Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

PhD Defences

20 February 2026

PhD defence T. Dekker

PhD Defences

20 February 2026

PhD defence I. van Zuilekom

Inaugural lectures & valedictory speeches

20 February 2026

Valedictory speech prof.dr. S. Legêne

Social events

20 February 2026

Chess Tournament

PhD Defences

23 February 2026

PhD defence A.C. Berrens

PhD Defences

23 February 2026

PhD defence M. Schaafsma

Social events

23 February 2026

Great Minds: Jews, Whites and Us | 2

Social events

23 February 2026

Board games

PhD Defences

24 February 2026

PhD defence Q. Zhang

Workshop

24 February 2026

NEXT: strengthening course design in practice

PhD Defences

24 February 2026

PhD defence R. Yoshisada

PhD Defences

24 February 2026

PhD defence S.E. Bibler

PhD Defences

25 February 2026

PhD defence A.J. de Groot

Social events

25 February 2026

DnD night

PhD Defences

26 February 2026

PhD defence M. Visscher-Houweling

PhD Defences

26 February 2026

PhD defence N. Bakker

Workshop

26 February 2026

Low volume coding

Inaugural lectures & valedictory speeches

26 February 2026

Inaugural lecture prof.dr.ir. M.E. van Dijk

Social events

Mental Well-being

26 February 2026

Grieving Peace | 3

Movies & theatre

Social events

26 February 2026

It was Just an Accident: Movie Night

PhD Defences

27 February 2026

PhD defence M.C. Ferrández Ferrández

PhD Defences

27 February 2026

PhD defence M.C.A. van der Burgt

Inaugural lectures & valedictory speeches

27 February 2026

Inaugural lecture prof.dr. T. Rispens

Workshop

Information sessions

02 March 2026

Proposal Writing 101 (Early Career)

PhD Defences

02 March 2026

PhD defence M. Vahabi

PhD Defences

02 March 2026

PhD defence F.S.R. Siclari

Workshop

02 March 2026

Referencing using software

Social events

02 March 2026

Great Minds: Jews, Whites and Us | 3

Courses

03 March 2026

Training Supervising PhD candidates

PhD Defences

03 March 2026

PhD defence Y. Li

PhD Defences

03 March 2026

PhD defence D.S. Roos

Festivities & celebrations

03 March 2026

Interreligious Iftar

Open days

03 March 2026

Honours Programme | Information session

Open days

03 March 2026

Open Evening Tuesday March 3 2026 (Online)

