Contact information for PhD candidates

Depending on your question, you can contact the Office of the Rector, your own faculty, or department. The information below will help you identify the best point of contact.

Questions about admission, forms, and research

For questions about submitting the following forms, contact the PhD contact person at your faculty:

Request for exemption from the legal education requirement
Admission to the PhD programme
Composition of the doctoral committee
Content-related questions about your doctoral research

View the faculty contact persons

General questions about the PhD programme and Doctorate Regulations

You can contact the Doctorate Board with general queries about your PhD.

General questions about the PhD programme:

Steps outlined in the Doctorate Regulations
Admission and composition of the doctoral committee
E: CvP-secretariaat-bb@uva.nl

Questions about the legal education requirement:

Submitting a request for exemption
Ongoing exemption requests
E: CvP-exemption-bb@uva.nl

Questions after the doctoral committee has been appointed

For questions on the following topics, contact the Beadle’s Office:

Scheduling your defence date
Submitting your PhD thesis (3 printed copies)
Doctoral defence ceremony
Doctoral candidate procession (“promotieklasje”)
E: bureaupedel@uva.nl
T: +31 (0)20 525 2808 (Mon, Wed and Fri from 10:00–12:00)

Visiting address

Handboogstraat 6
1012 XM Amsterdam

Postal address

Universiteit van Amsterdam, t.a.v. Bureau Pedel
Spui 21
1012 WX Amsterdam