully immersed in the entire spectrum of the sciences.

Fossil fuel-free campus: completely gas-free by 2040

Due to the CO2 emissions of fossil fuels, their use is being phased out completely. By 2025, almost no natural gas will be used at Amsterdam Science Park (ASP). Roeterseiland Campus (REC) will follow by 2030 at the ...
UvA Communication & Media Studies again at No. 1 in QS Rankings

For the sixth year in row, the UvA occupies 1st place worldwide in the field of Communication & Media Studies in the QS World University Rankings by Subject. ACTA, the joint dentistry faculty of the UvA and VU, also ...
The structure of UvA's CO2 footprint

Sustainability is an important theme for the UvA. In addition to conducting research and teaching about sustainability, we work on a daily basis to make the university itself more sustainable. Our goal is to reduce ...
Automatic detection of hidden chemical information in drug samples is going to help The Netherlands in the fight against drug crime

The numerous samples that are analysed daily by Dutch forensic laboratories for the presence of drugs often have a characteristic chemical fingerprint, from which useful information can be obtained about the raw ...
UvA Quants Career Event 2023 bigger than ever

With nine companies from the financial sector and more than 80 participating students, this year's UvA Quants Career Event 2023 was bigger than ever. Companies and students had plenty of time to meet.
Searching for dark matter with gravitational waves

UvA physicists Gianfranco Bertone and Samaya Nissanke have received an NWO ENW-M2 grant for their research project ‘Searching for dark matter with gravitational waves’. The grant allows them to create a small team of ...
5 questions about the dialogue on collaboration with fossil fuel industry

In early February, the UvA announced that it would not enter into any new research collaborations with Shell or other fossil fuel industry companies until there has been an UvA-wide dialogue with students and staff ...
Plants on Mauritius lose their seed dispersers

Many native animals that disperse plant seeds on the island of Mauritius have gone extinct during the past centuries. This includes iconic species such as the dodo and giant tortoises, now replaced by non-native ...
UvA and NFI open forensic research lab 'AI4forensics'

In the AI4forensics lab that opened last week, four PhD students and a postdoc conduct research into artificial intelligence for forensics.
A crystal – but not as we know it

When we think of crystals, we think of ice, kitchen salt, quartz, and so on – hard solids whose shapes show a regular pattern. Research performed in the group of UvA-IoP physicist Noushine Shahidzadeh shows that ...

Amsterdam Science Park Campus

The Faculty of Science is located at Amsterdam Science Park, one of the largest research hubs in Europe. Here, our researchers collaborate with colleagues from – among others – Nikhef, AMOLF and CWI.

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