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

Summer break

Between 13 July and 7 August, copies of your thesis can be handed in on Wednesdays between 10:00 and 14:00 at the Office of the Beadle, Handboogstraat 6. On other days, the printed copies cannot be submitted.

Due to the closure of the Maagdenhuis, theses cannot be sent to the postal address during these weeks.

From 10 August onwards, the copies of theses can be brought to our office at Handboogstraat 6 and (when the office is closed) to the reception of the Maagdenhuis, Spui 21. Alternatively, they can once again be sent to: University of Amsterdam, Office of the Beadle, Spui 21, 1012 WX Amsterdam.

We understand that this may cause delays, so we show leniency with regards to the deadline of delivery.