'Study associations' are those which are attached to a particular faculty, programme or course. The emphasis is on social events and relaxation, although most also organize activities which are relevant to the coursework itself. Having joined an association, you may wish to take a hand in running it by sitting on one of its (sub-) committees. You can then help to organize excursions or to produce the association's magazine.
Subject to certain conditions, students who devote part of their time to running a study association may be eligible for additional financial support. Some of those conditions relate to the association itself (it must be officially recognized by VU university Amsterdam: see the list elsewhere on this site) and some to the individual student's situation. Full information (in Dutch) can be found in Part II of the FOS Grant Regulations.
Links to the various study associations (with the relevant programme or course shown in brackets) are given below.
ACTA (Dentistry)
- Favervuta (website in Dutch)
Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences
- Anguilla (Health and Life Sciences) (website in Dutch)
- GeoVUsie (Earth Sciences) (website in Dutch)
- Gyrinus Natans (Biology) (website in Dutch)
- Salus (Health Sciences) (website in Dutch)
Faculty of Human Movement Sciences
- Vereniging in Beweging, V.I.B. (website in Dutch)
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
- Aureus (general)
- Financiële Studievereniging Amsterdam, FSA (Financial Management)
- Kraket (Econometrics)
- Marketing Associatie Amsterdam, MAA (Marketing)
Faculty of Sciences
- Aik (Physics) (website in Dutch)
- Mens (Medical technology)(website in Dutch)
- Storm (Mathematics and Computer Sciences) (website in Dutch)
- Subliem (Science, Business and Innovation) (website in Dutch)
- Vereniging Chemie Studenten VU, VCSVU (Chemistry) (website in Dutch)
Faculty of Medicine
- Int. Fed. Med. Stud. Associations, IFMSA (website in Dutch)
- Medische Faculteitsvereniging VU, MFVU (website in Dutch)
Faculty of Theology and Philosophy
- Icarus (website in Dutch)
Faculty of Arts
- K.l.i.c.h.é (website in Dutch)
- Koinon (Antiquities) (website in Dutch)
- Merlijn (History)(website in Dutch)
- Underground (Archaeology) (website in Dutch)
Faculty of Psychology and Education
- Vereniging Psychologie- en Pedagogiekstudenten VU, VSPVU (website in Dutch)
Faculty of Law
- Qui Bene Distinguit Bene Docet, Q.B.D.B.D. (general) (website in Dutch)
- Pleitgezelschap Cicero (website in Dutch)
- Crime Does Pay, CDP (criminal law/criminology) (website in Dutch)
- Fiscale Studievereniging VU, FSVU (tax law) (website in Dutch)
- V.I.V.A (notarial practice) (website in Dutch)
- Criminal intent (website in Dutch)
Faculty of Social Sciences
- EOS (website in Dutch)