Universiteit van Amsterdam

**About University of Amsterdam** • The Faculty of Science has a student body of around 8,000, as well as 1,800 members of staff working in education, research or support services.
• Researchers and students at the Faculty of Science are fascinated by every aspect of how the world works.
• The Korteweg-de Vries Instituut voor Wiskunde (KdV Institute) is the mathematical research institute of the Faculty of Science.
• The KdV Institute offers a stimulating scientific environment focusing on research programmes in Algebra, Geometry and Mathematical Physics; Pure, Applied and Numerical Analysis; Stochastics; and Discrete Mathematics and Quantum Information.
• The KdV Institute provides lecturers and instructors for mathematics teaching within the Science Faculty.
• The KdV Institute participates in NWO research clusters GQT, STAR, NDNS+, and DIAMANT, and in the Gravity programme NETWORKS.
• There is formal and informal cooperation with the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI), the VU University, and Eurandom in Eindhoven.
• KdVI counts about 40 staff members and 50 postdocs and Ph.D. students.
• A knowledge security check can be part of the selection procedure.