Even though the days become shorter, science does not sleep! Our second symposium will consist of some amazing speakers who push the frontiers of science. The symposium will take place in the Ruppert building. You will earn 0.25 ECTS (in the old reward system) or 2 points in the educational category (in the new reward…

Are you known for your hunger for knowledge, do you have a critical attitude and do you have perseverance? Or would you like to learn these skills? Do you also enjoy working together with motivated fellow students and teachers? Then honours is really something for you! The honours community will be on the open days…

Get in the Halloween mood with our “Spooktober” borrel! It will take place in the SHA room (BBG 1.73) on Wednesday the 30th of October at 17:00. You will receive one social point for joining and there will be free snacks and drinks! We will start with some fun games and of course, the best…

UTRECHT UNIVERSITY HAS A LONG TRADITION OF OFFERING HONOURS PROGRAMMES TO STUDENTS WHO ARE LOOKING TO BROADEN THEIR HORIZON. The Strategic Plan of 2016-2020 refers to our honours programmes as follows: “We will further expand our honours programmes and will establish a university Honours College as a central, physical location for university-wide, interdisciplinary honours programmes….

The first symposium of the year! This symposium will be held on Tuesday, October 22 from 17:00 until 21:00, the theme will be the history of natural science. The speakers will be Daan Wegener, Fokko Jan Dijksterhuis, and Albert Philipse. The symposium will take place in the Ruppert building. You will earn 0.25 ECTS (in…

Bingo night in the SHA room, organised by the Excursion Committee on the 15th of October 2019. It will start at 17.00 and ends at around 19.00 and there are some magnificent prizes to be won! (+ losers still get social points). If you’d like to join, please fill in the form before 14 October…

On Tuesday June 6th, the SHA symposium took place at the Koningsberger building. This symposium consisted of several plenary speakers and the poster presentation from the students who participated in the SHA interdisciplinary projects. The evening started off with the first speaker, René van Roij, professor in soft-Matter theory at the institute for theoretical physics…

Ever listened to a presentation of a classmate or a professor and thought; this is so incredibly boring? Well Hans van de Water who instructed the Masterclass “Pitching your research” on Thursday the 18th of May had the same thought. He was “sick and tired of listening to bad research presentations”. Together with Toon Verlinden…

On Friday April 21st a group of around 20 students went to Groningen to visit PRA Health Sciences. We left Utrecht station at 10:30 by train. Once we arrived in Groningen, we ate our lunch and then our tour started. First, we got some general information about PRA Health Sciences. It is a company specialized…

From the 24th to the 28th of April, around 80 SHA students went on the international trip to Prague. The organizing committee had arranged a ton of different activities to ensure an educational but most of all fun week. The aim of this trip was to see another country, to experience and interact with another…