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International Support Services

Our International Office offers excellent services and will assist you before, during and after your studies at VU Amsterdam.

If you have practical questions about your stay in the Netherlands or if you would just like to talk to someone from the International Office, you can come by the Global Room on Tuesday (Outgoing Exchange Team), Wednesday (Incoming Exchange Team) or Thursday (Services Team) between 12:30 and 13:30. The Global Room is located in the Main Building (HG-1A36).

If you have specific questions, please contact the relevant team within the International Office via the contact details below. 

Did you just arrive in Amsterdam? Please find more information about your arrival (e.g. registering with the municipality and setting up a bank account) via this link. If you want to experience our campus in virtual reality, please go to this link. 

For questions regarding full-time enrolment and tuition fees or to collect a student card, please visit the Student Desk. 

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Contact information International Office - for staff and students

  • Degree Mobility

    International Student Advisors

    Every international degree programme has its own International Student Advisor(s), also called ISAs, who are happy to help you during the application process. The ISA will be your main point of contact and can help with questions about the programme, admission requirements, and specific questions related to applying with an international diploma to an English-taught programme. The International Support Assistants can assist with the application procedure. You will be able to find the contact details of our International Student Advisors and support staff via this link.

  • Credit Mobility

    Incoming exchange students

    If you are an incoming exchange student or if you have any questions about our exchange programme, please contact the members of the incoming exchange team via incoming@vu.nl. Appointment (by telephone only): schedule an appointment. More information via this link.

    Semester in Amsterdam

    Semester in Amsterdam is an all-inclusive, non-degree programme for students wishing to study in Amsterdam for one semester or a full academic year. Semester in Amsterdam serves as an alternative to the Exchange Programme at VU Amsterdam. For further questions please reach out to semesterinamsterdam@vu.nl. Telephone: +31 (0)20 59 86506. More information via this link. 

    Summer and Winter School

    VU Amsterdam Summer School offers interactive small-scale courses at Bachelor's and Master's level. VU Graduate Winter School offers a variety of intensive, trans-disciplinary online short courses for Master students, PhD candidates and professionals. Please reach out to amsterdamsummerschool@vu.nl or graduatewinterschool@vu.nl. Telephone: +31 (0)20 59 86429 (Mon-Fri between 10:00-16:00). More information via this link. 

    Outgoing exchange students

    During your degree programme, you have the opportunity to study abroad. As an exchange student, you will study at a VU Amsterdam partner university for a semester. More information can be found on this page. In case you have any further questions, please contact outgoing@vu.nl. Appointment (via Zoom only): schedule an appointment. Telephone: +31 (0)20 59 85745 (between 10:00-12:00). Walk-in consultation hour on Tuesdays between 12:30 - 13:30 in the Global Room. 

  • International Services

    Immigration services for students

    Our services team assists students with the immigration procedure. If you have any questions about your visa or residence permit, please contact studentimmigration@vu.nl. Appointment (you can choose "face to face" or "telephone"): schedule an appointment. Telephone: +31 (0)20 598 3078 (between 10:30-12:30 on Mon, Tue, Thu).

    Immigration services for staff (employees and guests)

    The services team also assists staff with the immigration procedure. If you have any questions about your visa or residence permit, please reach out to our immigration team via immigration@vu.nl. Appointment (you can choose "face to face" or "telephone"): schedule an appointment. Telephone: +31 (0)20 598 2955 (between 10:30-12:30 on Mon, Tue, Thu).

    Accommodation for students

    The International Office offers accommodation to international students in the first year of their English-taught degree programme. The number of rooms available is limited so we cannot guarantee accommodation for every student. If you have any questions about accommodation in Amsterdam, please reach out to studentaccommodation@vu.nl. Appointment (you can choose "face to face" or "telephone"): schedule an appointment. Telephone (between 10:30-12:30 on Mon, Tue, Thu): +31 (0)20 598 1813.

    Accommodation for staff

    VU Amsterdam has a limited number of studios available. These studios are offered exclusively for international (non-Dutch) staff, guests and PhD candidates who do not yet live in the Netherlands. If you have any questions about accommodation in Amsterdam, please reach out to accommodation@vu.nl. Appointment (you can choose "face to face" or "telephone"): schedule an appointment. Telephone (between 10:30-12:30 on Mon, Tue, Thu): +31 (0)20 598 1813.

Managementteam International Office

The sub-departments within the International Office are managed by these people

Wendy Maat

Head of International Mobility

Henk van den Heuvel

Director of Centre of International Cooperation (CIS-VU)