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Study guide Master of Environmental and Energy Management
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Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 5 1. CURRICULUM OF THE PROGRAMME 7
1.1 Programme Structure 7 1.2 Personal development electives 7 1.3
Case Projects 7 1.3.1 Case Studies Environmental Management
Specialisation 8 1.3.2 Case Studies Energy Management
Specialisation 8 1.3.3 Case Studies Water Governance Specialisation
9 1.4 Master thesis 9 2. ORGANISATION AND SUPPORT 10 2.1 Academic
Calendar 10 2.2 Student Support 10 2.3 Examination Board 11 2.4
Programme Committee 11 3. COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION 12 3.1
Student Portal 12 3.2 ICT Account 12 3.3 Student Card 12 3.4
Student communication by the program coordinators 12 3.5 Canvas 12
3.6 Osiris 13 4. EXAMINATION REGULATIONS 14 4.1 General 14
4.1.1 Title and Workload 14 4.1.2 English Language Proficiency 14
4.2 Exam Regulations 14 4.2.1 During the Exam 15 4.2.2 After the
Exam 16
4.2.3 Validity 16 4.2.4 Academic Misconduct (Fraud) 16 4.2.5
Completion and Evaluation of the Educational Items 16 4.2.6
Submission through Canvas 18 4.3 Award of the Diploma or Credit 18
4.3.1 Unexpected Circumstances and Possibility of Appeal 18 4.4
Explanation of Grades 19 5. Master thesis 20 5.1 Supervision 20 5.2
Collaboration with an external organisation 20 5.3 Assessment 20 6.
COOPERATIONS 21 Double degree programme University of Padjajaran 21
7. USEFUL LINKS 22
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As the data in this Study Guide had to be supplied at a very early
stage, it is based on information available at the moment and takes
into account what is expected for the coming academic year. The
Study Guide has been compiled with the utmost care, but the
programme management is not responsible for any omissions or
inaccuracies. The formal rules as stipulated in the Education and
Examination Regulation (OER) always prevail. The reader can thus
not derive any rights from the contents of this Study Guide.
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Introduction Welcome to the University of Twente! This study guide
provides information to the students of the Master of Environmental
and Energy Management (MSc), also known as MEEM. This programme is
offered by CSTM – the Department of Governance and Technology for
Sustainability at the University of Twente, the Netherlands. The
information provided in this guide is accurate as of August 2021
and is subject to change as time progresses and updated COVID-19
regulations. Students are therefore requested to regularly consult
appropriate university websites for up-to- date information. Please
note that nothing in this guide replaces the official rules and
regulations of the Faculty of BMS/ University of Twente. Please
note that due to COVID-19, we expect the formalities to be executed
somewhat differently this year. There will be additional hygiene
measures to ensure your (and our) safety, as well as careful
planning with (possible) smaller groups of students. Please visit
our website for updates regarding the COVID-19 epidemic:
https://www.utwente.nl/en/service-portal/topics/coronavirus/ The
MEEM Programme is offered by the school of Behavioural, Management
and Social Sciences (BMS). The Faculty of Behavioural, Management
and Social sciences (BMS) strives to play a pivotal role in
understanding, co-engineering and evaluating innovation in society.
Innovation is driven by advances in technology. Through ‘social
engineering’ these technological advances are embedded in society
within public and private management and business structures,
befitting human needs and behavior. In order to do so, the BMS
Faculty boasts academic disciplinary knowledge in psychology,
business administration, public administration, communication
sciences, philosophy, education sciences, all with a focus on
tackling societal challenges. We are part of the academic BMS
department CSTM, which was established in 1988 as the university’s
institute for sustainable development. At that time it was labelled
as Centre for Clean Technology and Environmental Policy, which gave
us the abbreviation CSTM, which we still use today although we
profile ourselves now as Department of Governance and Technology
for Sustainability. We specialise in governance, emphasising
sustainable development, environmental quality and resilience,
social inclusiveness, and technological innovation – from both the
global North and the global South country perspectives.
