Renew UvA education with your idea!

The Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies (IIS) organises the UvA Create a Course Challenge every year. It’s all about your ideas for better education: which themes deserve a place in the curriculum? Which teaching methods work best? All UvA students can apply with an idea for a course. Students can also apply in pairs.

How does it work?

The Create a Course Challenge consists of four rounds:

• Idea deadline (October 7, 23:59): Submit your first concept of max 150 words.

• Further development (until October 29, 23:59): Work out your idea further with a plan of action that you’ll receive by email.

• Voting round (November 6–13, 13:00): Our curriculum experts select the ten best submissions. Afterwards, UvA students and staff can vote for their favorite.

• Final (November 25, 17:00–19:00, REC E: Room for Discussion): The five most popular ideas are pitched live. A jury will choose one winner.

What do you win?

The winning idea will be developed into a real course together with the student and the IIS. The student (or students) will be hired to co-develop and teach the course alongside IIS professionals. Next academic year, it will be offered as an IIS elective to all UvA students.