All educational institutions in the Netherlands are obliged to be smoke-free starting on 1 August. This also includes the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS). The new smoking policy applies to everyone ...
AUAS student Elijah Alvares has been appointed as the new student assessor at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS), effective 1 August 2020.
A rooftop that improves urban biodiversity whilst protecting us against high temperatures and collecting and regulating excess water after heavy showers. Although this idea has a utopian ring to it, Amsterdam Oost ...
Despite the many fine examples of inspirational distance education, it’s vital to good education that students can meet face-to-face with their peers and teachers.
Students of the Communication and Multimedia Design programme (CMD) at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) recently wrapped up a very successful project in collaboration with the renowned Hermitage ...
In 2019, the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) awarded degrees to 6,884 students. Some 13,766 new students began their studies at the AUAS and a total of € 12 million in grant funding was obtained ...
Patients returning home after a stay in intensive care are overwhelmed by a great sense of uncertainty. How will their recovery go from here? Fortunately, they are no longer on their own. From now on, patients in the ...
The AUAS has taken decisions concerning the international mobility of students and employees in the first semester of the 2020-2021 academic year. This includes three types of international mobility: degree-seeking ...
Students who have a foreign diploma and plan to study at the AUAS in one of our Dutch-taught programmes are required to demonstrate their language proficiency by showing that they have passed all four parts of the ...
The Amsterdam School of International Business (AMSIB) has decided to deliver education entirely online in the fall semester for all students. This means, that despite which year or phase you are at in your degree ...
The Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences aims to participate in the Horizon 2020-funded Marie S. Curie fellowship programme, which offers international postdoctoral researchers a great opportunity to work in ...
The recent death of George Floyd due to police violence has caused a great deal of indignation not only in America but around the world – including our country. Thousands of people took part in a Black Lives ...
In SustainaBul 2020, the AUAS rose from its low position in 2019 to the middle of the rankings: a good result in just a year’s time. Furthermore, the AUAS ranked third in the 'best practices' category for its ...
The Executive Board has appointed Nynke van Dijk as Dean of the faculties of Sports and Nutrition (FBSV) and Health (FG). Van Dijk will start at the AUAS on 1 September 2020. Until then, Irene Sparreboom will be the ...
The Executive Board of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) has appointed Pieter Meulenhoff Professor of Cyber Security by special appointment with effect from 1 September 2020. Meulenhoff works for ...
This evening, the government announced that higher professional education, just like secondary vocational education, will be allowed to open their doors for educational activities from 15 June on, to a limited ...
Lea den Broeder, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) professor and senior researcher at the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) is set to join the RIVM’s Corona ...
The Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI) and the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) are jointly establishing a new special professorship: Applied Quantum Computing. This research group makes ...
At the end of March, the government explained that even in the most positive scenario, a return to the 'old situation' for higher education would take time. Tonight's announcements by the government make it clear ...
The corona crisis increases the risk of malnutrition in the elderly, making them more susceptible to COVID-19 warns Professor of Nutrition and Exercise Peter Weijs of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences ...
Huib de Jong will continue as Executive Board Chairman of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) until 1 September 2020. His departure was originally planned for 1 July 2020.
BillyFor this month’s Life@AMSIB, we interviewed the human embodiment of positivity and joy, Billy Shur, to see how her first year at AMSIB has been so far! Was there a challenge that tore down even the most ...
The Dutch government has announced that the current measures for higher education will continue after 28 April.
Gerard van Haarlem passed away on Friday 17 April, following the onset of an illness that began last summer. Gerard served for seventeen years as the Dean of the Faculty of Technology at the Amsterdam University of ...
Some 91% of Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) alumni succeed in finding a job within three months of graduation. This is according to the HBO Monitor, the annual nationwide study among all graduates of ...
Due to the Covid-19 outbreak the AUAS Summer School 2020 has been cancelled.
