Introduction activities for exchange students

The VU exchange introduction is an introduction aimed at getting you familiar with the VU campus, the city of Amsterdam and your fellow exchange students. By participating, you will already know a lot of people before your first lecture! You will be assigned to a group of about 10-15 fellow students.

The VU exchange introduction is organised for new first-year exchange students who will start studying at VU Amsterdam in September 2023, and are currently studying at a different higher education institution.

The VU exchange introduction is scheduled on Friday 25, Monday 28, and Tuesday 29 August 2023. On Friday and Tuesday, there will be an evening programme in addition to a daytime programme.

For the three-day programme, you pay €25. This gives you access to many fun, active, and informative activities such as a campus tour, sports day, information markets, workshops, tours of the city, and a final party at Uilenstede campus.

We do not reimburse travel costs/OV expenses to get to campus or to travel in Amsterdam. Also, the ticket does not include food and drinks; this is something you have to take care of yourself or with your group.

Participation is not mandatory. Of course it's best if you can attend everything, but if you really need to go somewhere else, you can of course. The ticket cost remains the same regardless of how many days you can attend.

VU Amsterdam has traditionally been a university where students from diverse cultures feel at home. We take all religions into account, also during the VU exchange introduction.

We will do our best to make this introduction accessible to students with disabilities and/or (chronic) illnesses as well. If you want to be sure, please send an email to incoming@vu.nl and indicate what we need to take into account or what you need help with. We will be happy to help!

The privacy policy can be found here.

No it is not mandatory, but highly recommended! For new students, this introduction is a fun way to get to know your way around VU Amsterdam and the city better, and to make your first contacts with fellow students.

Everyone who belongs to the category 'New VU exchange student'* will receive an invitation for the VU exchange introduction via email from mid-June onwards. You can only register via a sign-up button in this email. Please make sure to fill in all details.  

Do you think you belong to this category, but have not yet received an invitation? Then send an email to incoming@vu.nl. 

You can register until 5pm on Wednesday, 16 August.

This is very unfortunate, but we cannot make any exceptions. You cannot register for the VU exchange introduction after 16 August, because we will assign the groups after that date. 

If you can no longer attend or are no longer going to study at VU Amsterdam, you can cancel by sending an email to incoming@vu.nl with the reason for your cancellation. Make sure to do so no later than 16 August 2023. You will then receive a refund as soon as possible.