In a Joint Degree programme, you are enrolled at two or more universities and take courses at two or more universities. You can also use all the facilities at the participating universities. Unlike course-level collaborations, Joint Degrees involve one university organising the enrolment of the programme: the coordinating institution.
VU Amsterdam offers Joint Degree programmes in cooperation with the University of Amsterdam (UvA), the Protestant Theological University (PThU), Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) and Leiden University (LEI). Below, you can find which university is the coordinating institution for your study programme.
Collaboration VU-PThU
Coordinating institution VU Amsterdam
Bachelor Theologie (full-time and part-time) [in Dutch]
This Joint Degree programme will stop on 1 September 2025.
Collaboration VU-UvA
Coordinating institution UvA
Bachelor Natuur- en Sterrenkunde [in Dutch]
Bachelor Scheikunde [in Dutch]
Master Chemistry (full-time and part-time)
Master Computational Science
Master Oral Health Sciences (ACTA)
Master Physics and Astronomy
Coordinating institution VU Amsterdam
Bachelor Liberal Arts and Sciences* (AUC)
Master Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
Master Computer Science
Master Entrepreneurship
Collaboration VU-UvA-EUR
Coordinating institution EUR
Research Master Business Data Science (Tinbergen Institute)
Research Master in Economics (Tinbergen Institute)
Collaboration VU-UvA-LEI
Coordinating institution VU Amsterdam
Educatieve Master Primair Onderwijs (EMPO) [in Dutch]
*An exception applies to this application process. For the Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS), you apply directly via the application form of the Amsterdam University College (AUC). More information can be found on the AUC website.