Various minor programmes are offered as part of the bachelor programmes of the Faculty of Science. These minors are offered in the first semester of the third year. A minor can either expand or deepen the scope of your programme, but is always a coherent block of 30 study points. The minors are open to students of The Science Faculty but also to other VU and external students.
Admission to a minor
In order to be allowed to start a minor you must have obtained at least 90 ECTS in your main programme. This means you must have completed the entire first year and at least 30 EC of the second year. Students from the professional colleges (HBO) need to have obtained at least 120 ECTS, including the entire first year. Additionally you will need to take into account any additional extra admission demands or required preliminary knowledge that may apply to individual minors.
The following minors are offered by the Faculty of Science:
- Applied Mathematics
- Bioinformatics and systems biology
- Biomedical and health interventions
- Biomedical topics in health care
- Biomolecular and Neurosciences track Biomolecular Sciences
- Biomolecular and Neurosciences track Neuro Sciences
- Brain and Mind
- Business Analytics and Data Science
- Data Science
- Deep Programming
- Earth and Climate
- Earth Surface – track Earth Sciences
- Earth Surface – track Earth Sciences, Economics and Sustainability
- Evolutionary Biology and Ecology
- Five Big Issues in Health
- Geology and geochemistry
- Global Health
- Information Sciences
- National Geo Information Minor
- Spatial economics
- Pure Mathematics
- Sustainability: Global Challenges, Interdisciplinary Soluitions
- Technology Entrepeneurship
- Topics in biomedical sciences