Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

PhD Defences

07 January 2026

PhD defence C. Schulze Schleithoff

PhD Defences

07 January 2026

PhD defence M.T.A. Vreeburg

PhD Defences

07 January 2026

PhD defence E.J. Jochemsen

PhD Defences

08 January 2026

PhD defence I.M. van Ruijven

Inaugural lectures & valedictory speeches

08 January 2026

Inaugural lecture prof.dr. J. Schaumburg

Sport

Social events

08 January 2026

Pilates

Social events

08 January 2026

Book Club: Skin Folk | session 1

PhD Defences

09 January 2026

PhD defence L.F. Roggeveen

PhD Defences

09 January 2026

PhD defence M.H. Bakker

PhD Defences

09 January 2026

PhD defence A. Afroozeh

Inaugural lectures & valedictory speeches

09 January 2026

Inaugural lecture prof.dr. K.H.N. de Boer

Social events

09 January 2026

Board games

Social events

09 January 2026

Musical evening: Bizbize Muzik Gecesi

Courses

12 January 2026

Writing a Data Management Plan | FGB-BETA 

PhD Defences

12 January 2026

PhD defence W.G. ter Meulen

Workshop

12 January 2026

Information Literacy 1: what is academic literature?

PhD Defences

12 January 2026

PhD defence B.G. Johannesmeyer

PhD Defences

12 January 2026

PhD defence N. Hubers

Social events

12 January 2026

Poetry Afternoons Reading Club 2

Social events

12 January 2026

Ceramics

PhD Defences

13 January 2026

PhD defence J.J. Van der Schans

Lectures

13 January 2026

ABRI Lunch Seminar Dominik Gutt

PhD Defences

13 January 2026

PhD defence L.G.F. Lansang

PhD Defences

14 January 2026

PhD defence J. Spoor

Workshop

14 January 2026

Three ways to improve your study Module 1: The negative spiral

PhD Defences

14 January 2026

PhD defence A. Mousa

Lectures

14 January 2026

Colloquium with Dr. Mazi Jalaal - UVA & Dennis v.d. Lockand - VU

PhD Defences

14 January 2026

PhD defence A. Kuzina

Courses

Workshop

15 January 2026

Register now for Learning Path Valorisation and Impact | 1 EC

PhD Defences

15 January 2026

PhD defense A. Arrahman

Workshop

15 January 2026

How student self-regulated learning helps you as a teacher

PhD Defences

15 January 2026

PhD defence B. Andrade Barbosa

PhD Defences

15 January 2026

PhD defence S.E. Evangelista

Workshop

15 January 2026

Low volume coding

Workshop

Social events

15 January 2026

The power of your story! | A Workshop on your identity in 3D

Lectures

Congresses & symposia

15 January 2026

LEARN! Research Seminar by Jingu Kim

Inaugural lectures & valedictory speeches

15 January 2026

Inaugural lecture prof.dr. I. Bahce

Social events

15 January 2026

Book Club: Skin Folk | session 2

PhD Defences

16 January 2026

PhD defence M.C. Boyi

PhD Defences

16 January 2026

PhD defence I.S. van Strien-Knippenberg

PhD Defences

16 January 2026

PhD defence B. Gibertini

Inaugural lectures & valedictory speeches

16 January 2026

Inaugural lecture prof.dr. C.W. Menke - van der Houven van Oordt

Congresses & symposia

16 January 2026

Book launch Universal Jurisdiction over Core International Crimes

PhD Defences

19 January 2026

Phd defence J. van de Kamp

PhD Defences

19 January 2026

PhD defence J.N. Koopman

Social events

19 January 2026

Poetry Afternoons Reading Club 3

PhD Defences

20 January 2026

PhD defence S.E. Mastenbroek

PhD Defences

20 January 2026

PhD defence C. Durukan

Workshop

20 January 2026

CSL Learning Lab - CSL in Large Cohorts

PhD Defences

20 January 2026

PhD defence A. Foppen

Open days

20 January 2026

Open Evening Tuesday 20 January 2026 (Online)

