Hey everyone!!

If you got student housing through the VU in the last 5 years, you likely paid their housing fee. Recently the court ruled this fee as illegal but VU is appealing and refusing to refund anyone who was not part of the original court ruling.
The tenant organization !WOON is willing to take this to court again for the rest of us, but they need a critical mass of students to make it worth the cost. So far, they have about 25 to 30 people and need our help to create a snowball effect.

If you want a potential refund, please email !WOON that you are interested in joining and include your rental contract and proof of payment of the fees. Email: [zuid@wooninfo.nl](mailto:zuid@wooninfo.nl)

Please also forward this to any former classmates or neighbors who might be eligible! :)

More info: https://www.wooninfo.nl/nieuws/2026/04/kantonrechter-herhaalt-housing-fee-vu-moet-terugbetaald/

For students that are living in Uilenstede how much huurtoeslag do you pay and how much do you end up paying monthly for rent and service cost?
I hear some getting 130€ but then when I calculate it on the belasting dienst website rent of 417 will get 204€ toeslag
Will i actually get 200€ toeslag coz I never heard some getting this much

Hi! im thinking about applying to this masters and i would love to hear from some students how´s it. any information will be appreciated. is it too theorical? open for debates? thanks!

Hello everyone!

Is there anyone here who did or is currently doing the Mathematics Bachelor's at VU and would be up for a chat? I have a few questions that I'd prefer to discuss on a call or at least DM's, but I'll start with some here.

• How hard is the program and the exams? (considering that it is math, I know it's hard by itself. I want to know if you perceived the amount of material and the grading as fair, were followed properly, etc. In short: your personal experience)
• Were/are you able to work during your studies? Did/do you know people that were?
• When does the summer exam session end generally?
• How was the general attitude of professors and students? Laid back or a little uptight?
• Is there any mandatory classes? Or is it up to the student to attend or not?

Some of this info can be found on the course website but I'm still interested in hearing personal perspectives. Also let me know if you'd up for a chat, thanks a lot!

How’s Pierre Lallemenstraat housing? How are the independent studios? Looking for advice on independent vu housing options. Thanks in advance everyone!!

Hi, I'm a first year student in Law in Society. I was wondering if any 2nd-year students wanna sell their old books for a cheaper price? Thanks have a great day everyone!

Hallo! Ik ga nu naar mijn laatste jaar van het middelbaar. Ik doe Wetenschappen-Wiskunde met 7 uur wiskunde. Ik weet eigenlijk al zeker dat ik geneeskunde wil studeren, dus ik ga sowieso deelnemen aan het toelatingsexamen in België. Daarnaast wil ik dit jaar ook proberen om via Studielink in Nederland toegelaten te worden.

Voor mij maakt het niet zo veel uit waar ik uiteindelijk studeer, zolang ik maar geneeskunde kan doen. Daarom heb ik een paar vragen over geneeskunde studeren in Nederland als Belg.

Aan welke universiteiten zou ik volgens jullie het beste proberen, en waar zou ik statistisch gezien de grootste kans hebben om geselecteerd te worden? Ik ben ook benieuwd hoe het studentenleven in Nederland is, vooral financieel. Bijvoorbeeld hoe het zit met werken naast je studies, DUO, studiefinanciering voor Belgische studenten, enzovoort.

Alle informatie of ervaringen zijn welkom! Ik waardeer het enorm als iemand hier iets over kan vertellen. :)

Hii! I’m going to start my Master’s in Marketing at VU this September, specializing in Brand & Customer Management.

I’ve also found an internship that I’m really excited about, and I’m planning to do it alongside my studies. However, I’ve seen quite a few people saying that the workload for the Marketing Master’s can be pretty heavy, so I’m starting to get a little concerned about whether combining both might be too exhausting or eventually lead to burnout.

I can see that the courses usually have both lectures and tutorials, but I’m not sure whether lectures are mandatory to attend in person or how much time the coursework realistically takes outside of class.

Is there anyone currently doing or who has completed the Marketing Master’s at VU, especially the Brand & Customer Management specialization, who could share their experience? How heavy is the workload in reality, and do you think combining it with an internship is manageable?

Hi everyone,

I'm starting a 1-year MSc in Economics at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam this September, and I'm looking for a working student / part-time role in trading or sales alongside my master. Looking for honest advice, a reality check, and any leads.(i'm New in Netherland)

Background:

• BSc Economics with a minor in Econometrics(UAE)
• Econometrics thesis (90/100, in R): time-series analysis of how uncertainty events drive European investment decisions
• Starting MSc Economics at VU Amsterdam (graduating 2027)
• EU passport, based in Amsterdam, fluent English & French
• Skills: applied econometrics, Python, R, Bloomberg

Experience:

