For new international PhD candidates who do not yet live in the Netherlands, Utrecht University reserves furnished housing providers Xior and Plaza. Keep in mind that all housing via the Reserved ...

For general information on obtaining a PhD position at Utrecht University, please consult the UU website. The current website provides additional information for positions at the Graduate School of ...

The Centre for Academic Teaching and Learning (CAT), in collaboration with Utrecht University, supports lecturers and staff who wish to explore their own teaching practices. This is achieved by ...

Massive volcanic eruptions on the Indian peninsula have long been proposed as an alternative cause for the demise of the dinosaurs. This phase of active volcanism took place in a period just before ...

Walk through any supermarket and you will see shelves lined with plastic bottles in every colour of the rainbow: green, red, blue – added to plastics to make packaging more appealing. But what happens ...

Hetty Dreyer successfully defended her PhD thesis, Optimizing In Vitro Nasal Epithelial Cell Models for Enhanced Cilia-Related Airway Research, on December 17. Her work focuses on the optimization and ...

A section of the Roman wall in the Belgian town of Tongeren. Photo: Michel Wal, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Visitors to the Meuse-Rhine region can explore ancient landmarks across nine ...

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC; chemotherapy administered before surgery) is increasingly used in the treatment of non-metastatic breast cancer. However, a significant proportion of patients’ tumors ...

The transition from academia to the workforce can be challenging, especially for graduates of multidisciplinary programmes like UCU’s, where broad academic knowledge must be translated into ...

WNT proteins are growth factors that promote cell division by binding to Frizzled receptors. These proteins play a crucial role in embryonic development, stem cell regulation, and tissue repair ...

The breakout session The Science Behind Your Future Home explored innovations shaping sustainable living spaces. Jochem Galama’s visual summary captures key themes, including eco-friendly materials ...

Children with heart defects sometimes need a new heart valve as early as their first year. Unfortunately, such a donor heart valve does not grow with the child. As a result, several major operations ...