Dean Susan te Pas will leave position at UCU per July 2025
Prof. Dr. Susan te Pas will be leaving her position as Dean at University College Utrecht (UCU) on 1st July 2025. She will take on a new challenge as Dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Amsterdam. Te Pas has been Dean at UCU since 2021.
Susan te Pas has always been a vocal defender of academic freedom, diversity and internationalisation. Her dedication and commitment as Dean have significantly contributed to the development of UCU. In recent years, Te Pas has strengthened the connection of UCU with the faculties and Utrecht University and the Executive Board is very grateful for her efforts. 鈥淭here is great appreciation among students and staff for her open attitude and the way she listens to people,鈥 says Rector Magnificus Wilco Hazeleger. 鈥淭hat trait has been essential to all that she has accomplished at UCU.鈥
鈥淚 am very much looking forward to getting started at the Faculty of Science at the University of Amsterdam,鈥 says Susan te Pas. 鈥淚t is a wonderful faculty. At the same time, I will also miss Utrecht University very much. I am very proud of what we have achieved here in terms of open science and recognition and rewards. The team spirit I have experienced at UCU is a great example of that.鈥
The process to recruit the successor of Susan te Pas as Dean of UCU will begin soon.
About Susan te Pas
Susan te Pas is Professor of Cognitive Psychology of Higher Education at Utrecht University, and has been Dean of UCU since 2021. She has supervised the Educational Leadership Programme at Eindhoven University of Technology, Radboud University and the EW乐鱼后台 alliance and has held appointments in Oxford and Nijmegen before becoming an assistant professor at Utrecht University in 2001. In 2011 she became the first Teaching Fellow of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences at Utrecht University. Since 2019 she is a member of the鈥疎ducational Council of the Netherlands.鈥疭he also held positions as vice dean of education in the Faculty of Social Sciences and as interim director of the strategic theme Dynamics of Youth.
About UCU
In 1998, Utrecht University became the first university in the Netherlands to have a University College. Several other universities followed Utrecht's example in subsequent years and established their own colleges. UCU is a selective Honours College for academic education in the liberal arts and sciences with a high level of study success. UCU offers a challenging, small-scale English-language Bachelor鈥檚 programme taught at a high level to talented students. The students form an international community with more than seventy different nationalities, who study and live on the UCU campus.