Master's Forensic Science - UvA

26/02/2021

What is the importance of forensic reasoning?
In this video, teacher Maarten Blom highlights two courses of the Master's programme Forensic Science that are part of the learning line that deals with sound reasoning in the application of forensic science. How do we determine the weight of forensic evidence in a case? And how should we communicate this to the decision makers – police, prosecutors, judges and defence lawyers?

Maarten Blom highlights two courses of the Master's programme Forensic Science that are part of the learning line that deals with sound reasoning in the appl...

14/09/2020

Dear Facebook Friends,

May we kindly remind you to our Frontiers Session this Thursday? Don’t forget to registrate!

This is the first FFS session that is organised by our students and focuses on the MFS research projects at the end of the 2 year curriculum. The session is organised to celebrate 15 years of academic education in forensic science at the University of Amsterdam (2005-2020).

03/09/2020

We invite you to join us during a very special on-line Frontiers of Forensic Science session.
This year we celebrate 15 years of forensic academic education in Amsterdam (MFS 2005-2020)! Therefore, this FFS session is organized and chaired by and dedicated to the students of the Master Forensic Science. Three students will co-present their Research Project together with their supervisor who will introduce the host institute and put the student project in a broader forensic perspective

08/05/2020

New Frontiers of Forensic Science sessions coming up: Meeting the NPS challenge in Illicit Drug Analysis
When? June 5th 2020 15:00-17:00
Where? Online
Please make sure to register on time!

The lecture series has the ambition for providing a platform for scientific exchange and discussion about relevant forensic topics. The series is part of the Forensic Science Master’s programme but is open to all with an academic forensic interest. In this way new talent can meet and interact with...

11/02/2020

New Frontiers of Forensic Science sessions coming up, called The Footprint of Fingermarks!
When? March 6th 2020 15:00-17:00
Where? Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, building Leeuwenburg, Auditorium. Weesperzijde 190 Amsterdam
Please make sure to register on time!

The lecture series has the ambition for providing a platform for scientific exchange and discussion about relevant forensic topics. The series is part of the Forensic Science Master’s program but is open to all with an academic forensic interest. In this way new talent can meet and interact with e...

08/11/2019

Frontiers of Forensic Science: Forensic Anthropology - Global Perspectives and New Developments
When: Wednesday November 27, 15:00-17:15 followed by drinks
Where: Amsterdam Skills Centre - Tafelbergweg 47 Amsterdam
Please register via the following link

Frontiers of Forensic Science (FFS) is a unique lecture series in the Netherlands. This lecture series is an initiative of the Co van Ledden Hulsebosch Center (CLHC) and the Master's programme in Forensic science at the Faculty of Science from the University of Amsterdam.

18/10/2019

Last week the graduation ceremony of the Master's Forensic Science took place. Congratulations with your Master's degree in Forensic Science!

17/10/2019

Interesting article recently published in journal 'Forensic Science International', with an MFS alumna listed as one of the co-authors!

Currently, forensic drug experts are facing chemical identification challenges with the increasing number of new isomeric forms of psychoactive substa…

13/09/2019

On August 30th the introduction day for our new first year students took place. They attended a workshop, got a tour around Science Park and had a drink together. Their slogan is: “We're solvin' it”!

06/09/2019

Frontiers of Forensic Science - International Criminal Justice
When: Friday September 13, 2019, 15:00-17:00 – followed by drinks
Where: Roeterseilandcampus building A, Room A1.03 (Nieuwe achtergracht 166)
Please register here:

Frontiers of Forensic Science (FFS) is a unique lecture series in the Netherlands. This lecture series is an initiative of the Co van Ledden Hulsebosch Center (CLHC) and the Master's programme in Forensic science at the Faculty of Science from the University of Amsterdam.

16/05/2019

Frontiers of Forensic Science -
When: Friday June 7, 2019, 14:30-17:15h – followed by drinks
Where: O2 Building of the Vrije Universiteit (VU): Auditorium on the ground floor

In this special session we celebrate that the primary partnership of the VU within the CLHC was formalized in 2018. A Vrije Universiteit (VU) Forensics overview will be presented that provides insight in the forensic science expertise at the Boelelaan. To this end four VU scientists will present the...

15/02/2019

Frontiers of Forensic Science - Forensic Biophysics
When: Friday March 8th, 2019, 15:00-17:00h – followed by drinks
Where: UvA Science Park, Building 904, Room C0.05

Frontiers of Forensic Science (FFS) is a unique lecture series in the Netherlands. This lecture series is an initiative of the Co van Ledden Hulsebosch Center (CLHC) and the Master's programme in Forensic science at the Faculty of Science from the University of Amsterdam.