Maastricht Science Programme
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Hustinx Mansion, home to MSP
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| Type | Problem-Based Learning & Research-Based Learning |
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| Established | 2010 |
| Dean | Thomas Cleij |
| Location | Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands |
| Affiliations | Maastricht University |
| Website | www |
Maastricht Science Programme (abbreviated as MSP) is an English language, internationally oriented, Liberal Arts & Sciences programme. Founded in 2010, it welcomed its first students in September 2011. The Maastricht Science Programme is unique in its kind. Students are free to design the programme of their choice by choosing courses from an extensive offer of natural science courses, combined with interdisciplinary courses. The Programme is part of Maastricht University (Dutch: Universiteit Maastricht) and offers an honours programme with a high workload for motivated students. Admission is twice a year, with the Introduction courses also running biannually.
The Maastricht Science Programme was founded in 2010, and received its first students in the academic year of 2011/12. The MSP is the second Liberal Arts and Sciences programme in Maastricht, working alongside its sister program University College Maastricht(UCM). Like UCM, the Maastricht Science Programme is part of the Faculty of Humanities and Sciences of Maastricht University. The MSP is one of the few science programmes in Maastricht that are not exclusively health-related.
Courses at the Maastricht Science Programme, are fully taught in English. After graduation from the MSP, students obtain an internationally recognized Bachelor of Science degree. The Programme is a Liberal Arts & Sciences programme which is defined by Encyclopædia Britannica Concise as a "college or university curriculum aimed at imparting general knowledge and developing general intellectual capacities, in contrast to a professional, vocational, or technical curriculum."
Classes are small, with an emphasis on independent learning through a group process that is structured using Problem-Based Learning (PBL) and Research-Based Learning (RBL). Research-Based Learning is a new educational method. Students participate in undergraduate research, guided by scientists and researchers.
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