Furthermore, CSTM offers postgraduate studies at both Master and
PhD levels. Location The MEEM programme has a special position
within the University of Twente. The Master of Environmental and
Energy Management is the university’s Master programme organised
and run by CSTM’s division in the North of the Netherlands in the
city of Leeuwarden. This has its historical reasons, which still
make good sense today. The program runs since 1990 and trained some
600 Dutch masters in the nineties. Following the advice of an
international review committee, the Dutch language programmes were
transformed into an international Master of Environmental and
Energy Management (MEEM) that was launched in 2000 and since then
has trained and educated participants from all over the world with
a variety of educational and professional backgrounds.
During the programme all MEEM students will be at the CSTM Fryslân
in Leeuwarden with offices in the buildings of Van Hall Larenstein,
University of Applied Sciences. Classes are in the same
building.
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Location
Van Hall Larenstein Agora 1 Room B3.16 Leeuwarden
+31(0)534899000 meem-bms@utwente.nl
CSTM Enschede University of Twente Drienerloolaan 5 Building
Ravelijn Room: 1254
+31(0)534894377 Mrs. Barbera van Dalm-Grobben
b.vandalm-grobben@utwente.nl
Programme administration The programme is managed by two programme
coordinators working in our office in Leeuwarden. The programme
coordinators are your first contact persons for everything
concerning the MEEM Programme. They facilitate all your questions
and your requests, either by themselves or by guiding you to the
right persons. Programme Coordinators: Ms. Rinske Koster BA
meem-bms@utwente.nl T: +31(0)534892396 Mrs. Hilde van
Meerendonk-Obinna BSc meem-bms@utwente.nl T:+31 (0)534892679 Study
adviser: Mrs. Sietie Zuidema BA s.zuidema@utwente.nl
+31(0)534893514 Programme director: Prof. Dr. Mr. Michiel Heldeweg
m.a.heldeweg@utwente.nl Specialisation Coordinators: Environment :
Dr. Laura Franco Garcia m.l.francogarcia@utwente.nl Energy : Dr.
Ewert Aukes e.j.aukes@utwente.nl Water : Dr. Kris Lulofs
k.r.d.lulofs@utwente.nl The study guide informs you about the
content and the regulations of the MEEM program. The MEEM
regulations are based on the Students’ Charter and the ‘Education
and Exam regulations’ (OER) of the School of Management and
Governance. These can be found at the University website, or
obtained through the programme management. If you need more
information or explanation of the content of the study guide,
please feel free to contact the programme coordinators. The BMS
faculty has also provided a study-adviser for individual/personal
concerning barriers and opportunities that may arise during the
time of your studies in MEEM, in case you desire advise on how to
respond to these. The study adviser will be at the MEEM office in
Leeuwarden on Thursdays and Fridays for face-to-face appointments.
She can be consulted about e.g.:
• Difficulties adapting to life in the Netherlands
• Problems managing expectations about culture, education
• Study delays, problems concentration on you studies
• Help in dealing with (government) administration or complicated
regulation
• Issues involving family matters or personal circumstances
• Questions about financial support due to exceptional
circumstances
• Additional facilities for students with a disability of chronic
illness We wish everyone enrolled and involved in the MEEM
programme a successful and pleasant academic year!
