A group of students got to visit the van Gogh exhibition in Utrecht, learning about his work and life story through a series of visually appealing rooms.

This Tuesday, iGEM Utrecht hosted a very interesting masterclass for our students. During this, the speakers discussed the promises and pitfalls of a hot topic in science: Synthetic Biology. The interactive aspect of the masterclass consisted of a problem-solving task. Groups of students had to design a plasmid construct and subsequently present their ideas to…

The first board-mediated reception was a success! Students got together to get acquianted, have a snack and play various games, such as Black Stories, 30 seconds, Jackbox and more!

To kick off the new academic year, the introduction committee organised four activities for new students to get to know the SHA and – ofcourse – each other! A phantom hunt, crazy88, quiz night and escape room were organised, taking place both at Science Park and throughout the city center!

On the 1st of October the new SHA student board of 2025-2026 has started their year and are looking forward to all the exciting and educational activities of the coming year! Soon, the first events will be announced! We are thrilled to share these with you and start off the new academic year with all…

As you might know, every SHA student is obligated to participate at least once in the Interdisciplinary Project (IDP) in order to graduate with honours. That’s why we would like to invite you for the Interdisciplinary Project Fall 2022! Signing up for the project is possible until Tuesday October 11th. If you would like to…

On behalf of the Quantitative Biology (QBio) Master’s honours programme, we would like to invite you (again) to join us for an exciting, day-long symposium themed around aging!

Dear SHA student, This post contains practical information for you concerning graduating with honours. Please read this e-mail carefully, to avoid any problems later.   If you want to receive your honours certificate at the yearly honours graduation ceremony in October 2022, you should…   ​(1) Check your SHA points progression on BlackBoard In order to complete the interdisciplinary…

We would like to invite you to a fun evening of Ping Pong! ? Get to know your fellow students in a fun and active way! You can join us on Wednesday November 24th from 19:00 to 21:00 for Ping Pong at the Ping Pong Club in Utrecht. After this we can cool down whilst having a drink until ~22:00. ?  Joining…

It is no exaggeration to say that the human brain is an impressive organ. No other brain in the animal kingdom is capable of generating the kind of higher consciousness associated with human ingenuity, with our ability to make plans and write poetry. Yet the most complex structure in the known universe – as it…