Contact information
Current contact information of the Student Information Point (STIP), the Study advisors and the International Office of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences:
The Student Information Point (STIP) is the first point of contact for students and interested others. It is the place to go with questions about your (future) degree programme at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences.
Telephone
Monday to Friday, 10:00 AM to noon.
tel: 030 253 4949.
Please fill out the questionnaire.
Information desk
Sjoerd Groenman building, Padualaan 14, ground floor.
Open: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 11:00 AM - 01:00 PM.

Contact a student advisor if you have any study-related questions or problems. This can include matters related to: planning your studies, doubts about your studies, regulations or falling behind due to personal circumstances.
The student advisors are not dedicated to a particular degree programme. There are seven student advisors who are available to all students, regardless of their degree programme.
A student advisor can provide advice, support and information in a confidential meeting and is available during the designated telephone office hours or walk-in hours. It is also possible to make an individual appointment with a student advisor.
What can you discuss with the student advisor and how?
Walk-in consultation hours
- Study planning
Walk-in consultation hours or telephone consultation hours
- Help with choice of subjects
- Questions or concerns about BSA
- Transitional arrangements
- Doubts about the content of your study (if you have other study doubts, you can also contact the study choice counselors)
- Questions about master's degree programs
- Study delay
- Graduation check
Topics for which you can make an appointment:
- Questions about studying with a disability or chronic illness
- Personal problems that (might) lead to study delay
- Study planning when transferring to the UU from another university (first contact the Examination Board, examenbureau.fsw@uu.nl)
- Complaints
For other questions, if you want to know where best to ask your question, or to make an appointment.
Opening hours
You can contact us in the following ways:
- Walk-in consultation hours (in room A006/A008 of the Sjoerd Groenman building):
- Monday through Thursday from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm.
- Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from 1:00 to 3:00 pm.
- Consultation hours by telephone, tel. 030 253 4876 (every working day from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm).
- E-mail: studieadviseurs.fsw@uu.nl. If you have previously had contact with a student advisor by e-mail, you can use the personal e-mail address.
The International office offers information and support for incoming and outgoing exchange students of the Faculty of Social Sciences. Contact us if you have any questions about studying abroad on a temporary basis.
The International Office:

Bart Weerdenburg, Head of the International Office
Responsible for the internationalization policy of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences.

Loes van Velzen, Exchange coordinator – Outgoing exchange students
Contact person for students of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences who want to go on an exchange.

Nicole van den Hoeven – Sneijder, Exchange coordinator – Incoming exchange students
Contact person for international students who come to Utrecht for an exchange at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences.

Karin Smokers, Exchange coordinator – Outgoing exchange students
Contact person for students of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences who want to go on an exchange.
Contact us
E-mail: io.sbs@uu.nl
Tel: +31 (0)30 253 3659, on Monday afternoon 13.30 - 17.00 & Thursday afternoon 13.30 - 17.00.
Make an appointment
For short questions (+/- 10 minutes) or a consultation meeting (+/- 30 minutes) you can make an appointment with one of the International Officers (in Dutch). Consultation meetings are for students who are not yet certain of their exchange destination(s) and would like to discuss the possibilities. For all other questions, you can make a 10-minute appointment.
Need a signature or documents? You don’t need to make an appointment, you can e-mail us your forms and/or document requests via io.sbs@uu.nl.