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1. Curriculum of the Programme 1.1 Programme Structure The MEEM
curriculum is structured in three parts:
• A common general part with courses (28 ECs)
• Personal development electives (4 EC)
• A specialisation part on a case project (10 ECs)/ a
specialisation part on the master thesis (18 ECs) MEEM curriculum
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Quartile Course code Name EC Coordinator 1-4 Compulsory units of
study 56
1 201700114 Environmental Management 4 Franco Garcia
1 201700116 Energy Management 4 Aukes
1 201900111 Water Management 4 Özerol
1 201900112 Sustainability & Law 3 Heldeweg
2 201900128 Policy and Sustainability 3 Metz
2 202100104 Rurban Commons 6 Özerol
2 201700043 Academic Research Skills 4 Metz
3 202001451 Research Proposal 3 Heldeweg
3 201900129/30/31 Case project (Environmental or Energy or Water)
10 Franco Garcia, Aukes, Lulofs
4 202001452/53/54 Master thesis (Energy or Environmental or Water)
15 Franco Garcia, Aukes, Lulofs
2-3 Personal Development Electives: 4
2 202100152 Sustainability & Justice 2 Heldeweg
2 202100153 Digitalisation & Sustainability 2 Lee
3 202100154 The Sustainability Game 2 Votsis
3 202001456 Stakeholder and social network analysis in
sustainability transitions 2 Metz
Total European Credits (EC) 60
For the description of the courses go to: https://canvas.utwente.nl
1.2 Personal development electives The MEEM curriculum offers the
possibility to choose personal development courses (see the scheme
above) in quartiles 2 and 3, with (at least and only) 2EC in each
quartile, while applying the rule of “once chosen remains chosen”
(no later switches, unless force majeure). It remains the case that
our PDEs make for an exclusive set of options. Each student must
choose 2 of the 4 PDEs; it is not that the 4EC PDE space can be
used for signing-up for elective courses elsewhere. 1.3 Case
projects From mid-February till mid-April you will work in a team
on a real-life or lifelike case in one of the three sustainability
domains (environment, energy or water) – often with cross-linkages.
This case project (10 EC) allows you to apply the knowledge and
competences you gained in the courses and to develop your
organisational and managerial skills. You will work full-time in a
team and your activities will centre on a key question raised by a
company or a private or public organisation. The product of the
case project can be knowledge, a design or a tool for the client.
Each specialisation has a different case approach. General
information:
• The case project covers a period of 10 weeks. All students are
assumed to be available in person during this period. Every student
should work 280 hours (10 EC) on the case study. You should combine
working on the case with developing your master thesis research
proposal (3EC). Students should be available to participate from
10.45-16.30 in case work (for instance meetings, individual and
group work) except for the Friday, which can be used for thesis
preparation. In the 3rd quartile students also need to finish 2 EC
for Personal development courses.
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• The dominant educational format during the case period is team
work with a real life or lifelike challenge as focal point. As a
team you do research, (desk research, analysis, interviews) in
order to collect data and information which allows you to answer
research questions. The supervisors might, depending on the case
and the challenge, organize literature tutorial sessions. The
research questions you will work on are specific for each case
project and will be shared with you in the case reader and at the
start of the case project.
• In the timetable you won’t see a schedule with courses and
meetings The reason for this is that during the Case project, teams
organize themselves, make their own planning, decide about division
of tasks and schedule their meetings. In all three cases, the whole
specialisation groups meets regularly to present and discuss
progress together with the supervisor. Each specialisation group
will make specific meeting and supervision arrangements with the
supervisor.
• Your product will be a report containing the answers to the
question(s) of the assignment, with all documentation regarding the
research process. You need to work according to academic standards,
which implies transparency of process and findings.
• Every specialisation has its own case course on Canvas. Students
should enroll themselves for the specialisation case of their
choice. The Canvas site will also provide additional information
and documentation.
• Attendance is obligatory. Not participating in the meetings can
lead to a proportionate response from the case coordinators. That
proportional response can reach from implying a substitute
assignment, a task of some sort, to lowering of your individual
score at the end, for not participating. No other
activities/holidays should be planned during the case project,
unless there is an official holiday week in the MEEM schedule. Only
in case of force majeure an exemption can apply to the attendance
obligation, and only if this circumstance is communicated to the
relevant coordinator at first possible instance.
