Amsterdam Science Park
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Amsterdam Science Park is a science park in the Oost city district of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The park comprises 70 hectares (175 acres) and provides accommodations for science, business, and housing. Amsterdam Science Park focusses on physics, information technology and life sciences. The knowledge-based institutions at the science park include institutes of the natural science faculties of the University of Amsterdam, several research institutes, and related companies. Three of the colocations of the Amsterdam Internet Exchange are at the institutes SURFsara, NIKHEF, and Equinix-AM3 at the science park.
In 2009, the Amsterdam Science Park railway station was opened by mayor Job Cohen.
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 University of Amsterdam offering education programmes in biology, chemistry, computer science, earth science, physics, mathematics etc. and comprising eight research institutes, including:
- Netherlands eScience Center (NLeSC)
- National Institute for Subatomic Physics (NIKHEF)
- SURFsara (computer centre)
- EGI.eu, the coordinating organisation for the European Grid Infrastructure
- 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. [1]
Leisure
- Café-restaurant 'Polder' (temporary location adjacent to the historical Anna Hoeve farm)
- University Sports Centre 'Universum' (official opening October 8, 2010)[2]
- Sports Café 'Oerknal'
- Meet & Eat Restaurant
- Café Maslow
References
- ^ Living at Science Park Amsterdam Archived September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine ; retrieved November 30, 2006 & http://www.amsterdamsciencepark.nl/location-facilities/accommodation/living/ Archived September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ http://www.usc.uva.nl/ june 2010
External links
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