Welcome
to the School of
Behavioral, Management & Social Sciences
of the University of Twente
mark.meierjohann.net/index.php?entry=entry080212-210300
Cornelis ten Napel MSc
Study counselor
Building Ravelijn, room 3246
053 489 3987
C.tenNapel@utwente.nl
Who are here?
Master
Pre-Master
Exchange (e.g. Erasmus)
Health Sciences
European Studies
Industrial Engineering & Management
Public Administration
Business Administration
Source: google.com  pictures  world map (geology.com)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Gall–Peters_projection_SW.jpg
Purpose
Information about studying at BMS
Meeting
 Fellow students
 Staff
Think about perspectives
Learning about the (Twente) region
Programme
http://www.utwente.nl/bms/kick-in/further/
General information
http://www.utwente.nl/bms/kickin/Further%20information/Information%20for%20specific%20groups/
Educational programmes
 Manuals, study programme
(study programme pre-master: see admission letter)
My UT: my.utwente.nl
 Educational announcements
 Course schedules, Osiris, Blackboard – and more (phonebook, …)
 Educational systems: http://www.utwente.nl/onderwijssystemen/en/
Pre master Program
12 months / 2 exams per course
 Successfully finished within 12 months
 Maximum 2 exams per course, in the case of separate courses
Modules have resits during the quartile
 Failure means admission is null and void
 Report special circumstances beforehand
 Note: not all courses offered twice
Starting master courses
Only after completion of your pre-master program
(and your bachelor)
Academic Custom and academic offence
Academic Custom and academic offence
Using other peoples work is good
BUT
Copy / Paste is fraudulent - unless:
 “Citation marks”
 Always mention your source of information
Penalty: Up to a year’s exclusion from all exams
Exams
 First exam: after the course
Second exam (re-sit, re-exam): next quartile
(In modules during the quartile)
 Register for exams via OSIRIS

Note the registration period
(40 – 14 days before the exam)
 Withdraw via OSIRIS – 24 hours before the exam at the latest
 Bring student card
 Do NOT cheat
European Credits
 1 EC = 28 hours of work
(the actual effort may of course vary per person)
 60 EC = 1 year
 Each course = 5 EC (thesis = 30 EC)
 Grades: 1 – 10
5.4 or less = fail
5.5 or more = pass
Grades@NL
Handout
Print of diploma supplement
The Examination Board
 Exception
 Exemption
 Complaints
 Requests
 Prior consultation with study counselor advisable
 Report problems early!
 http://www.utwente.nl/mb/en/education/Regulations/
RSI (also known as CANS)
It was gone – more or less
but it’s back
Take both handouts about health and safety.
NB One the small yellow one the website is incorrect
Some tips and tricks for non-Dutch students
 It is advisable to have at least two non-Dutch students in
working groups for assignments, especially during the first
quartile.
 Dutch students tend to have many extra-curricular activities:
sports, work, committees, boards, …
 Red = sour; blue = sweet

If you wish to mix with other students try
 Student Associations: social, cultural, musical, …
 Study Associations
 Sports Associations
General Physician@NL
Introducing – and checking what I forgot
Good luck
and
a happy time!
More on Hofstede
Speaking up in class
‘Fuzzy’ assignments
Different types of test, e.g. multiple choice
 find examples