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Finances and housing

The UvA spends millions every year on construction, acquisitions, renovations, and campus facilities.

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UvA aims to relocate Maagdenhuis staff in the first quarter of 2027

26 juni 2026 - 12:00

UvA aims to relocate Maagdenhuis staff in the first quarter of 2027

The relocation of UvA departments from the Maagdenhuis to the Roeterseiland Campus is scheduled to take place in the first quarter of next year. This is the target outlined by the university in its “preferred scenario” for the reorganisation. According to the plans, a large proportion of staff w...

Nikola Edelsztejn | The UvA’s city centre buildings complex is in a state of disrepair

3 juni 2026 - 13:00

The P.C. Hoofthuis, main building of the Faculty of Humanities.

Columnist Nikola Edelsztejn feels somewhat out of place in the UvA buildings in the city centre. “All year long, I’ve had the feeling that the P.C. Hoofthuis mainly functions as a transfer station between home and the rest of the day. Hanging around on campus, as is so tempting on Roeterseiland...

UvA plans to downsize: iconic buildings earmarked for a potential sale

29 mei 2026 - 07:30

UvA plans to downsize: iconic buildings earmarked for a potential sale

The Maagdenhuis, the University Theatre, and the P.C. Hoofthuis are among the buildings the UvA is considering disposing of. This follows from the new draft Accommodations Plan 2026. In the coming years, the university will have to downsize significantly in order to curb rising housing costs and a l...

Political optimism, but deficits are mounting in preparations for the UvA’s 2027 budget

26 mei 2026 - 14:45

Political optimism, but deficits are mounting in preparations for the UvA’s 2027 budget

With the publication of the 2027 Framework Letter, the UvA’s budget cycle has officially begun again. The letter, which serves as the basis for next year’s university budget, shows that several faculties are currently running significant deficits. They will therefore need to find additional fund...

UvA writes off more than one million euros of Crea debt

12 mei 2026 - 14:59

UvA writes off more than one million euros of Crea debt

A new agreement between the UvA and Crea appears to bring an end to the financial difficulties facing the university’s cultural centre. The housing debt will be written off and the annual subsidy increased. “We have made clear and forward-looking agreements.”

UvA to start construction of new entrance for ABC building at REC after summer

12 mei 2026 - 12:00

UvA to start construction of new entrance for ABC building at REC after summer

From August, the UvA will begin construction of a new entrance for the ABC building on the Roeterseiland Campus. The additional entrance on Valckenierstraat is intended to improve flow, shorten walking routes, and make the building more accessible for students, staff, and visitors.

“Significant noise nuisance” due to demolition and structural work on J/K sports centre

2 maart 2026 - 13:57

The space in the basement of REC-J/K, where the sports centre will be built

During the summer months, there will be “significant noise nuisance” in building J/K of the REC. During this period, the contractor will begin demolition and structural work on the new sports centre, which is scheduled to open in early 2027.

PhD Network Netherlands wants to abolish PhD bonus

26 februari 2026 - 09:45

PhD Network Netherlands wants to abolish PhD bonus

The PhD bonus, the sum universities receive per PhD graduation, still acts as a perverse incentive for universities to create more PhD positions. And that is worrying, says the PhD Network Netherlands (PNN), because supervision often lags behind. “It is time to have a discussion about how many PhD...

Coalition agreement: 1.5 billion for education and science “A historic step”

30 januari 2026 - 16:07

Demonstration against education cuts in Utrecht.

With a structural investment of 1.5 billion euros in education and science, previous cuts will be reversed. The coalition also wants to focus on an international university again. This is evident from the coalition agreement “Aan de slag” (Let’s get to work) presented by D66, CDA and VVD this ...

UvA power centre shifts further from Maagdenhuis to Roeterseiland Campus

22 januari 2026 - 07:30

Left: Maagdenhuis at Spui.

UvA staff from the Administration & Administrative Staff, Communications Office and Accommodation Development departments will move from the Maagdenhuis to the Roeterseiland Campus (REC) in 2027. As a result, the Maagdenhuis will lose even more of its status as the UvA’s centre of power.

UvA: incorporate public values into your property strategy!

19 januari 2026 - 07:30

UvA: incorporate public values into your property strategy!

In his speech during the Dies Natalis, Peter Paul Verbeek advocated academic citizenship as a means of narrowing the gap between science and society. But if you look at how the UvA organises its campuses, what you see is mainly a distant and closed institution, argues Bor van Zeeland.

