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.

IIS elective course on livestock visits the fields

interview with Maarten Reesink, lecturer for the new course Food, Animals and the Environment. This course was developed by Caatje Kluskens, who won the special sustainability edition of the Create a Course challenge.
Disks, spikes and clouds

The detection of gravitational waves produced by the merger of black holes is teaching us a lot about the properties of these extreme objects. A team of researchers in the group of Gianfranco Bertone at the ...
Train disruption Monday 5 June

There was a train disruption Monday morning. The NS indicates that the fault has now been fixed but train traffic around Amsterdam will still be disrupted for the next few hours.
Tati Fernández receives funding to develop new synthetic methods for the synthesis of new molecules

Associate Professor Tati Fernández-Ibáñez of the research group Synthetic Organic Chemistry has received funding through the Open Competition Domain Science-M programme from the Dutch Research Council NWO. This is ...
Buckle up! A new class of materials is here

Would you rather run into a brick wall or into a mattress? For most people, the choice is not difficult. A brick wall is stiff and does not absorb shocks or vibrations well; a mattress is soft and is a good shock ...
When will robust AI-supported medical imaging finally become a reality?

A team of UvA-researchers organised a glaucoma screening challenge for AI-systems to address the limitations of AI in disease detection.
UvA takes 3rd place in national sustainability rankings for 2023

The University of Amsterdam has been awarded 3rd place in the 2023 SustainaBul, the national sustainability rankings for higher education institutions. The UvA owes this high ranking to the way it is integrating ...
In memoriam Rob Zsom (1947-2023)

On 22 May 2023, Dr Rob Zsom passed away at the age of 75. As the very first director of the Van ’t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences he worked to build a solid foundation for the UvA chemistry research that is ...
'I came to the conclusion that I simply knew too little about it'

Can everyone become a top athlete? Will there be new animal species? How do you determine the fastest route? These are not just a few random questions, these are titles of children's lectures recently held at science ...
Philippe Bouyer appointed professor in Ultracold Quantum Sensing

Dr Philippe Bouyer has been appointed professor in Ultracold Quantum Sensing at the Faculty of Science of the University of Amsterdam.

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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