1.3.1 Case project Environmental Management The subject of the case
study project is environmental management for an organisation or
region. The exact topic of the case study will vary according to
the project that students will work on. In the recent past, topics
included:
- Circular Friesland: Construction and Agriculture sectors - Market
and Contextual Analysis of the Circular Fashion Brand: The MUD
Jeans Case - Health tourism for regional development, rural
Friesland - Innovations for Waste less Consumption – waste
reduction strategies for the Island of Vlieland - Litter reduction
strategies - The internal organisation of corporate social
responsibility of Friesland Foods
Designing a set up for Participatory Environmental Management for
an urban area in the city of Leeuwarden
1.3.2 Case project Energy Management
The case study period addresses Energy Management challenges of a
real life situation in the region of Friesland. The exact
assignment for this year will be provided at the beginning of the
case period. In the past topics included:
- Huhtamaki Energy Management 2.0: Towards a Sustainable Energy
Provision for the Production Site in Franeker. Students analyzed
the energy profile of a nearby company producing molded fiber
packaging (egg cartons, egg trays, fruit & vegetable packaging,
industrial packaging).
- Strategy for a sustainable Leeuwarden. Based on street
interviews, students developed a strategy for the city of
Leeuwarden to increase the share of renewable energy in
Leeuwarden.
- Circular economy in Friesland, with all 3 specialisations
together; were the team energy specialisation developed an approach
on circularity in energy and analyzed options to apply this
approach in Friesland.
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1.3.3 Case project Water Management
The subject of the case study project is water management for an
organisation in the context of governance or water management for a
region. The exact topic of the case study will vary according to
the project that students will work on. Each year the students are
assigned a different case to work on.
In the past, topics included:
- Governance and Resilience of the water system services in
wetlands: the case of the Alde Feanen National Park.
- Water System Services and Innovative Water Technology: The case
of Blue Energy. - Water Governance and Sustainable Resource
Management: the case of the Oude Willem area
Development within the National Park of Drents-Friese Wold.
1.4 Master thesis
The main objective of the master thesis is to integrate your
knowledge, competencies and skills in an individual master thesis,
answering a research question according to academic standards.
Under supervision of one of the staff members, you will develop a
research proposal as part of the course Academic Research Skills.
The proposal will be graded and is the starting point of your
master thesis. You can choose a research topic of your own choice
but it should have a clear link with your specialisation
(environment, energy or water). You can find inspiration for
choosing a research topic through the courses you followed in the
MEEM program, the research program and research projects of CSTM or
other groups at the University of Twente or simply follow your own
curiosity as academically trained researcher. Your master thesis
will be read and graded by two supervisors. Your first supervisor
who is your primary supervisor during the research process, will
also grade your thesis together with your second supervisor who is
predominantly reader and reviewer of your final thesis. Together
they will grade your thesis based on the academic quality standards
for MEEM master thesis. These quality standards are available at
the start of your master thesis. The more you meet the quality
standards, the higher your grade. Independent and creative thinking
in combination with solid analysis and systematic writing, makes
you a good academically trained professional. Please note that you
will receive a master thesis guide with more information.
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2. Organisation and Support 2.1 Academic calendar The timetable for
the MEEM covers the period from September 1st 2021 – August 31st
2022. Any chances to the timetable will be communicated well in
advance. Please note: days in the timetable free of lectures are
NOT holidays, but days for self-study, exam preparation or other
MEEM program events (site-visits). MyTimetable is the application
in use at the UT for the creation of personal timetables:
http://rooster.utwente.nl
IMPORTANT: Please note that the timetable might change during the
year due to unforeseen circumstances. You will be informed about
any change ahead of time. When you plan to travel during the year,
we ask you not to travel on days prior to or after the holidays.
Even though these days might be free on the timetable now, this may
be subject to change.
Public holidays for the 2021-2022 academic year are: Christmas
& New Year : December 25th 2021 – January 9th 2022 Spring :
February 19th – February 27th 2022 Good Friday : April 15th 2022
Easter Monday : April 18th 2022 King's Day : April 27th 2022
Liberation Day : May 5th 2022 Ascension Day : May 26th 2022 Whit
Monday : June 6th 2022 On top of that, the university is generally
closed on the Friday after Ascension Day for reasons of efficiency.
