Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

Make everyone feel welcome and valued at Utrecht University. We believe that diversity of students and employees enriches the academic debate and that everyone deserves equal opportunities.

What's on

Newly released: EDI Annual Overview 2025
Read the magazine

Interviews and more

Nominate a student or staff member for the 2026 Diversity & Inclusion Award
Diversity & Inclusion Award
Bruce Mutsvairo: “When you’re teaching, it’s not just about you. It’s mostly about the students”
Interview with Bruce Mutsvairo
This year, Utrecht University proudly celebrates achieving its gender target of 35% female full professors.
Interview with Federica Russo en Lorena De Vita

Agenda
6 Jun
Utrecht Canal Pride 2026
6 June 2026 from 13:30 to 16:00
Once again this year, the UU, together with the HU and the UMCU, will be taking part in the Canal Pride in Utrecht. Make a note of 6 June in your calendar! You can now sign up for the draw to take part.
18 Jun
Subtend and Subvert: Infrastructures and Capitalist Life
18 June 2026 from 13:15 to 17:30
This research event, co-funded by the Open Cities Platform, focuses on contemporary artistic practices that examine the role infrastructures play in enabling or delimiting political agency in the historical present.
6 Oct
Diversity & Inclusion Award 2026 Ceremony
6 October 2026 from 13:00 to 18:00
The university presents the Diversity & Inclusion Award every two years to draw attention to excellent initiatives that promote diversity and inclusion. This year’s award ceremony will take place during the EDI Symposium.
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News
Lynda Hardman receives prestigious award for contributions to diversity in computer science
News
20 April 2026
The Professor of Multimedia Discourse Interaction at Utrecht University, has received the IPN Distinguished Service Award in recognition of her commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) within academia and in computer science.

“Connection, creativity, and compassion can turn strangers into a community.”
News
18 November 2025
Within the Youth Peace Project, Incluusion worked alongside volunteers to organize creative events that celebrated diversity and promoted inclusivity.

October is One Book One Campus month: walks, reading parties and a festival
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18 September 2025
Whether you have read Birnam Wood or not, you can participate in all our activities in October. Come to Night at the Library, take a walk in the Botanic Gardens, read in silence, and write during a creative workshop by Parnassos.
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