Rules and Regulations

Education and Examination Regulations

For the most essential academic information and for information of a more practical sort students should consult the Course Catalogue of the Master’s programme. For more specialised information, please read the Education and Examination Regulations below.

2010-2011
OER A: Regulations: Faculty of Science - will be added as soon as possible
OER B: Regulations: Master Brain and Cognitive Sciences

2009-2010
OER A: Regulations: Faculty of Science
OER B: Regulations: Master Brain and Cognitive Sciences

Board of Examiners

The Master’s programme has its own Board of Examiners, which confers degree, assesses the level of divergent prior education, and handles requests for approval of irregular study programmes, research projects, requests for exemptions or electives and handles situations of fraud and plagiarism.There is a monthly deadline for requests and applications to the Board of Examiners. This deadline is each last weekday of the month. All applications that have been submitted before that date will be collected and presented to the Board of Examiners. The Board of Examiners will report back to you on their decision before the end of the next month. Please submit to:

Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies

Board of Examiners - Master Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Sarphatistraat 104
1018 GV Amsterdam

Or hand your form in at the secretary’s office
(room 0.13 at the Sarphatistraat 104, c/o the Board of Examiners)
or via studieadviseur-iis@uva.nl.

Fraud and Plagiarism

For the regulations on fraud and plagiarism read the information below.
Regulations governing fraud and plagiarism for UvA students

You can also obtain more information from your study advisor:
Email: studieadviseur-iis@uva.nl
or during the open office hours: Monday to Thursday from 13h to 15h