Innovation engine
SURFnet enables groundbreaking education and research. We design and operate the hybrid SURFnet6 network and provide innovative services in the field of security, authentication and authorisation, group communication and video.

Advanced applications
Due to sustained innovation our users always have one of the world’s fastest and most advanced networks at their disposal. Moreover it enables multimedia collaboration between institutions, researchers and students through advanced middleware and applications.

Strenghtening the knowledge economy
SURFnet’s activities are a stimulus for the telecommunications and Internet market in the Netherlands. Through these, the new possibilities have an impact on other sectors and strengthen the Dutch knowledge economy.

The SURF organisation
SURFnet is a subsidiary of the SURF organisation, in which Dutch universities, universities for applied sciences and research centres collaborate nationally and internationally on innovative ICT facilities. Other subsidiaries of the SURF organisation are SURFfoundation and SURFdiensten (SURFservices).