2.2 Student support The MEEM office in Van Hall Larenstein,
opposite the lecture rooms, is open every day.
Consulting hours MEEM office: Every morning from 09.30 – 10.30
Everyone is free to come to our MEEM office during the consulting
hour without appointment. However, we will only have limited time
for you, as there may be other students who need to speak to us. If
you think you need extra time to discuss a certain issue, then
please make an appointment.
In the MEEM office you can discuss (in complete confidentiality)
any problems you may encounter during the year. This can be related
to advice regarding the coordination of the study programme,
formalities and regulations, or life in the Netherlands. The Study
Advisor is the first contact person at your study programme when
you have questions/concerns related to: your study programme
(choice of study programme, study plan, study progress,
motivation), when you are experiencing study delay due to personal
circumstances. Everything you tell is of course confidential.
Please contact your study adviser as soon as possible if there are
any problems. Appointments (also by phone): Thursday and Friday
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2.3 Examination Board The Examination Board monitors the quality of
exams and examinations and enforces the regulations governing
teaching and examinations. The rules are documented in the Teaching
and Examination Regulations (OER) and the Rules and Regulations of
the Examination Boards. Both documents form part of the School's
Students' charters. Students are entitled to submit requests and/or
well-founded appeals to deviate from the provisions of the OER to
the Examination Board, but there are number of things to bear in
mind. Read the procedure you have to follow very carefully. Any
request that is not accompanied by the required information will
not be considered. In addition to its duties laid down by law or in
the OER, the Examination Board has the authority to deviate from
the provisions of the OER. This applies to cases explicitly stated
in the Higher Education and Research Act (WHW) and the OER itself.
More information can be found trough the following link:
https://www.utwente.nl/bms/examboard/ 2.4 Programme committee The
MEEM programme committee advises the MEEM programme director and
the dean of the faculty. The programme committee consists of 3 MEEM
students and 3 MEEM lecturers, one of them acting as chair. The
dean of the faculty officially appoints the members. Both MEEM
programme coordinators have an advisory role. The programme
committee provides recommendations on request of the programme
director or de dean or initiated by itself. Topics the programme
committee deals with during the academic year are examination
regulations and (the implementation of) the curriculum. The MEEM
program director is legally required to respond to the
recommendations of the programme committee and in case of
disagreement, to provide a detailed argumentation of his refusal to
follow the recommendation of the programme committee. This
guarantees a direct influence of students and staff in the
curriculum. The current program committee consists of: a chair, a
secretary, 3 staff members and 3 student members to be recruited in
September from the MEEM 23 student population.
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3. Communication and Information When you start studying at the
University of Twente (UT), you will quickly encounter the wide
range of communication methods that the university uses to
communicate with students. You will have your own university
account with unique access to university facilities, like library
and with a personal university student e-mail address. The
university uses Canvas as electronic infrastructure in education.
Lecturers will communicate with you during the running of the
program. 3.1 Student portal The student portal carries every
important education announcement and news item for students. Hint:
use the student portal as your personal home page. That way, you
will always be up to date with the latest news about your
programme, events, and news. You will also have direct access to
the major web applications like Canvas and OSIRIS. You can add
gadgets yourself too, such as rain radar, information on public
transport and Facebook, and programme them so that you get to see
the most important course announcements immediately. It means that
you will have all the information you need in one clear overview.
You simply log in with your student number and password. Go to:
https://www.utwente.nl/en/service-portal/communication/websites-portals/student-infromation-former-
student-portal 3.2 ICT Account In order to gain access to ICT
facilities, you need an ICT account. After enrolling through the
Central Student Administration, you will receive a letter with your
user name and password. If you have not received an ICT account or
if you have forgotten your password, inform the ICTS helpdesk
(icts.servicedesk@utwente.nl; telephone: +31(0)53 489 5577). You
will need your student card. 3.3 Student card The UT student card
is your identity document as student of the University of Twente.