PhD Defences

21 January 2026

PhD defence A.C. Romijn

PhD Defences

21 January 2026

PhD defence C.M. Nijskens

PhD Defences

21 January 2026

PhD defence V. Rashid

PhD Defences

22 January 2026

PhD defence C. Cynthiana

PhD Defences

22 January 2026

PhD defence M. El Hadouchi

Workshop

22 January 2026

Information Literacy 2: setting up a literature search strategy

PhD Defences

22 January 2026

PhD defence J. Schlumberger

Debates & conversations

22 January 2026

Gen-Z and Social Change: Worldwide Gen-Z protests Kick-off event

Social events

22 January 2026

Book Club: Skin Folk | session 3

PhD Defences

23 January 2026

PhD defence I. Alonso Lozares

PhD Defences

23 January 2026

PhD defence A.M. Kool

PhD Defences

23 January 2026

PhD defence E. Oudejans

Inaugural lectures & valedictory speeches

23 January 2026

Inaugural lecture prof.dr. F. van Horen

PhD Defences

26 January 2026

PhD defence D. Abraham

PhD Defences

26 January 2026

PhD defence A.K. Frick

PhD Defences

27 January 2026

PhD defence K.K. Kengeri Venkatesh

PhD Defences

27 January 2026

PhD defence J. Zhang

PhD Defences

27 January 2026

PhD defence J. Schut

PhD Defences

28 January 2026

PhD defence J. Muts

PhD Defences

28 January 2026

PhD defence M. Ravi Srinivasan

PhD Defences

28 January 2026

PhD defence I.M. Lechner

Workshop

29 January 2026

Master prompting with generative AI

PhD Defences

29 January 2026

PhD defence H.J. Boersma-Vries

Workshop

29 January 2026

Low volume coding

Debates & conversations

29 January 2026

The Cost of Growth: Documentary Screening & Conversation

Social events

29 January 2026

Univers get-together

PhD Defences

30 January 2026

PhD defence T.J. van der Rijst

PhD Defences

30 January 2026

PhD defence M.A. Middelkoop

Inaugural lectures & valedictory speeches

30 January 2026

Valedictory speech prof.dr. I.L. Stengs

PhD Defences

02 February 2026

PhD defence T. Kutzewski

PhD Defences

02 February 2026

PhD defence A. Stolze

Debates & conversations

Social events

02 February 2026

Syria: One year after the fall, part 2

Workshop

04 February 2026

Three ways to improve your study Module 3: Take action

PhD Defences

04 February 2026

PhD defence N. Kondylidis

Workshop

Social events

04 February 2026

Discover your talent! | A workshop in 3D with Lorna Minkman

PhD Defences

05 February 2026

PhD defence M.L.S. Sleijser - Koehorst

PhD Defences

05 February 2026

PhD defence I. Blin

PhD Defences

05 February 2026

PhD defence M.E. de Leeuwerk

Information sessions

06 February 2026

Generative AI, Education and Assessment

Open days

07 February 2026

VU Bachelor's Day - 7 February 2026

PhD Defences

09 February 2026

PhD defence I.L. Şaru

PhD Defences

09 February 2026

PhD defence A. Woodward

Debates & conversations

10 February 2026

In Conversation: dialogue session VU community #2

Workshop

Networking & meeting

10 February 2026

VU Career Skills Day 2026

PhD Defences

10 February 2026

PhD defence A. Omelianiuk

PhD Defences

10 February 2026

PhD defence J. Stewart

Lectures

10 February 2026

ABRI Lunch Seminar Joe Ploog

PhD Defences

10 February 2026

PhD defence F. Maarse

PhD Defences

11 February 2026

PhD defence V. Lal

PhD Defences

11 February 2026

PhD defence F.S. Dijkstra

Information sessions

11 February 2026

Semester in Amsterdam online information session

PhD Defences

12 February 2026

PhD defence S. Kaçar

PhD Defences

12 February 2026

PhD defence R.H. Veenbaas

PhD Defences

12 February 2026

PhD defence S.R. Burger

Workshop

12 February 2026

Low volume coding

Workshop

12 February 2026

How to write a Master's Thesis? (On-Campus)

