Help for top-class athletes
Help for top-class athletes
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What is a top-class athlete?
The UvA can assign you top-class athlete status if you fulfil the following conditions:
- You participate in sports at international level (European Championships, World Championships and/or Olympic Games) within a recognised sporting discipline;
- You have high potential: your age and/or lack of experience mean you are not yet ready to compete at the highest international level, but you perform so well that progression to the level of Category A may be expected.
These criteria are based on the advice given by the Netherlands Olympic Committee*Netherlands Sport Federation (NOC*NSF). Go to the NOC*NSF Topsport website (in Dutch) to see if you are eligible for top-class athlete status.
What support can you expect from us?
1. Academic and sport plan
Your (academic) study adviser can help you to draw up an academic and sport plan. Depending on what is possible in your degree programme, your (academic) study adviser can advise you on the best way to combine your studies and sport. This may include discussing with lecturers the possibility of adjusting your curriculum, requesting an extra examination opportunity, or getting the Examinations Board to shift examination dates if they fall in a training period. The possibilities may vary per faculty and/or degree programme.
2. Financial regulations
The UvA has Top-class Athletes Scheme (see PDF below). During their degree programme, top-class athletes can receive financial support from the Profiling Fund. Top-class athletes who are recognised as such by the UvA and who do not fall into Category A, who experience study completion delay due to their top-class sport, may receive a maximum of 12 months financial support in the form of a gift. The most important conditions to be eligible for this support are:
- you have contacted your (academic) study adviser and/or Student Counsellor in good time concerning the delay;
- You have not yet been awarded your initial university degree or Master's degree.
You can find more information in the UvA Top-class Athletes Scheme, and in the Profiling Fund Regulations, which you can find on the page about the Profiling Fund (General section + pages 8, 9 and 17).
3. Free USC sports pass
If you have been assigned top-class athlete status by the UvA and you are registered with Topsport Amsterdam, you can get a free USC sports pass. To get your pass, please register with the Student Counsellor Marjan Kuiper at j.m.kuiper@uva.nl.
4. Advice on regulations
Your (academic) study adviser can explain any relevant university regulations, such as exceptions to the Binding Study Advice (BSA) or financial compensation in the event of study completion delay. To be eligible for this it is important that you have regular contact during each academic year with your (academic) study adviser to discuss your progress.
5. Housing
Ymere has 102 accommodations on the Laan van Spartaan available for students who the top-class athlete designation. The allocation is done through the organisation Topsport Amsterdam (in Dutch). If you play sports at a high level, you can contact them to see whether you qualify for housing.
Contact
Any questions about the scheme? Are you eligible for the Top-class Athletes Scheme? Or do you think you may qualify for high-potential status? Then please contact student counsellor Marjan Kuiper, coordinator Top-class Athletics, through topsportcoordinator-sts@uva.nl.
There is close cooperation with Topsport Amsterdam. Topsport Amsterdam is committed to making a dual career possible for Amsterdam top-class athletes. Extra information about what Topsport Amsterdam does, can be found on the Topsport Amsterdam website (in Dutch). For questions you can contact Marie Hoogstraten through onderwijs@topsport.amsterdam.
Contact
Do you have questions about the Top-class Athletes Scheme or Cultural Excellence Scheme? Please contact student counselor Marjan Kuiper, coordinator Top-class Athletics and Cultural Excellence. You can send her an e-mail or make an appointment.