2 June 2026
It has become a route that more and more students are choosing: a technical degree programme from the University of Twente (UT), offered as a branch location at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam).
Through the Bachelor’s programmes in Mechanical Engineering and Creative Technology, students follow a UT programme on the VU campus and receive a UT diploma.
The result is something quite unique: education and research that literally move between two universities. “They really are true VU-UT students,” says Boukje de Gooijer, lecturer and coordinator for Mechanical Engineering. “They belong to both.”
Curious how the alliance works in practice? Read the article featuring Boukje de Gooijer and Sven Askes (lecturers and coordinators for Mechanical Engineering), Luc Schoot Uiterkamp (lecturer in Creative Technology) and Tamino Kolmer (student).