TWENTE GRADUATE SCHOOL

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TWENTE GRADUATE SCHOOL

• Kick-off meeting
• November 26, 2009

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Programme

• What is the Twente Graduate School?Prof. dr.
  Gerard van der Steenhoven, dean
• A Graduate Programme in practiceProf. dr. Petra
  de Weerd-Nederhof, project team
• Being a student at the TGSDr. Clemens Pouw,
  director
• Poster Session.Representatives of approved
  programmes

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Introduction

• What is the Twente Graduate School?
• Educating top-scientists
• Integrated MSc and PhD programmes
• University-wide 3rd level education
• Part of Route14

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What is in it for you?

• Best research at UT
• Strategic choices institutes
• Multidisciplinary research teams
• Top level post-master courses
• National research schools
• Going beyond philosophy, marketing, ethics,

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What is new?

• Internationally recognized
• Quality monitoring
• Well-organized supervision
• Courses registration (30 ECTS)
• Graduate programme approval

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Programme Structure
PhD
Writing and preparing PhD thesis
Program specific courses Academic skills Career
orientation
Research project
MSc
International Orientation/Internship
Writing and preparing MSc thesis (Optional
Research Proposal)
Basic Graduate Program Courses
Compulsory Master Courses
Elective courses Master Program
BSc
Bachelor program
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Approved Programmes

• Advanced Optics
• Computational Science
• Dependable and Secure Computing
• Ethics and Technology
• Fluid Physics
• Novel Nanomaterials

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Submitted Programmes

• Human-Centered Interaction Technology
• Service Science
• Wireless and Sensor Systems
• ICT Industrial Engineering
• Next Generation Energy and Resources
• Multi-Functional Integral Structures
• Learning in Educational and Training Settings
• Governance of Knowledge and Innovation
• Nano-devices and systems
• Soft Matter

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TGS a golden opportunity

• First TGS graduates
• Help shaping TGS
• Your chance of.

Becoming one of the top European researchers of
the future