Registration for joint education (VU-UvA)

Educational Cooperation between UvA-VU

• Automatic registration as secondary subject or joint degree student at the University of Amsterdam and VU Amsterdam?

  VU Amsterdam and the University of Amsterdam (UvA) cooperate intensively in the provision of various Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programmes to enable science students to benefit as much as possible from the expertise of both institutions. This also allows both institutions to offer a wide range of science subjects at an even higher level of excellence.

  The science faculties offer seven joint degrees, while other degree programmes also share some programme components. For a student of VU Amsterdam, this means that you will take one or more courses at the University of Amsterdam in the buildings at Sciencepark or Watergraafsmeer. Likewise, University of Amsterdam students will be able to take courses on the VU Amsterdam campus.

  As soon as your registration as a joint degree student is completed, you will be registered as a regular student at both universities. If you participate in other cooperative programmes, you will be registered as a secondary subject student at the partner institution. The relevant information is shared between VU Amsterdam and the University of Amsterdam through the registration interface.

  Please note: this only applies if you are fully registered at VU Amsterdam or the University of Amsterdam!

  Registration for students of VU Amsterdam or the University of Amsterdam	Also registered as a student at the partner institution
  B Natuur- en Sterrenkunde (JD)	B Natuur- en Sterrenkunde (JD)
  B Scheikunde (JD)	B Scheikunde (JD)
  M Physics and Astronomy (JD)	M Physics and Astronomy (JD)
  M Chemistry (JD)	M Chemistry (JD)
  M Computer Science (JD)	M Computer Science (JD)
  M Computational Science (JD)	M Computational Science (JD)
  M Bioinformatics and Systems Biology (JD)	M Bioinformatics and Systems Biology (JD)

  Registration for students of VU Amsterdam	Registered at the University of Amsterdam as a secondary subject student
  B Mathematics	B Wiskunde
  M Information Sciences	M Information Studies
  M Ecology and Evolution	M Biological Sciences
  M Artificial Intelligence	M Artificial Intelligence
  M Biomedical Technology and Physics	M Physics and Astronomy (JD)
  M Drug Discovery and Safety	M Chemistry (JD)
  M Science, Business and Innovation	M Chemistry

  Registration for students of the University of Amsterdam	Registered at VU Amsterdam as a secondary subject student
  B Informatiekunde	B Information Sciences
  B Wiskunde	B Mathematics
  M Information Studies	M Information Sciences
  M Biological Sciences	M Ecology and Evolution
  M Earth Sciences	M Ecology and Evolution
  M Artificial Intelligence	M Artificial Intelligence
  M Stoachastics and Financial Mathematics	M Mathematics
  B  Bèta-Gamma (Bèta-profiel)	B Natuur- en Sterrekunde (jd)

  In addition to other cooperative programmes of other faculties, the information of honours students is also exchanged through the registration and grades interface.

• What happens when you are registered at the University of Amsterdam?

  As a student of VU Amsterdam, you will receive a login code from the University of Amsterdam which will allow you to log in to Canvas and access the University of Amsterdam’s timetable pages and student registration system. You can also use the University’s facilities, such as the library, sports facilities, restaurant, email account, etc.

  You may receive emails that are not relevant to you. We will do our best to prevent this happening, but this will not always be possible.

  We recommend that you use your Canvas account to keep an eye on the messages from your lecturer at the University of Amsterdam and only take note of other messages if they are relevant to you as a joint degree or secondary subject student.

  You may have been registered as a secondary subject student at the University of Amsterdam while you are not planning to take any courses at that university this academic year. This is because all students of the programme are automatically registered. If you are not taking any courses at the University of Amsterdam this year, you can ignore the messages with general information you receive from them.

• Registering for courses and exams

  Please note: automatic registration does NOT mean that you are automatically registered for courses and exams.

  At VU Amsterdam you are required to do so through the registration module.

  At the University of Amsterdam you will only be automatically registered for compulsory courses in the first semester of the first year. You must complete a form in Datanose to take optional subjects (you will be informed of how to do this at a later date). After the first semester, you must register for courses at the University of Amsterdam yourself through the Student Information System (SIS).

• Sharing grades

  In addition to the registration interface, there is also a grades interface. When you receive a grade from the University of Amsterdam as part of the cooperative programme, this grade is automatically shared with VU Amsterdam. You do not have to take any action yourself.

  If a course is not part of the cooperative programme (extra-curricular), the grade may not be automatically shared with the other university.

• Deregistration

  As soon as you deregister as a student of VU Amsterdam, your registration at the University of Amsterdam will also be automatically terminated. You do not have to take any action yourself.