The major purpose of the Park is to convey knowledge from Dutch research institutions to small and medium-sized (SME) businesses, in co-operation with universities, intermediary organisations and higher vocational schools. The city of Amsterdam, the Universiteit van Amsterdam and the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research all endeavour for the Park to become Europe’s largest high-tech installation; a place where co-operation between scientific research, education and innovative enterprises is actively encouraged. This aim is achievable due to a world-class infrastructure, high-quality computer and network services.

The Park plans to provide a total of 500,000 square metres in office space, educational buildings, laboratories, a hotel, conference facilities, sports and cultural provisions, homes, childcare and a railway station. Its own railway station, located between Amsterdam Central Station and Almere and Amersfoort, should be open in 2009, as well as a new road to the S113 junction on Amsterdam’s A10 motorway ring road. The development plans include the creation of 100,000 square metres of premises for education and research.

Science Park Amsterdam is home to significant Dutch knowledge-based institutions, such as the Faculty of Science (University of Amsterdam); National Institute for Nuclear Physics and High Energy Physics; Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics; the National Research Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science; and SARA Computing and Networking Services. The Park also boasts the conference rooms Turingroom, Newtonzaal, and Eulerzaal, with seating capacities of 150, 60 and 65, respectively. Many education and research organisations utilise the Park, in such disciplines as physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, information science and life sciences.

The Park is located east of Amsterdam and northeast of Watergraafsmeerm, between the motorway A10 ring road, the embankment of the Ringvaart and the railway route Amsterdam–Weesp. Science Park Amsterdam is accessible by train or metro from Amsterdam Central Station to Amstel Station, or by train to Muiderpoort Station. Bus line 40 also stops near the Park. Pedestrians may walk some 1 kilometre to the Park after taking tram line 9 to the Middenweg/Kruislaan crossing.