VU Amsterdam’s campus has been renewed and made greener, with space for nature, culture, sport and relaxation. Between lectures and meetings, we meet up in the Tiny Forest, at the picnic tables or on the lawns.
We challenge our minds with a game of chess, and we train our muscles on the beach volleyball court, basketball court or calisthenics area. Life is thriving on our green roofs, too: among flowers, plants and insects, our academics are working on solutions to climate and environmental challenges. Together with local residents and visitors, our students and staff make the campus a vibrant place for connection and dialogue – for outdoor lectures and open labs, citizen science and community initiatives. By 2030, VU Amsterdam’s campus will be a green, energy-neutral, urban oasis. Here, students, researchers and local residents will co-create solutions to urban challenges. The campus will be a living laboratory for sustainability, culture and inclusion, where science and society strengthen one another every day
