Science Park Amsterdam
Science Park Amsterdam (English/Chinese) is already establishing a reputation as the home of a number of important knowledge-based institutions. These include the Faculty of Science of the Universiteit van Amsterdam and internationally renowned research institutes like the National Institute for Nuclear Physics and High Energy Physics (NIKHEF), the Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics (AMOLF) and the National Research Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI), as well as SARA Computing and Networking Services. The park also houses more than 80 innovative companies.
Over the next ten years the City of Amsterdam, the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research and the Universiteit van Amsterdam plan to turn the science park into an international centre of knowledge. A place where co-operation between scientific education, research and innovative enterprises is actively encouraged. This ambition is achievable thanks to a world-class infrastructure and high-quality computer and network services. For example, Science park Amsterdam is the location of the Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX), one of the most important internet hubs in the world.
The park will evolve into a place of inspiring co-operation and shared knowledge. It is eventually going to provide a total of 500,000 square metres of office space, laboratories and educational buildings, a hotel, conference facilities, sports and cultural provisions, hundreds of homes, childcare and a railway station. In other words, a world of science in a city of inspiration. A place where high-quality education, research and enterprise meet. A place of knowledge, talent and ideas. An urban landscape combining buildings, nature and public space.