You automatically receive the card at the beginning of the
programme. The card serves as entrance point to almost all
university facilities, in particular also for the university
library in Enschede. For the facilities in Van Hall Larenstein
(library, computers and internet) you will receive a separate
identity card. Replacement of lost or stolen identity cards is not
free of charge (5 euro). 3.4 Student communication by the program
coordinators The programme coordinators are the daily operators and
managers of MEEM. Their office is the control room of MEEM. The
programme coordinators predominantly communicate with students by
email in particular to communicate unexpected events as delayed
trains of lecturers, illness, a change of program, and any other
unforeseen occasion which needs communication with students.
Therefore, you should always pay attention to emails from them. The
email addresses are of a standardised format. For students it is
the student family name with the initials of the given name
followed by @student.utwente.nl. For staff members the format is
family name and initials followed by @utwente.nl. Only students can
also use their unique student number for e-mail correspondence.
Address: S<studentnumber>@student.utwente.nl, for example:
S0012345@student.utwente.nl.
Always communicate with the programme coordinators and lecturers by
your university email account. Due to the Universities strict
security measures, emails from Hotmail, Yahoo or Gmail accounts
often end up in our spam inbox and will therefore not reach the
addressee.
3.5 Canvas The digital learning environment at the University of
Twente is CANVAS. The information in CANVAS is organized according
to modules. The CANVAS websites give the information you need in
order to be able to take a particular module, such as the
timetable, the content of the lessons and any additional
information about the course material and the exam or assignment.
You can also use CANVAS sites to communicate with
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your fellow students and teachers, or to collaborate on
assignments. CANVAS is the most important communication channel
used by teachers for contacting their students about their modules.
Please find more info here:
https://www.utwente.nl/en/educational-systems/about-the-applications/canvas/faq/faq-students/
3.6 Osiris In the following link is the Internet portal to the
OSIRIS study information system. Here you need to register for
course offerings and tests and review your results. In order to log
on to OSIRIS, you will need a user name and
password:https://osiris.utwente.nl/student/SetTaal.do?taal=en&bronUrl=/student/StartPagina.do&event=setT
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4. Examination regulations 4.1 General Because the MEEM belongs to
the Faculty of Behavioural Management and Social Sciences, it
operates within the general rules on education and exams as set by
the University and the Faculty, the main being the OER (Onderwijs-
en examen reglement; Education and Exam Rules). According to the
Dutch Higher Education and Research Act (WHW) each educational
programme or group of programmes has an examination board. The
examination board is the forum that determines whether a student
has fulfilled the conditions with regard to knowledge, insight and
skills as stated in the Education and Examination Regulation (EER)
of this university in order to receive a degree in one of the BMS
programmes. The examination board has several other tasks and
competences according to the WHW and the EER. One of these
competences is to make exceptions to the rules for students, such
as exemptions, free educational programmes and extra exam or tsest
opportunities. For that students can submit a request to the
examination board through the website. The examination board also
judges cases of fraud (plagiarism) and determines the sanctions.
