The university has a College of Deans. The college consists of deans from each faculty. The Rector is the colleges chairperson. The College of Deans is also responsible for PhD programmes.
Members
Faculty of Humanities
- Prof. M. ter Hark
Faculty of Dentistry/Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam
- Prof. A. Feilzer
Faculty of Sciences & Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences
- Prof. A.T. Schreiber
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
- Prof. W.F.C. Verschoor
Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences
- Prof. P.J. Beek
Faculty of Law
- Prof. W.H.A.C.M. Bouwens
Faculty of Medicine/VU University Medical Center
- Prof. C.H. Polman
Faculty of Social Sciences
- Prof. K.I. van Oudenhoven-van der Zee
Faculty of Theology
- Prof. R.R. Ganzevoort
Dutch: College van Decanen.