Student Facilities

Students participating in the programme are offered a wide range of facilities, from Internet access to medical insurance to weekly drinks. These facilities are offered by either the ILLC, the Universiteit van Amsterdam or the International Student Network. Read further and find out what is there for you.

International Office FNWI
Student ID Card
Library Facilities
Computing
The MoL Room
Student Sports
Welfare Support
Housing
Dutch Language Course
The International Student Network
The Student Mentors
The Insiders
Help with Obtaining a Visa

For all kinds of questions on practical matters concerning the University of Amsterdam, the ILLC and the MSc Logic, there is "Whom should I contact? a guide for MoL students". This guide is handed to all first year students at one of the introductory meetings. In case you did not get this (yet) or you lost it, you can find the pdf file here.

The International Office FNWI takes care of a number of services for foreign students such as housing, insurance and providing a student ID card.

More information can be found on their webpage and on the webpage of the International Office UvA.

The UvA student ID card gives access or discounts to facilities such as libraries, student restaurants, the sports centre and the medical centre.

The Universiteit van Amsterdam has a well-equipped central library with over four million volumes and numerous specialised libraries. The libraries for mathematics, computer science, philosophy and linguistics will also be useful to students of logic.
For more information, click here.

Every MSc student will have a student login (student number@student.uva.nl) and a login for the computers of the Faculty of Science (username@science.uva.nl). Students will have regular access to computers with e-mail and internet facilities.

For more information, see the help pages of the Faculty of Sciences and the ILLC.

The ILLC maintains a special room for exclusive use of the MSc in Logic students. This room offers desk space, computing facilities and other amenities to the MSc students. The students help organising the day-to-day matters concerning the MoL room in the MoL room committee.

The MoL Room is a unique opportunity to meet, work together and encounter the special international spirit and flair of the GPiL. In addition to that, special events are occasionally organized.

All students may practice and participate in numerous sports at special student rates at the university sports centre. Activities offered include for example tennis, fitness, fencing, karate, (ice) skating, indoor climbing, hockey, soccer, volleyball, basketball, canoeing, water polo etc.
For more information, click here.

A department of university doctors, dentists, psychologists and chaplaincy exists specifically for students of the Universiteit van Amsterdam.
For more information, click here.

The Universiteit van Amsterdam organises housing for fee-paying international students who participate in the Graduate Programme in Logic (provided they apply before the relevant deadlines). The university cannot guarantee housing for other categories of students, such as exchange students. Some university residence halls are in the centre of town, while others are as far as 30 minutes from the centre by public transportation.
For more information, click here.

The Graduate Programme in Logic is an English-taught curriculum. Outside the curriculum, there are many courses and events in Dutch. Students are encouraged to learn Dutch. The Institute for Dutch as a Second Language (INTT) offers courses at different levels and for different periods of time.
If you are interested in attending a Dutch course, please state this at your application.
For more information, click here.

To help students find their way at the universiteit van Amsterdam and in the city itself, the Universiteit van Amsterdam has set up the International Student Network (ISN). ISN works in close co-operation with other student organisations.
The ISN also organized an introduction week (one week before classes start in September) During this week, students can get to know the city and Dutch student life.
A large range of activities takes place, ranging from exploring the city and the university to testing food in the student restaurant. The evenings are for experiencing the cultural life of the capital first-hand. We recommend that you participate in this enjoyable start of your life in Amsterdam.
For more information, click here.

The Masterschool of Informatics pays two or more international students to act as Student Mentors for the new students in their first weeks in Amsterdam.
Student Mentors 2004/05: Henrik Nordmark, Reut Tsarfaty.
Student Mentors 2005/06: Edgar Andrade, Henrik Nordmark, Jacob Vosmaer.
Student Mentors 2006/07: Petter Remen, Rachel Sterken, Henrik Nordmark.
Student Mentors 2007/08: Henrik Nordmark, Olga Grigoriadou, Salvador Mascarenhas.
Student Mentors 2008/09: Olga Grigoriadou, In? Crespo, Ivano Ciardelli, Pablo Cubides.
Student Mentors 2009/2010: Jonathan Shaheen, Chirstian Geist, Kian Mintz-Woo, Viktoria Denisova.
Student Mentors 2010/2011: Gabriela Rino Nesin, Marta Sznajder, Johannes Marti, Bruno Jacinto.

The Insiders is a bimonthly newsletter for foreign students at the Universiteit van Amsterdam and the Hogeschool van Amsterdam. It contains articles with useful and interesting information about Amsterdam and other parts of Holland.
For more information, click here.

Citizens of one of the European Union Member States, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Iceland, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Austria, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan do not need a visa to enter the Netherlands. All other students must apply for an 'Authorisation for Temporary Residence (MVV)' before coming to the Netherlands.
Please contact the International Office if you need help with these procedures. On arrival in the Netherlands, all students must register with the Dutch Foreign Police (Vreemdelingendienst) to apply for a residence permit.
For more information, click here , here or here.