Furthermore the examination board is commissioned to set out policy
for safeguarding quality of testing and examination. 4.1.1 Title
and Workload One of the benefits of taking this Master’s is that it
offers you the opportunity to gain leading-edge expertise in one of
three crucial domains of sustainability environment, energy or
water. Many of our students enter the programme knowing which track
they want to pursue. Others choose during the programme, or remain
interested in all three, combining them in their thesis. The
specialisation you choose will be explicitly mentioned on your
Master of Science diploma supplement. Employers in government,
industry and NGOs will attach a lot of value to your specialized
expertise. At the same time, the MEEM programme has been designed
to ensure that you develop solid expertise in the other areas of
specialisation as well. The vision behind this is that all of these
areas are increasingly interconnected. After successfully
completing the programme, the University of Twente grants the
examinees the degree of Master of Science. The total programme
consists of 60 EC, which is 1680 hours of study load. One EC
(European Credit) represents 28 hours of study load. 4.1.2 English
language proficiency The MSc Environmental and Energy Management is
taught in English. Not only does this mean that courses are given
in English, but also that all course materials (textbooks, readers,
etc.) will be in English, as well as all tests, exams and practical
exercises (specifically the Master's project/thesis). 4.2 Exam
regulations The Study Guide has been compiled with the utmost care,
but the authors are not responsible for any omissions or
inaccuracies. The formal rules as stipulated in the Education and
Examination Regulation (OER) shall prevail. The reader can thus not
derive any rights from the contents of this Study Guide. This
section presents a compilation of important exam regulations of the
Master of Environmental and Energy Management. Practical links:
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4.2.1 During the exam Order regulations On the CANVAS site MEEM
program information 2021-2022 you will find the document with the
Rules of order for testing:
https://canvas.utwente.nl/courses/8948
4.2.2 After the exam Barring unforeseen circumstances, the results
of exams are published in no later than fifteen working days after
the date of the exam. But at least 5 working days before the second
opportunity. You have the right to view exams you have taken for a
period of two years after the date on which the result in question
was published. The examiner will ensure that written exams are kept
by the relevant departmental administration (MEEM office) during
that time. In addition, you are entitled to discuss any exam you
have taken during the five weeks following the publication of the
results. At your request, the examiner will give his reasons for
his assessment of your work. The time and place of such a meeting
will be decided by the examiner. Collective discussions are also
sometimes organized. If this is the case, any request for an
individual discussion will only be honoured if you have attended
the collective meeting, and if you have a good reason for wishing
to have an individual meeting. It is recommended to make use of
your right for inspection in case you did not pass your exam while
you have put sufficient time in taking the course. In this way, you
get a better idea of the course demands and of the gaps in your
knowledge.
Requests to view the results of an exam or to discuss the results
with the examiner must be made via email to the programme
coordinators.
4.2.3 Validity The validity of a result of a Unit of Study has no
limitation. In case the examined knowledge, understanding or skills
are demonstrable out of date, the Programme Board can set
restrictions on the period of validity of the said unit of study.
4.2.4 Academic misconduct (fraud) This involves such matters as
fraud committed by using notes or unauthorized electronic devices,
forgery through the manipulation of research data, plagiarism, and
free riding during group assignments. In cases of academic
misconduct or where academic misconduct is suspected, the examiner
will inform the student of the subsequent procedure. First, the
academic misconduct (or allegation of misconduct) is reported to
the Examination Board. The student is not given a grade. The board
then investigates the case and determines whether and what
decisions and/or sanctions will be taken. These are communicated in
writing to the student. The Board may decide, for example, to
exclude the student for a maximum period of twelve months from
sitting the exam in question. In the event of premeditated
misconduct, the Examination Board may decide to exclude the student
from sitting any exam for a period of no more than twelve months.
The Education and Examination Regulation contains a section with
regulations in case of an academic offense (fraud or plagiarism).
You will find that section here:
https://www.utwente.nl/en/bms/examboard/fraud/
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4.2.5 Completion and Evaluation of the Educational Items Exams and
assignments The separate parts of the Master programme will be
concluded with an exam, an assignment or a combination of both.
Some courses do not have an exam or graded assignment. The
assessment method of a course is laid down in Osiris and in the
test assessment plan. All results of a study unit are expressed in
half grades from 1,0 up to and including 5,0 and from 6,0 up to and
including 10,0. The rounding is done in accordance with the
following scheme:
Grades will only be rounded in the last phase of the assessment of
the study unit. In other words, the above rounding scheme will be
applied when the final grade of the study unit is determined. These
final grades will be automatically calculated by Osiris, using the
weights as defined in the study unit’s assessment plan and will
apply for all received exam results of a study unit. The results of
all exams (and other proficiency certificates for projects and
practical exercises) are submitted to the Examination board for
assessment as to whether the student qualifies for the Master
degree. In order to obtain the award of the MEEM diploma, all parts
of the Master Programme should be completed with a positive result.
