10 July 2024
In a Dream Team, you'll have the opportunity to make societal impact and develop your personal, professional and entrepreneurial skills. The team consists of 8 to 14 Bachelor's and Master's students from diverse disciplines and a rich range of skills. This way, you complement each other, reinforce each other, push boundaries, and grow academically, personally and socially. In short, you develop 'A Broader Mind'.
What's in it for you
- Collaboration with fellow students from different years and different fields of study.
- Significant expansion of your network. Together, you will look for interesting partners, both within and outside VU Amsterdam, and work on your networking skills, maintain relationships with stakeholders, and pitch creative ideas in a professional context.
- Build your C.V. by developing skills that contribute to your personal and professional growth.
- Your team is supported by researchers (ambassadors) who share their knowledge, expertise, and professional networks.
- Receive 6 extracurricular ECTS credits if you meet certain requirements. In some cases, you can earn 6 intracurricular ECTS credits. See frequently asked questions at the bottom of this page.
- A training programme that teaches you to formulate objectives and priorities, establish and honour collaboration agreements, and make adjustments based on progress and results.
- Your team is guided by the Demonstrator Lab, as part of VU Entrepreneurship, where you meet other Dream Teams and go to for answers to practical questions.
- A lot of new friends! The team consists of 8 to 14 Bachelor's and Master's students from diverse disciplines and a rich range of skills.
There are four Dream Teams this year
- VU-Vital
Improve the physical and mental health of students and staff, reducing their biological age. How old are you really? - Burning Lowlands
How can we protect nature, farm agriculture, ensure recreation and increase biodiversity while at the same time guaranteeing our safety against destructive fires? - Reduce Food Waste
How do we make students and staff at the VU aware of food waste and seduce them to make better choices? - Pulse Racing
Improve the mobility and vitality of people with spinal cord injury, using Functional Electrostimulation (FES). You will participate in the Cybathlon, an international competition for talented parathletes using advanced robotics to compete for a gold medal.
Sign up
Would you like to be part of one of the Dream Teams? Apply no later than 16 September 2024 and upload your motivation and CV!
Do you have additional questions? Then send an e-mail to dreamteams@vu.nl and we will contact you.
For more information see the dream teams webpage