Committees

The Amsterdamse Carrière Dagen (ACD) The Amsterdamse Carrière Dagen is one of the largest career events in Amsterdam. In 2017 around 70 companies participated and 2000 students enjoyed the event. The goal of the ACD is to familiarize students with interesting companies in the final phase of their study and at the start of their […]

The Amsterdam Research Project (ARP) The Amsterdam Research Project is an elite, international research project that is organized and coordinated by students and professors of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam School of Business and Economics & Study Association Aureus. The ARP committee consists of five committee members from Aureus. Their task is to coordinate the entire […]

Aureus Business Month The Aureus Business Month is an event that connects companies and students through a challenging and interactive program. This month is aimed for highly motivated third year Bachelor and Master students with an interest for: Marketing, Finance, Logistics/Supply Chain Management, Consultancy/Strategy and IT. Within this month each branch will be highlighted. In short, […]

Master Clubs Each Master program has a Master Club with students from that master that organize guest lectures, drinks and many other activities that are fit for the interest of the students in that specific program. The goal of this committee is to enhance the connections between fellow students. In sum there are eleven different Master […]

The Blog committee The Aureus blog is the platform where we post qualitative, informative and original articles about interesting topics in the categories Student life, Study, and Career. The blog committee is responsible for writing one or two blog articles per week. The articles that you write about can cover all kinds of topics ranging […]

National Student Competition  The National Student Competition is an event organized by Aureus in collaboration with the four biggest study associations from the Netherlands. In previous editions  students got the chance to show their skills to H&M, Delta Lloyd and EY during a custom made management game. The National Student Competition (NSC),  is an event where […]

The Graduates Development Program (GDP) The Graduates Development Program is developed for Dutch and international graduate students who are motivated to invest time, knowledge and expertise in order to bridge the gap between private companies, NGO’s and the academic world while aiming to achieve poverty reduction.  GDP aspires to render development aid with the ultimate […]

Premaster Club The Premaster committee consists of a group of three members who organize multiple social activities. The committee is responsible for improving the social cohesion between all premaster students while preparing for their Master Program. Next to this you will also organize the Introduction Weekend for you and all other master students starting in […]

Speaker Series The Speaker Series committee consists of a group of four active Aureus members, who organize multiple speaker events during the academic year. In order to organize a Speaker Series edition the committee has to acquire (inter)national top speakers. Besides, it is important to find a relevant theme that corresponds with the knowledge and […]

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Masterday The Masterday committee consists of a group of four active Aureus members, who organize a kick-off event for all SBE Master students. During this one day event, 1500 new Master students will be challenged to get to know each other, their particular Master programmes and lecturers, potential future employers, and the other events and […]

The Aureus Academy  Career orientation and preparation for the job market is becoming increasingly important for students and the Aureus Academy are meant to support them in this matter. Therefore, the Aureus Academy provide students the perfect opportunity to acquire and improve important practical skills that are not offered in regular lectures or tutorials. They […]

The Marketing Team  The Marketing Team is the right hand of the Marketing Officer of Aureus. This team makes sure that the external communication of Aureus is effective and a proper representation of the association is guarenteed. The Marketing Team makes sure that all communication is subject to the principles and guidelines of the Aureus corporate […]

The European Study Trip (EST) The EST is an international trip intended for first- and second year students. It is designed to offer an insight to different cultures and to provide a first encounter to a variety of professional organizations. The EST traditionally starts off with a number of in-house company visits in The Netherlands, […]

The Commercial Team  The Commercial Team works closely with the Commercial Officer to manage and expand the commercial network of Aureus. Recruiting the best and the brightest students has always been, and remains to be, a challenge for companies. At the same time, finding a suitable job is one of the highest priorities for students. […]

The Business Experience Days (BED) The BED are organized for all bachelor students who are orientating on their master choice. Its goals are to provide students with an impression of what the different master directions have to offer and what type of jobs are to be expected.The BED hosts 12 different Master directions. Namely: Accounting, Business in […]

Sports Committee The Sports Committee consists of a group of five members who organize different events that are all sport-related. The sport activities that are organized during the year are the following: a winter sport trip, the Batavieren Race and the Karamidgetbowl. Furthermore, there is room for your own creative and innovative ideas (such as a […]

Juniors committees For every bachelor program there is a committee which organizes different activities such as: drinks, trips, company visits and a whole lot more throughout the year. These committees are called the ‘Juniors Committees’ and are meant for organizing events for all first and second year Bachelor students. In total there are three Juniors Committees: Juniors […]

Introduction Committee The Introduction Committee consists of a group of six active Aureus members, who organize events concerning the introduction of new students. One of these events is the Aureus introduction weekend, which is a weekend for all new first year FEWEB students. During the VU-introduction week, the committee will organize a couple of events […]

Internal Events committee The Internal Events Committee organizes several activities for all the active members of Aureus. The committee makes sure all active members have fun together and make the most out of their student life. Examples of activities are the Aureus Ball, the active member weekend, monthly drinks and much more… What do I learn […]

The Almanac committee is responsible for making the yearbook that looks back at the previous year. The book is full of activities and highlights within that year. The goal of this committee is to come up with a theme and to collect material during the year. Writing articles, designing and presenting the book are also part of the tasks and challenges this committee faces.