Practical Issues

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Practical Issues

• Bart Catry

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Administration issues

• who is allowed ?
• anyone with a master degree and with sufficient
  mathemathical/physical background
• cost full programme 523.70
• cost separate courses (via credit contract)
• 58.10 ( study points x 15.60)
• when subscribing with a credit contract you will
  need the permission of the teachers of the
  courses you wish to follow (forms can be obtained
  at the FSA Wetenschappen, Ledeganckstraat 35,
  9000 Gent)

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Administration issues

• subscribe before 15th of October 2008
• absolute deadline is 1st of December but then you
  will need additional permission of the teachers
• before subscribing read the content of
• https//www.ugent.be/nl/onderwijs/administratie/i
  nschrijven
• carefully so that you have all the necessary
  documents

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Teachers contact info

• 1st Semester
• Bart Catry bart.catry_at_ugent.be
  (coordinator)
• tel [phone]
• room 120.010 of building S9 (Sterre Campus)
• Piet Termonia piet.termonia_at_oma.be
• Hans Plets Hans_Plets_at_belgocontrol.be

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Teachers contact info

• 2nd Semester
• Alex Deckmyn alex.deckmyn_at_oma.be
• Clemens Mensink clemens.mensink_at_vito.be
• Steven Dewitte Steven.Dewitte_at_oma.be
• Jean-Francois Geleyn jean-francois.geleyn_at_chmi.cz
  
• Nils Gustafsson Nils.Gustafsson_at_smhi.se

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Time Schedule

• see separate PDF
• When convenient, taking into account the other
  duties of the
• teachers, some courses can be switched (after
  warning
• of course)
• The lessons of NWP and Data Assimilation will be
  grouped
• during one week of intensive teaching in the
  second semester
• (dates still to be determined)

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Rooms in S9

• V1 where you are now
• V2 one floor higher than this one, next to the
  elevator
• V3 two floors higher (top floor), in the middle
  of the corridor

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Exams

• a postgraduate certificate is provided when
  successfully finishing each course
• for a number of courses (NWP, DA, NT) the exams
  are replaced by an individual task
• exams in January and June (dates will be
  determined taking into account all students'
  wishes)

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• Questions ?