Type: Extreme sports
An amazing 14m high climbing wall with fresh new routes every week! Come and climb at USC Universum, located at Amsterdam Science Park.
From 1 September 2022, the fees of most of our memberships will be changed. Check the fees as of 1 September under Subscribe.
No experience? Check our climbing courses first!
14m high wall, 18 ropes, level 3 to 7C, great routes always.
Including access to the indoor boulder gym.
CLIMBING YEAR*
you’re stuck with us for a year, after which you can cancel your membership monthly.
CLIMBING FLEX*
a little more expensive but a lot more flexible, this membership can be canceled monthly from scratch.
CLIMBING 10x*
10x entry to the climbing gym, to be used within one year.
CLIMBING 1x*
1x entry to the climbing gym, valid one week.
CLIMBING COURSE (check it out)
various climbing course for beginners and advanced climbers, of 4 or 5 weeks/classes.
* you can only get a climbing membership if you have permission of USC to climb. If not, check ‘Access policy’ to see what your options are.
Check out all reservation and house rules
Booked a class, but can’t make it? Please cancel in advance.
If you are an experienced climber, you can get access if you demonstrate your belaying and climbing skills to one of our USC climbing instructors. You have to bring your own climbing partner.
Since 2010 you can find the Amsterdamse Studenten Alpen Club in the USC climbing gym. There are several club nights. ASAC organizes their Open Club Championships at Universum every year. As an ASAC member you get a discount on one-time entries and memberships. ASAC regularly organizes weekend trips abroad as well as other events. Check asac.nl
If you don’t have any experience or haven’t obtained your NKBV klimvaardigheidsbewijs yet, you can do a climbing course at USC. We also offer courses for more experienced climbers, or when you want to learn indoor lead climbing!
Check out our climbing courses!
Fee changes from 1 September 2022
From 1 September 2022, the fees of most of our memberships will be changed. Those fee changes are in line with the terms & conditions of our trade association NL Actief. This means, among other things, that the raising fee concerns price adjustments on the basis of (maximum) the price index as published by the statistics institute CBS. If you already have an ongoing membership, or purchase a new ongoing membership right now, you’ll pay the new monthly fee from September. You can find the fees per 1 September below:
CLIMBING YEAR
Cat. I €17,- | cat. II €24,- | cat. III €31,50-
CLIMBING FLEX
Cat. I €23,- | cat. II €31,50- | cat. III €40,-
CLIMBING + FITNESS YEAR
Cat. I €23,- | cat. II €39,50- | cat. III €58-
CLIMBING + FITNESS FLEX
Cat. I €30,50- | cat. II €49,50- | cat. III €69,-
Subscribe
Subscribe preferably online by choosing a membership below. If you come to one of our front desks, we will help you with your online purchase.
First payment: pro rata
When purchasing a climbing year or flex membership, you’ll pay a pro rata amount.
Direct debit
Subsequently, in the first week of every month, a term will be collected by direct debit.
Canceling is simple
Send an e-mail to usc@uscsport.nl, or cancel your membership in My USC. Your membership will expire on the last day of that month.
Additional terms and conditions
Check the additional terms and conditions for all info!
Member categories
USC works with 3 different member categories. Check out to which category you belong.
Climbing courses
Check all info on our climbing courses.
Contact
sportklimmen@uscsport.nl
Categories shortened for full categories
Cat. I | Students UvA and HvA, other Dutch day universities |
Cat. II | Employees UvA/HvA, alumni HvA, AUV-members UvA, other full time students of universities of applied sciences |
Cat. III | Anyone else |