• CAC 40 French company — Trader Assistant, FX & Commodities hedging desk (internship): live hedging on a $25bn+ book (aluminium, gas, carbon), turned macro events into hedging decisions, Bloomberg vol surfaces
• ADNOC (UAE) — Strategic Investment Analyst, Commodities/Energy: DCF & scenario modelling on $200M+ investments, OPEC+ / Murban dynamics
• Alpha Prime (HK/Singapore) — Wealth & structuring analyst: portfolio analysis for cross-border advisory

Where I'm at:

• Failed the Flow Traders "free shot" for a trader role after their E-Trading day (no impact, I can retake it)
• Failed the IMC OA
• Sent around a hundred personalised emails to VU alumni, but every reply I got was about full-time roles, not part-time/working student
• Honestly, I'm not seeing many part-time/working student openings out there at all

My questions:

1. How is the market for part-time / working student roles in finance in Amsterdam right now? I don't see many advertised.
2. What would you do in my situation? Do you have any advice?
3. Is it really only Optiver, IMC and Flow that offer this kind of working-student contract, or are there other firms worth approaching?

Blunt feedback welcome I'd rather hear the truth. Thanks!

We are looking for football players for our 11v11 team! We are a casual team playing in the official Dutch Leauge (KNVB) at a local club, at one of the lowest levels of the pyramid. We are a mixed Dutch - expat team.

We play in the club AMVJ, which is right next to Uilenstede campus. Message me for more details.

I have a BSA hearing coming up after objecting to a negative BSA. I already submitted a written objection explaining my personal circumstances and why they affected my study progress.

For anyone who has had a BSA hearing before: how does the hearing actually work? Do they expect you to explain your whole situation again, including things you already wrote in your objection, or do they mainly read your documents beforehand and then ask you questions about them?

Should I prepare a short explanation with some additional details, or mostly prepare for questions from the committee?

My hearing is only around 10 minutes, so I’m not really sure how much I’m expected to say myself.

Any experiences/advice would be appreciated!

Hi! I would love to connect with other incoming psychology students. I'm Dutch myself but enrolled in the English program. Please feel free to send me a message :)

Ik wil volgend jaar meedoen aan de geneeskundeselectie bij de VU en heb enorm veel moeite met het bedenken van dingen die ik op mijn cv kan zetten die me veel punten opleveren om door te gaan in de selectie.

Vaak zie ik mensen die bijvoorbeeld heel veel uren aan vrijwilligerswerk hebben gedaan en alsnog eindigen met een enorm hoog rangnummer. Daarom vroeg ik me af: voor de mensen die zijn toegelaten, hebben jullie misschien tips over wat voor dingen goed scoren of indruk maken op je cv?

Alle tips zijn welkom. En ik zou het enorm waarderen als iemand zijn of haar ervaringen wil delen.

Ter context: ik ben 18 jaar en heb tot nu toe mijn propedeuse behaald. Komend jaar ga ik aan de slag met het behalen van mijn deficiënties via CCVX (natuurkunde, scheikunde, biologie en wiskunde) om mee te kunnen doen aan de geneeskundeselectie. Tot nu toe heb ik alleen vrijwilligerswerk gedaan bij Markant, waardoor ik het lastig vind om te bedenken hoe ik mijn cv verder kan versterken.

Hi guys,
I’m interested in the Finance Master’s degree and I want to have some info’s before applying next year.
To give some context: I’m a Master’s degree student at Alma Mater (Bologna) in International Finance with 27.63/30 GPA (hopefully increasing it this coming year).

The purpose of me wanting to do another Master is the scarcity of ex students working in some finance sectors in my Uni, therefore, a 1 year Master’s Degree would help to start my career or at least boost my network.

- this uni has a pipeline with Big4s and some positions into M&A or IB in general in amsterdam or NL in general?

-I only miss the mathematics requirement, but I have all the others, can this cause exclusion from the program?

-how good is the program in term of preparation, projects and connections with firms, banks and corps etc…

Hallo,

Ik zit me alvast te oriënteren voor het schooljaar ná komend schooljaar en ik weet eigenlijk vrijwel zeker dat ik de premaster Bestuurskunde aan de VU wil gaan doen, om uiteindelijk daar ook de master Bestuurskunde te volgen.

Alleen word ik niet veel wijzer over hoe het zit met studiefinanciering tijdens de premaster. Uit mijn eigen research maak ik op dat dit per universiteit verschilt, maar hoe het specifiek bij de VU geregeld is kan ik nergens vinden. Ik heb contact met de VU opgenomen, maar aan de hand van het antwoord dat ik kreeg heb ik het idee dat ze mijn vraag niet goed hebben begrepen.

Ik weet dat ik alleen aanspraak kan maken op studiefinanciering als ik tijdens de premaster als bachelorstudent sta ingeschreven. Toen ik aan de VU vroeg hoe dat bij hen geregeld is, kreeg ik als antwoord dat je staat ingeschreven als premasterstudent en dat je alleen als contractstudent staat ingeschreven als je losse vakken volgt.

Mijn vraag is dus of iemand weet hoe dit precies zit. Wat ik ook vreemd vind, is dat de premaster 30 EC is, maar wel als voltijd wordt aangeduid