Criteria

In general, the following criteria apply to the Tesla minor candidate. You: 

• Are enrolled in a 2-year MSc programme at a science faculty ( UvA or another university)
  The programme takes place in the second semester of the second year of your Master's programme. 
• Have finished 48EC of the obligatory part of the programme, including the first research project
• Have the ambition to utilise your science background in non-scientific environments
• Are motivated to take up a challenge for a real client 
• Have a strong drive to improve your professional and interpersonal skills
• Are keen to work in interdisciplinary teams
• Are attracted to unusual challenges
• Are motivated to enter a highly intensive 5-month programme
• Have demonstrated these qualities during and next to your studies

At the UvA Faculty of Science, students from  the following Master's programmes may apply:  

• Artificial Intelligence (with certain restrictions) 
• Biological sciences
• Biomedical sciences

• Chemistry
• Computational Science (with certain restrictions)

• Earth sciences
• Logic (with certain restrictions)
• Mathematics (with certain restrictions)
• Physics and Astronomy

Selection

Please note that there is a maximum of 24 participants for the programme. A selection, based on the above mentioned criteria, is part of the admission procedure.