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• Education concept: Liberal Arts & Sciences• Technology and Liberal Arts & Sciences (ATLAS)• Project-led education• Focus on personal development• Opportunities after ATLAS• Financial matters• Application and selection procedure• Explore ATLAS
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IMPRESSION: WHAT IS ATLAS?STUDENTS TELL ABOUT ATLAS UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
Need of society • responsible citizens – reaching out beyond the community • complex problems have no simple – mono-disciplinary– solution
• innovation emerges at crossings of disciplines
• majority of decisions have technical component• policy making requires knowledge of technology
Need of studentsTalented students choose…
… not to choose to limit him/herself to one discipline
… to be stimulated by other ambitious students, top teachers and peers of different backgrounds
… to develop themselves beyond the traditional education systems
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EDUCATION CONCEPT: LIBERAL ARTS & SCIENCESTHE NEED FOR A DIFFERENT EDUCATION
Liberal Arts & Sciences • wide range of subjects in social science, science and humanities
• provide solid foundation for many different career paths
Liberal Arts & Sciences in the Netherlands• Liberal Arts & Sciences degrees are provided by University Colleges, which are
connected to prominent local research universities• There are three main features that all University Colleges have in common:
1. Excellence: selective & prestigious honors programme
2. Small scope learning: less people in a class and more teacher-to-student contact hours
3. Residential campus: living and studying together creates a binding culture amongst the students
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EDUCATION CONCEPT: LIBERAL ARTS & SCIENCESA DIFFERENT EDUCATION
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TECHNOLOGY AND LIBERAL ARTS & SCIENCESA DIFFERENT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
• ATLAS University College is the only University College to combine technology with Liberal Arts & Sciences
• Our objective is to train new engineers: having a thorough understanding of new technologies and be able to fully grasp on their implications on society
• Within ATLAS we concentrate on three domains: Physics, Math and Social Science
ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY AND LIBERAL ARTS & SCIENCES
• Every semester has a real-world issue as a central theme for a project assignment:
• problem-based theory classes; cases and tutorials
• interactive classroom (intensive supervision and coaching)
• 50% international & 50% Dutch students 7
PROJECT-LED EDUCATION
Themes for project assignments1st year 1st semester Human Movement
2nd semester Alternatives for Renewable Energy
2nd year 3rd semester Mars Space Station / Nano-Robotics
4th semester Smart 3D printing/ Tracers for Personal Safety
3rd year 1st semester International exchange
2nd semester Graduation project
• One of the aims of ATLAS is to empower students as self-regulated learners: with the regular guidance of tutors and mentors, ATLAS students are responsible for what, how and when they learn, and the evidence they want to provide of this learning
• There are no grades and typical tests, but instead - self assessment, peer assessment and expert assessment. Nevertheless, after completing the programme, everyone is expected to finish ATLAS with Honours Bachelor of Science degree
• Personal Pursuit (10% of all ECs):In the Personal Pursuit, you master a certain topic that you find interesting and that you consider important for your personal development.
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FOCUS ON PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
• During studies ATLAS mentors provide intensive guidance in order to form your schedule in a way to prepare you for the master’s programme of your choice
• Depending on the choices you make along the way you will be eligible for both technical and social master’s programmes
• ATLAS students are directly admissible to all master’s programmes of the University of Twente (from Applied Physics, Biomedical Engineering and Computer Science to Nanotechnology, Business Administration and Psychology)
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OPPORTUNITIES AFTER ATLAS UNIVERSITY COLLEGE?
• Tuition fee per academic year:
• Financial aid:
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FINANCIAL MATTERS
Nationality Tuition fee/ year (2014-2015)
European Union/ European Economic Area/ Switzerland € 3,812
non-European Union/ non-European Economic Area/ non-Switzerland
€ 10,370
ATLAS Scholarship Fund
• Deadline: 1 April• Amount: about: € 4000/ year• Duration of scholarship: about 3
years• Requirements: excellence
Dutch government’s tuition fee loan
• Amount: tuition fee• Requirements: EU citizen• Payback: after 2 years of completing
the study
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APPLICATION & SELECTION PROCEDURE
Eligibility criteria:English language test scores*
High final exam grades in:
• IELTS (min 7.0)• TOEL IBT (min 100)• Cambrige CPE/CAE
• Mathematics• Physics or Chemistry
Application deadline: 1 April
Selection procedure:1st selection round: Eligibility check2nd selection round: a group selection day on campus/ Skype interviews
Application documents:• Curriculum Vitae (CV) • Motivation letter • Diploma and grade list • English language test scores*
• Copy of your passport or ID
Application procedure:Step 1: Create your account on Studielink. Step 2: Fill in the online application form on Studielink. Step 3: Send in your application documents via email.
Are you ready for ATLAS?• Preliminary eligibility check (online CV-check)
Experience ATLAS:• Student for a Day (invited students) – choose your own date• International BSc. Open Day (all students) – in November & March
Contact ATLAS: [email protected]
Connect to ATLAS: www.facebook.com/AtlasUniversityCollege
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EXPLORE ATLAS UNIVERSITY COLLEGE