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How to enhance the inflow of master students at EEMCS?

How to enhance the inflow of master students at EEMCS?. Jan Willem Polderman Program Director Applied Mathematics and Systems & Control (3TU). Overview. What do we have What do we want How can we achieve that. Some facts about EEMCS. There are eight master courses:

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How to enhance the inflow of master students at EEMCS?

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  1. How to enhance the inflow of masterstudents at EEMCS? Jan Willem Polderman Program Director Applied Mathematics and Systems & Control (3TU)

  2. Overview • What do we have • What do we want • How can we achieve that

  3. Some facts about EEMCS There are eight master courses: • Applied Mathematics (AM) • Business Information Technology (BIT) • Computer Science (CSc) • Electrical Engineering (EE) • Embedded Systems (ES, 3TU) • Human Media Interaction (HMI) • Mechatronics (MT, discontinued) • Systems & Control (SC, 3TU)

  4. Sources of influx • Corresponding UT BSc programs (majority) • BSc programs other Dutch universities (not a lot) • Universities of Applied Sciences (annually 30-40) • Foreign countries (about 40 each year) • EIT ICT labs (about 7 per yr)

  5. What are the problems? • Due to the separation between BSc and MSc we see that an increasing number of UT BSc students opt for a master other than the follow up MSc program • Inflow from UnApplSc is relatively low, success rate is about 50% • Actual enrollment of foreign students is very low compared to the number of applicants and the number of admitted applicants (40-300-600 each year)

  6. Possible reasons • After completing a BSc in a relatively safe environment pursuing one’s studies in the western part of the country or abroad is attractive, the reverse movement seems less obvious • The transfer from UnApplSc to MSc is not easy • UT is not number one on the wish list of foreign students • We do not offer enough scholarships (appr. 5 per annum) • ???

  7. Some quotes from Vision 2020 • 2016: alltechnical BSc programs in English (EEMCS: 2015), furtherinternationalisation of the campus • 40% of all MSc students are fromabroad(EEMCS: 640 in 2020, 300 now), thiswillbeachievedbyutilizingexisting (research) networksand a generoussupply of scholarships • At least 70% of the UT BSc graduates continu their studies with a UT MSc course

  8. Some quotes from Route 14 • 400 internationalstudents per year UT wide • The university increases its attractiveness in particular by providing scholarships and by keeping a good relationship with its alumni. • The UT will develop a persistent and coherent marketing & recruitment strategy in order to attract international students. • Every UT student will have an international experience during his study.

  9. Past success stories: what can we learn • International MSc in AppliedMathematics (30-40 foreignstudents per year) • Master track in Financial Engineering (5-10 foreignstudents per year) Ad 1. Based on the needs of the students (or theircountries of origin) Ad 2. Based on uniquenessandreputation

  10. Future succes stories: discussion • For local influx: improve accessibility through an attractive pre master route • Generate more scholarships with the aid of personal contact with industry or through a central body? • Recruit MSc students through individual (research) networks or through centralized policy? • Compete with top universities or accept a more modest profile? • Improve visibility by forming consortia with other universities • Unique selling points or acknowledge the needs of potential students • Should we name focus programs?

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