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.

Successful FACT-AI course leads to student awards

Students who took the course ‘Fairness, Accountability, Confidentiality and Transparency in AI’ of the Informatics Institute, won the Best Paper Award and two Outstanding Paper Awards in the Machine Learning ...
Peter Sloot receives UvA Honorary Medallion

Five special UvA staff members have been awarded UvA Honorary Medallions. Peter Sloot, professor of Complex Adaptive Systems at the Faculty of Science, Informatics Institute, Computational Science Lab, was one of the ...
Amcel awards: Call for nominations

At the Annual Symposium of Amcel, the Amsterdam Centre for Electrochemistry, two awards will be presented: the ‘Amcel Award’ for best PhD thesis and the ‘Amcel BSc thesis award’ for best BSc thesis. The symposium ...
We need more female role models and mentors

On 15 June, I defended my Phd Thesis titled, “Efficient Neural Architectures for Edge Devices”, in front of an all-female committee. About 4 years ago, I started my Phd, knowing well that there are very few women ...
Join the conference ‘Catalysis – A Key to Sustainability’

From 12-14 September the first edition of ‘Catalysis – A Key to Sustainability’ conference will be held in Izmir, Türkiye. This joint initiative of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and the Izmir Institute of ...
Chemical Analysis for Forensic Evidence, a book by Arian van Asten

Prof. Arian van Asten has authored a book on Chemical Analysis for Forensic Evidence. The book provides a forensic analytical chemistry framework based on how professionals actually use chemistry to solve crimes. It ...
Revealing the original brilliance of a faded yellow rose

A team of researchers of the Rijksmuseum, the University of Amsterdam and the University of Antwerp has investigated the yellow rose in Abraham Mignon’s famous painting Still Life with Flowers and a Watch. The flower ...
UvA Honorary Medallions for five special staff members

Five special UvA staff members have been awarded UvA Honorary Medallions. Guido de Wilde, Peter Sloot, Annelies Dijkstra, Hotze Mulder and Peter Vonk received the Honorary Medallions for their extraordinary efforts ...
Afternoon to connect technical support staff

The Faculty of Science has a diverse group of technical support staff who ensure that the labs, facilities, practicals and basically everything in and around Science Park work and continue to work properly. After the ...
Peter-Paul Verbeek new UvA Rector Magnificus

The Supervisory Board of the University of Amsterdam has named Peter-Paul Verbeek (1970) Rector Magnificus and member of the Executive Board of the UvA. This was done with positive recommendations from the ...

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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Smart & Green at Amsterdam Science Park

The Faculty of Science has identified Smart and Green as two important valorisation themes. In these videos researchers explain how being located at Amsterdam Science Park helps them to achieve their valorisation objectives.

Successful FACT-AI course leads to student awards

Peter Sloot receives UvA Honorary Medallion

Amcel awards: Call for nominations

We need more female role models and mentors

Join the conference ‘Catalysis – A Key to Sustainability’

Chemical Analysis for Forensic Evidence, a book by Arian van Asten

Revealing the original brilliance of a faded yellow rose

UvA Honorary Medallions for five special staff members

Afternoon to connect technical support staff

Peter-Paul Verbeek new UvA Rector Magnificus

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