Open days

03 March 2026

Open Evening Thursday 21 May 2026

PhD Defences

04 March 2026

PhD defence S.C.E. Balvert

PhD Defences

04 March 2026

PhD defence L.K. de Klerk

PhD Defences

04 March 2026

PhD defence A.A. van de Bovenkamp

Congresses & symposia

05 March 2026

VU Education Day 2026: A Broader Mind – From theory to classroom

PhD Defences

05 March 2026

PhD defence M.B. Lequin

Social events

Mental Well-being

05 March 2026

Grieving Peace | 4

Open days

07 March 2026

Master's Event - 7 March 2026

Information sessions

09 March 2026

ERC general information session

PhD Defences

09 March 2026

PhD defence F. Farajikalajahi

PhD Defences

09 March 2026

PhD defence M.J. Schipper

PhD Defences

10 March 2026

PhD defence M.V. Jongsma

Lectures

10 March 2026

ABRI Lunch Seminar Panos Constantinides

PhD Defences

10 March 2026

PhD defence D. van den Berg

Workshop

Congresses & symposia

10 March 2026

LEARN! & IXA-GO Funding Session

PhD Defences

11 March 2026

PhD defence S.R. Vreijling

PhD Defences

11 March 2026

PhD defence H. Li

Workshop

12 March 2026

Three ways to improve your study Module 1: The negative spiral

Workshop

12 March 2026

Low volume coding

Workshop

12 March 2026

Referencing using software

Inaugural lectures & valedictory speeches

12 March 2026

Inaugural lecture prof.dr. C.A.M. van den Berg

Presentations

12 March 2026

Soroush Karimi: A Trading Algorithm for the Electricity Market

Festivities & celebrations

12 March 2026

Community Iftar

PhD Defences

13 March 2026

PhD defence J.M. Goedhart

PhD Defences

13 March 2026

PhD defence M.J. Ton

Inaugural lectures & valedictory speeches

13 March 2026

Inaugural lecture prof.dr. W. de Ronde

Courses

16 March 2026

Active Bystander Training - start 09:00

Courses

16 March 2026

Active Bystander Training - start 11.00 uur

PhD Defences

16 March 2026

PhD defence T.S. van Lieshout

PhD Defences

16 March 2026

PhD defence J.M. Adamska

PhD Defences

17 March 2026

PhD defence D.I. Ilyaskina

Lectures

17 March 2026

ABRI Lunch Seminar Amber Geurts

PhD Defences

17 March 2026

PhD defence G. Leguijt

Workshop

19 March 2026

The first 100 days in your programme

PhD Defences

19 March 2026

PhD defence F. Wang

Debates & conversations

19 March 2026

Tech is not neutral

Inaugural lectures & valedictory speeches

19 March 2026

Inaugural lecture prof.dr.mr. A. Eleveld

PhD Defences

20 March 2026

PhD defence S. Oskan

PhD Defences

20 March 2026

PhD defence E.D. Bakker

Inaugural lectures & valedictory speeches

20 March 2026

Inaugural lecture prof.dr. C.M. Renders

PhD Defences

23 March 2026

PhD defence P. van Schie

Workshop

Information sessions

23 March 2026

AI-Powered Proposal Writing

PhD Defences

23 March 2026

PhD defence P. Li

Congresses & symposia

23 March 2026

HERUG 2026 SAVE THE DATE

Congresses & symposia

24 March 2026

Business, Society & Responsibility Research Seminar

Debates & conversations

24 March 2026

In Conversation: dialogue session VU community #3

PhD Defences

24 March 2026

PhD defence M. Gao

PhD Defences

24 March 2026

PhD defence L. Tong

PhD Defences

25 March 2026

PhD defence H.T. Holmgaard

PhD Defences

25 March 2026

PhD defence S.M. Onstwedder

Workshop

26 March 2026

Supporting students effectively? Get practical tips in 1.5 hours

Open days

26 March 2026

Tech Lab Open House 

Courses

26 March 2026

Writing a Data Management Plan | FGB-BETA

PhD Defences

26 March 2026

PhD defence L. Kashobwe

Inaugural lectures & valedictory speeches

26 March 2026

Valedictory speech prof.dr. M.P. Born

Social events

26 March 2026

Univers get-together

PhD Defences

27 March 2026

PhD defence R.H. de Roest

PhD Defences

27 March 2026

PhD defence H. Ragab

Inaugural lectures & valedictory speeches

27 March 2026

Valedictory speech prof.mr. A.J. Akkermans

PhD Defences

30 March 2026

PhD defence J.R. Puik

PhD Defences

31 March 2026

PhD defence I.J.H.G. Wamelink

PhD Defences

31 March 2026

PhD defence T. Slim

PhD Defences

31 March 2026

PhD defence B.M. de Vries

Workshop

02 April 2026

Three ways to improve your study Module 3: Take action

Workshop

09 April 2026

Create your own responsible AI bot with Cogniti

Workshop

09 April 2026

Referencing using software

Festivities & celebrations

Presentations

09 April 2026

Grand Final 3MT 2026

Congresses & symposia

10 April 2026

NRIN Half-Day Symposium on Fostering a Positive Research Culture

Movies & theatre

10 April 2026

Science Hoops: an interactive theatre dialogue

Courses

13 April 2026

Healthy lifestyle, in theory and practice

Workshop

13 April 2026

Information Literacy 2: setting up a literature search strategy

Debates & conversations

14 April 2026

In Conversation: dialogue session VU community #4

Debates & conversations

14 April 2026

In Conversation: dialogue session VU community #5

Workshop

15 April 2026

Dealing with large student groups: activities and assessment

Congresses & symposia

16 April 2026

ABRI PhD Day 2026

Congresses & symposia

16 April 2026

LEARN! Annual Conference 2026

Networking & meeting

16 April 2026

International Talent Event Amsterdam

Social events

16 April 2026

Open stage

Workshop

20 April 2026

Referencing using software

Courses

22 April 2026

Training Supervising PhD candidates - start April 2026

Workshop

23 April 2026

Information Literacy 3: reflection on and improvement of strategy

Workshop

23 April 2026

Object-based teaching: using objects to spark dialogue

Workshop

24 April 2026

Bytes & Bites: Datahack

Networking & meeting

28 April 2026

Meet & Match | Community Service Learning

Workshop

04 May 2026

Information Literacy 1: what is academic literature?

Courses

12 May 2026

Working vitally and menopause

Workshop

19 May 2026

Responsible assessment in the age of AI: the Two-lane approach

Lectures

21 May 2026

Abraham Kuyper Lecture

Courses

26 May 2026

Impact! Conversations for postdocs

Congresses & symposia

27 May 2026

Aurora Symposium on Global Citizenship

Presentations

28 May 2026

Buğra Çınar: Dynamic crowdsourced delivery problems

Courses

01 June 2026

BIP on LOUIS at VU Amsterdam

Festivals

11 June 2026

Déjà VU Festival

Workshop

11 June 2026

Using formative dialogue to stimulate engaged learning

Congresses & symposia

22 June 2026

ICSA 2026

Social events

26 June 2026

Open stage

Courses

05 July 2026

KIN Summer School 2026

Congresses & symposia

08 July 2026

World Congress on Adult Capacity (WCAC) 2026

Workshop

09 July 2026

Complete your VU Canvas course with VU Reading Lists

Festivities & celebrations

31 August 2026

Opening Academic Year

Courses

24 September 2026

Training Working vitally and menopause

Festivities & celebrations

19 November 2026

Dies Natalis 2026

Courses

01 December 2026

Time management and work pressure for postdocs