__NOTOC__ Amsterdam Science Park is a

science park A science park (also called a "university research park", "technology park", "technopark", "technopolis", "technopole", or a "science and technology park" TP is defined as being a property-based development that accommodates and fosters ...

in the Oost

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Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , ; ; ) is the capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the City Re ...

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with foci on

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and the

life sciences This list of life sciences comprises the branches of science that involve the scientific study of life – such as microorganisms, plants, and animals including human beings. This science is one of the two major branches of natural science, ...

. The 70 hectare (175 acre) park provides accommodations for

science Science is a systematic discipline that builds and organises knowledge in the form of testable hypotheses and predictions about the universe. Modern science is typically divided into twoor threemajor branches: the natural sciences, which stu ...

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and

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. Resident groups include institutes of the natural science faculties of the

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, several

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s, and related companies. Three of the colocations of the

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are at the institutes

SURFsara SURF (short for Samenwerkende Universitaire Rekenfaciliteiten, "Cooperating University Computing Facilities") is an organization that develops, implements and maintains the national research and education network (NREN) of the Netherlands. It opera ...

, NIKHEF, and Equinix-AM3 at the science park. Opening station Science Park

In 2009, the

Amsterdam Science Park railway station Amsterdam Science Park is a railway station in the borough Amsterdam-Oost in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The station lies on the Amsterdam–Zutphen railway between the railway stations and . The station serves the Science Park Amsterdam and the ...

was opened by then-mayor

Job Cohen Marius Job Cohen (born 18 October 1947) is a retired Dutch politician and jurist who served as List of mayors of Amsterdam, Mayor of Amsterdam from 2001 to 2010 and Leader of the Labour Party (Netherlands), Leader of the Labour Party (PvdA) from ...

Science and business

* FOM Institute AMOLF (Physics of Biomolecular systems and Nanophotonics) *Advanced Research Center for Nanolithography (ARCNL) * National Research Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI) *Faculty of Science (FNWI) of the

offering education programmes in biology, chemistry, computer science, earth science, physics, mathematics etc. and comprising eight research institutes, including: **

Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy is one of the research institutes of the Faculty of Science of the University of Amsterdam. It is named after the Dutch astronomer and Marxist Anton Pannekoek Antonie "Anton" Pannekoek (; 2 January 1873 � ...

Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics The Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED) is one of the ten research institutes of the Faculty of Science of the Universiteit van Amsterdam. IBED employs more than 100 researchers, with PhD students and Postdocs forming a majori ...

(IBED) **

Institute for Logic, Language and Computation The Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC) is a research institute of the University of Amsterdam, in which researchers from the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Humanities collaborate. The ILLC's central research area is the s ...

(ILLC) **Institute of Physics (IoP) **

Korteweg-de Vries Institute for Mathematics The Korteweg-de Vries Institute for Mathematics (KdVI) is the institute for mathematical research at the University of Amsterdam. The KdVI is located in Amsterdam at the Amsterdam Science Park. Robbert Dijkgraaf, Alexander Schrijver, Nicolai Re ...

(KdVI) *Netherlands eScience Center (NLeSC) * National Institute for Subatomic Physics (Nikhef) *

(computer centre) *EGI.eu, the coordinating organisation for the

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* More than 90 companies in the fields of ICT, life sciences, and related fields (e.g. BioDetection Systems)

Housing

At the science park, 314 residences and 721 student units have been completed. An additional 423 residences and 617 student units are planned.

Leisure

*Café-restaurant 'Polder' (temporary location adjacent to the historical Anna Hoeve farm) *University Sports Centre 'Universum' (official opening October 8, 2010)http://www.usc.uva.nl/ June 2010 *Sports Café 'Oerknal' *Meet & Eat Restaurant *Café Maslow *Ann's Farm

References

External links

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