Does the UvA feel no responsibility for the old University Library?

11 december 2025 - 08:00

Does the UvA feel no responsibility for the old University Library?

The UvA wants to sell the old University Library building. Rogier Noyon cannot understand this and wants a discussion about the future of the building. “The UvA is apparently unable to think about the future of the building without dollar signs in its eyes.”

UvA starts sale of old University Library building on Singel

4 december 2025 - 15:46

The former building of the University Library at Singel.

Now that the UvA has a new University Library on Vendelstraat, the old University Library building at Singel 421 is being sold permanently. It no longer fits in with the UvA’s campus concept. The UvA expects to receive “perhaps more than 100 million Euro’s” for it.

This UvA company created 900 jobs through start-ups but quietly disappeared this year

5 november 2025 - 14:43

Startup Village at Science Park, co-founded by the Amsterdam Centre for Entrepreneurship (ACE).

In almost twenty years, the Amsterdam Centre for Entrepreneurship (ACE) supported two hundred start-ups from knowledge institutions in Amsterdam, creating nine hundred jobs. At the beginning of this year, ACE suddenly disappeared from the scene. How could this happen, and is it a problem? “With th...

Fitness to open in REC’s J/K building at the end of 2026

5 november 2025 - 08:00

The basement of building J/K of REC, where a sports centre will be realized.

It has been under consideration and discussion for a long time, but now the plans are actually being realized: a USC fitness branch in the basement of building J/K on the Roeterseiland campus. The tender process is underway, with completion scheduled for the end of next year.

UvA budget for 2026: small loss of nearly 3 million

9 oktober 2025 - 07:30

The facade of the Maagdenhuis.

The draft budget for 2026 was published this week. The coming years will be financially challenging for the UvA due to a decline in student numbers and substantial government cutbacks. “The amount for the UvA could rise to 50 million in the coming years.”

Builders, administrators, library types and local residents celebrate opening of new University Library

1 oktober 2025 - 08:00

Hundreds of people present at the opening ceremony of the new University Library.

With vocals, bubbles and speeches, the new University Library in the University Quarter of the UvA was festively opened on Tuesday afternoon. It was a coming and going of important library types from past and present. “This building is by and for all of us.”

UvA Budget 2026: red figures loom once again

13 juni 2025 - 13:22

The Maagdenhuis of the UvA.

The UvA’s budget cycle for the coming calendar year has already begun, which means that faculties and services must start working on their budgets for next year. Several faculties are currently in the red and must therefore seek additional funding to balance their budgets.

UvA switches from Deutsche Bank to ING: “No difference for the planet”

6 juni 2025 - 13:30

ING office on Bijlmerdreef in 2020.

On insistence from activists, the Green Office and the Central Student Council (CSR), the UvA and the HvA launched a tender three years ago to select a sustainable house bank. ING emerged as the winner. Is this a green step forward for the university?

No green light yet from participation bodies for UvA budget 2025

6 december 2024 - 08:34

The Maagdenhuis on Spui

For now, the UvA’s central participation bodies will not accept the UvA budget for 2025 without a fight. Six ‘breaking points’ have been formulated that the Central Works Council (COR) and the Central Student Council (CSR) want to see resolved before agreeing to the UvA’s financial plans for...

UvA Budget 2025: red figures everywhere

11 oktober 2024 - 09:00

UvA Budget 2025: red figures everywhere

This week the draft budget was released and it is quite a shock: almost all faculties and services will end up in the red figures. “Where short- or long-term savings are possible, it is imperative to realize them.”

If the starting grants disappear, assistant professors are back to square one

30 september 2024 - 14:14

If the starting grants disappear, assistant professors are back to square one

Starting grants for young scientists were supposed to ensure that they could set up their own research and that the workload finally went down a bit at the highly competitive university. But the new cabinet has decided to abolish these grants that were supposed to bring “peace and quiet” – ba...

3 april 2024 - 10:00

UvA participation councils still not in agreement with draft 2024 budget

15 februari 2024 - 07:15

UvA participation councils still not in agreement with draft 2024 budget

In a letter to the Executive Board, the joint meeting of the Central Student Council (CSR) and Central Works Council (COR) formulated four “points of contention” that must be resolved before agreeing to the UvA’s draft 2024 budget.

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