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- Elective: a course within the final Bachelor’s exam freely chosen from the list of
electives of the relevant study programme.
- EleUM: abbreviation for Electronic learning environment of Maastricht University,
which is a web-based environment in which students can access and exchange
information regarding their studies at Maastricht University and for which a
username and password are provided to the student upon enrolment at Maastricht
University.
- Exam: the overall assessment or the final exam for the bachelor’s programme
referred to in Article 7.10 of the Act/WHW;.
- Examination: a component of the overall assessment as referred to in
Article 7.10 of the Act/WHW.
- Examiner: the person designated by the Board of Examiners to administer exams
and to determine the results of such exams.
- GPA: abbreviation for Grade Point Average, the weighted average of the final
numerical grades of the Capstone assignment and the educational units.
- Honours Programme: an enriched, individual educational programme for
excellent students. The programme starts in the second year of the Bachelor’s
programme and students follow it next to their regular programme. It consists of
60.0 credits of which 30.0 credits are on top of the 180.0 credits of the regular
programme.
- Internship: an experience-based opportunity, whereby a student who applied
and was accepted receives (extracurricular) credits for a supervised work
experience.
- Maastricht University (UM): an institution of higher education according to
article 1.8 sub section 1 WHW.
- Major: two cohesive courses as part of the final Bachelor’s exam, as specified in
the course manual.
- MARBLE: abbreviation for Maastricht University Research-Based Learning, a
version of courses and a Capstone assignment in the third year bachelor’s
programme that offers students an emphasis on research skills.
- My UM: the portal to the digital personal environment within the intranet
environment of Maastricht University which can be used by the student for
administrative purposes. A username and password for My UM are provided to the
student upon enrolment at Maastricht University.
- NVAO: abbreviation for ‘Nederlands-Vlaamse Accreditatieorganisatie’, referring to
the Dutch-Flemish Accreditation Organisation, the quality assurance agency for
higher education in the Netherlands and Flanders.