Public list of decisions week 35

Below you will find the list of decisions taken by the Executive Board in the week of 25 August 2025 (week 35).

1998th meeting on 25 August 2025

  1. Macro-efficiency application for Medical Data Science
    The Executive Board agreed to submit the macro-efficiency application for the Medical Data Science Master’s programme to the Commissie Doelmatigheid Hoger Onderwijs (Higher Education Efficiency Commission).

  2. PhD candidate survey 2023 report
    The Executive Board agreed with the seven recommendations and instructed the Academic Affairs Division to monitor the timeline of the various recommendations and report on them to the Board annually. 

  3. Faculty of Arts Faculty Regulations
    The Executive Board decided to approve the adjusted Faculty of Arts regulations and inform the Dean of this decision, with the proviso that, with regard to article 22, it would be monitored as to whether this remained sufficiently in line with other faculties.

  4. Faculty of Science teaching and research remit
    The Executive Board decided to retroactively award Dr F. Filthaut the ‘Experimental particle physics’ teaching and research remit for an indefinite period, as of 1 July 2025.

  5. Faculty of Science teaching and research remit
    The Executive Board decided to retroactively award Dr F. Saueressig the ‘Theoretical high-energy physics and quantum gravity’ teaching and research remit for an indefinite period, as of 1 July 2025.

  6. Faculty of Science teaching and research remit
    The Executive Board decided to award Prof. N. Jansen the ‘Safe and artificial intelligence’ teaching and research remit for an indefinite period, as of 1 September 2025.

  7. Faculty of Science teaching and research remit
    The Executive Board decided to award Prof. B. Redlich the ‘Experimental physics with infrared and THz radiation’ teaching and research remit for a period of five years, as of 1 September 2025.

  8. Extension of institutional tuition fees adjustment for Ukrainian students
    The Executive Board decided to extend the adjustment of institutional tuition fees for Ukrainian students for the academic year 2025/2026.

  9. Reappointment of Confidential Advisor
    The Executive Board decided to approve the appointment of C.W. Bakkerus-Sachtleven LL.M. (Master of Laws) as confidential advisor on undesirable behaviour for employees and PhD candidates and confidential advisor on integrity for a period of four years, with effect from 1 September 2025.

  10. Extension of Faculty of Medical Sciences Teaching and Research Remit
    The Executive Board decided to extend the ‘Mechanismen van ontstekingsziekten’ (Mechanisms of inflammatory diseases) teaching and research remit awarded to Prof. L.A.B. Joosten until 11 September 2025 for a period of one year.

Contact information

If you have any questions about this list, please contact the secretary of the Executive Board at dorine.gebbink [at] ru.nl (dorine[dot]gebbink[at]ru[dot]nl).