Registering for VU & UvA courses as an AUC student

Both VU Amsterdam and the University of Amsterdam offer many courses that can be interesting for students to complement their studies at AUC. Depending on the courses they've already completed at AUC, their timetable and available seats in the desired off-campus course, AUC students can enrol in hundreds of courses that are taught in the other Bachelor programmes of the VU and the UvA. 

Honours students of the VU and UvA have the opportunity to take select elective courses in the Liberal Arts and Sciences programme at AUC. Before you register for an AUC course, please read the following information carefully.

List of courses offered at AUC for UvA/VU Honours Students 

You can find the complete list of courses offered at AUC that are open to current UvA/VU honours students on the Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies website below. 

AUC’s attendance policy

Most AUC courses are taught during the day and almost all courses meet twice a week (1.5 hours per class). Attendance at AUC courses is mandatory. You are only allowed to miss five classes during the entire semester (five of the total 32 classes).

Course levels

In reading the course descriptions, you may notice that all courses have a particular level and list a number of prerequisites. AUC offers courses at three different levels: 100-level courses, 200-level courses and 300-level courses. 100-level courses are often introductory courses that most AUC students take in their first year and 300-level courses are typically the highest level courses that students take in their third and final year.

Prerequisites

The prerequisites form the entry requirements that students need to meet in order to follow a course. These prerequisites refer to other courses in the AUC curriculum that a student needs to have taken before he or she can follow a particular course. However, because you are not an AUC student, you will probably not have taken any of the prerequisites.

This is why we request that you read the course descriptions of the prerequisites carefully to determine whether you think you have sufficient background knowledge to take part in the honours course of your choice. You can find all the course descriptions in the course catalogue on the AUC website. If you are in doubt, please send an email to the AUC Registrar's Office.

Limited number of places available

Please note that all honours courses have a limited number of places with only 25 students per course. This means that it is not possible to guarantee that you will have access to a certain course during a certain semester. If you have questions about course availability, please send an email to the Registrar's office using the link below.