Inaugural lectures & valedictory speeches

12 February 2026

Valedictory speech prof.dr. J.J.S. Kooij

Presentations

12 February 2026

Thao Le - Van Der Sluis: Growth in Saturated Market

Social events

Mental Well-being

12 February 2026

Grieving Peace | 1

PhD Defences

13 February 2026

PhD defence C. Meijer

PhD Defences

13 February 2026

PhD defence M. Abdollahi Nejat

Inaugural lectures & valedictory speeches

13 February 2026

Valedictory speech prof.dr. J.C. Teelken

PhD Defences

16 February 2026

PhD defence K. Nadricka

Courses

Workshop

16 February 2026

Funding Acquisition Learning Pathway

PhD Defences

16 February 2026

PhD defence E.M. de Jong

PhD Defences

16 February 2026

PhD defence E.M. de Jong

PhD Defences

17 February 2026

PhD defence I.S.T. da Silva Torres

PhD Defences

17 February 2026

PhD defence C.P.C. Franssen

Courses

18 February 2026

Training Career orientation

PhD Defences

18 February 2026

PhD defence Y. Wang

Festivities & celebrations

19 February 2026

VU Mother Language Day 2026

PhD Defences

19 February 2026

PhD defence M. Kücükaksu

PhD Defences

19 February 2026

PhD defence S. Xiang

Workshop

19 February 2026

How to write a Master's Thesis? (Online)

Social events

Mental Well-being

19 February 2026

Grieving Peace | 2

PhD Defences

20 February 2026

PhD defence T. Dekker

PhD Defences

20 February 2026

PhD defence I. van Zuilekom

Inaugural lectures & valedictory speeches

20 February 2026

Valedictory speech prof.dr. S. Legene

PhD Defences

23 February 2026

PhD defence A.C. Berrens

PhD Defences

23 February 2026

PhD defence M. Schaafsma

PhD Defences

24 February 2026

PhD defence Q. Zhang

PhD Defences

24 February 2026

PhD defence R. Yoshisada

PhD Defences

24 February 2026

PhD defence S.E. Bibler

PhD Defences

25 February 2026

PhD defence A.J. de Groot

PhD Defences

26 February 2026

PhD defence M. Visscher-Houweling

PhD Defences

26 February 2026

PhD defence N. Bakker

Workshop

26 February 2026

Low volume coding

Inaugural lectures & valedictory speeches

26 February 2026

Inaugural lecture prof.dr.ir. M.E. van Dijk

Social events

Mental Well-being

26 February 2026

Grieving Peace | 3

PhD Defences

27 February 2026

PhD defence M.C.A. van der Burgt

Inaugural lectures & valedictory speeches

27 February 2026

Inaugural lecture prof.dr. T. Rispens

Open days

03 March 2026

Open Evening Tuesday March 3 2026 (Online)

Congresses & symposia

05 March 2026

VU Education Day 2026: A Broader Mind – From theory to classroom

Social events

Mental Well-being

05 March 2026

Grieving Peace | 4

Open days

07 March 2026

Master's Event - 7 March 2026

Information sessions

09 March 2026

ERC general information session

Workshop

12 March 2026

Low volume coding

Congresses & symposia

23 March 2026

HERUG 2026 SAVE THE DATE

Congresses & symposia

24 March 2026

Business, Society & Responsibility Research Seminar

Debates & conversations

24 March 2026

In Conversation: dialogue session VU community #3

Festivities & celebrations

Presentations

09 April 2026

Grand Final 3MT 2026

Workshop

13 April 2026

Information Literacy 2: setting up a literature search strategy

Debates & conversations

14 April 2026

In Conversation: dialogue session VU community #4

Debates & conversations

14 April 2026

In Conversation: dialogue session VU community #5

Congresses & symposia

16 April 2026

ABRI PhD Day 2026

Networking & meeting

16 April 2026

International Talent Event Amsterdam

Workshop

23 April 2026

Information Literacy 3: reflection on and improvement of strategy

Networking & meeting

28 April 2026

Meet & Match | Community Service Learning

Lectures

21 May 2026

Abraham Kuyper Lecture

Congresses & symposia

27 May 2026

Aurora Symposium on Global Citizenship

Festivals

11 June 2026

Déjà VU Festival

Courses

05 July 2026

KIN Summer School 2026

Congresses & symposia

08 July 2026

World Congress on Adult Capacity (WCAC) 2026

Festivities & celebrations

31 August 2026

Opening Academic Year

Festivities & celebrations

19 November 2026

Dies Natalis 2026