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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: atlas@utwente.nl

Connect to ATLAS: www.facebook.com/AtlasUniversityCollege

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