For the past few weeks we’ve been living in a different reality in the Netherlands and at the AUAS. We work at home and this will be the case for a while. This raises questions: how can AUAS employees work well ...
Reint Jan Renes, Professor of Psychology for Sustainable Cities at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, is currently seconded to the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) for four ...
COVID-19 patients hospitalised in the ICU have an increased risk of PICS: Post-intensive Care Syndrome warns Marike van der Schaaf, professor of Acute Care Rehabilitation at the Amsterdam University of Applied ...
The Dutch government has announced that the current measures will be extended until (and including) 28 April 2020. It’s also evident that it’s going to take some time for normal life to resume, if, in the ...
The Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences will carry on with working from home and offering distance education after 6 April. In principle, there will be no on-campus education for the rest of the academic year ...
Master Digital Design student Matthijs Nolst Trenité created the online History lessons series Meneer Goedknegt in 2017. Overnight, it became a success in the Netherlands. He explains his design vision and ...
He wasn't supposed to officially start in his role as Digital Transformation Officer at the AUAS until next week. However, Ivo van der Werk is already fully on board. "Had you told me a month ago that the ...
Considering the exceptional circumstances due to the corona crisis, the AUAS understands that our international students may prefer to be at home with loved ones during this time. If this applies to you, we advise ...
The Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) is postponing the BSA (binding study advice) due to the corona crisis. AUAS aims for education and exams to continue wherever possible. The degree programmes are ...
The Dutch are being forced to break their ingrained habits due to the emergency measures taken in the fight against the coronavirus. It’s not easy, as behavioural scientist and AUAS professor Reint-Jan Renes ...
The Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) has decided to no longer offer the AMFI Master Fashion Enterprise Creation as of 1 September 2020. This means that the degree programme is no longer accepting new ...
The collaboration platform U!REKA is strengthening its presence in Europe with the addition of two new institutional partners: Politécnico de Lisboa (IPL) and VSB - Technical University of Ostrava (VSB-TUO). ...
Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) alum Fiere Bonnerman has won the thesis prize of the Scientific Bureau for the Dutch Trade Union Movement (scriptieprijs van de vakbeweging) in the universities of ...
The Executive Board of the Amsterdam University of Applied Science (AUAS - Hogeschool van Amsterdam) has appointed Troy Nachtigall on 4 February 2020 as Professor of Fashion Research and Technology. The professorship ...
During this academic year (2019-2020), a total of 13,766 first-year students started studying at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS). This represents an increase of 5.2 percent compared to the ...
The Executive Board of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) has appointed Martijn de Waal Professor of Play & Civic Media as of 1 February 2020. In his research, De Waal focuses on the relationship ...
The renowned British economist Kate Raworth praised the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences community and Amsterdammers who attended her inauguration on Thursday. "In no other city do I see so many good ...
Huib de Jong, Chairman of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences’ Executive Board, has announced that he will leave the AUAS on 1 July 2020. He plans to retire. The Supervisory Board will now start the ...
Due to the increasing digitisation of society, the role of digital technology in innovation is becoming more and more important. Professor of Digital Life, Dr Somaya Ben Allouch, at the Amsterdam University of ...
The Executive Board of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) has appointed Tamara Witschge professor of Cross Media as of 1 January 2020. This position had become vacant after the departure of Harry van ...
The prestigious Dhole-Eddlestone Memorial Prize has been awarded to the paper ‘Everyday life after a hip fracture: what community-living older adults perceive as most beneficial for their recovery’. The ...
The Executive Board of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) has appointed Ineke Bussemaker as Dean of the Faculty of Business and Economics (FBE), following consultations with the representative ...
Amsterdam's knowledge institutes, including the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS), are joining forces and investing EUR 1 billion in the development of responsible artificial intelligence (AI) ...
The transition to sustainable energy and mobility in the Netherlands is faltering, despite advancing technological developments and the clear economic benefits of such a transition. To change this, the Dutch Research ...