It is every student’s own responsibility to complete every
educational item according to its specific requirements. The
lecturer who is responsible for an educational item determines the
requirements. It is also this lecturer who decides whether a
student has met the stipulated requirements. The lecturer should
inform the students about their progress. Exam opportunities The
MEEM programme has a duration of one year. With regard to the
coursework part of the programme (all courses taken during the
joint part of the programme, that is, all the items except the Case
project and Master thesis), there will be in principle two
opportunities offered to pass an exam. There will be an examination
and a re-examination or an assignment and a repeat assignment.
Students are automatically registered for the exams and, if needed
(in case of a fail mark only), the re-exams. When a student does
not enter an (re-)examination or does not hand in a (re-)
assignment without informing the lecturer beforehand, then this
(re-)examination or (re-)assignment will still be classified as a
valid exam opportunity. For assignments a division is made between
improvement of an assignment and creating a new assignment. In the
course descriptions for each course it will be clearly mentioned
which option is applicable:
1) Short assignments, approximately 1 – 1.5 page. For these
assignments improvement is not possible, but students should create
a complete new assignment if they failed the first
assignment.
2) Assignments which allow the possibility for a feedback moment to
improve the end result. For these assignments it will not be
possible to create a new assignment, improvement should be made
using the instructions during the feedback moment.
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If a unit of study has been completed (passed with 5.5 or 6.0) this
grade is final. If a student would like to upgrade his grade (only
in the case of exceptional circumstances) s/he must have a written
confirmation of the Examination Board.
In circumstances of serious illness or accidents, the student
should discuss with the Study Advisor how the student could
complete the programme and course requirements. The Study Advisor
might consult the Examination Board on the issue. For practical
exercises and projects, e.g. the Case project period and Master
thesis, there is no second opportunity to repeat these elements of
the course. In cases of serious illness or accidents or other
situations beyond control of the student, the Examination Board and
programme management will try to find a solution. In the case where
a student fails to meet the requirements, but has shown
considerable effort and dedication to his or her study, the
management may give the student a chance to improve the work to a
standard sufficient to be regarded as a pass. The requirements for
the improvements in the submitted work are specified by the
lecturing staff responsible for the case, or the research project
tutor. Completion of Master Thesis Students will not be awarded the
MEEM diploma before their thesis meets the required academic
standard. If the supervisor(s) and the programme management
conclude that it is unlikely that the student will be able to
improve the quality of the thesis to the required level in a
reasonable time and without excessive help from the supervisor, the
student will be offered to receive a certificate, and will not
receive further guidance from the supervisor (see section 7.3). The
Master Thesis regulations (section 5 of this Guide) give more
information about completion of the Master thesis. The result of
the assessment of the Master Thesis will not be determined before
all other items of the master programme have been taken. Exemption
for courses The student can request an exemption for a course, if,
in a previous programme, he/she followed the equivalent of that
course and achieved a pass mark for this course. A request for
exemption should be handed over to the Examination Board. The
programme coordinators can help the student in doing this. This
form needs to be accompanied by a description of the previous
course (including an outline of the material for the examination)
and the evidence showing that the course was successfully
completed. The Exam Committee will seek advice of the lecturer /
examiner of the course. The request for exemption only comes into
effect after the examination Board has approved it. The student is
expected to continue to attend the classes until the exemption
certificate has been issued. A request for exemption can only be
submitted for the course work, the other parts of the programme are
mandatory. Attendance Obligation Students have an attendance
obligation for every part of the programme. During the lectures and
other meetings there will be an attendance list. When students, for
whatever reason, cannot be present, then this needs to be reported
in advance to the programme coordinators. In the case of
significant periods of absence the responsible lecturer may require
from the student additional work to ensure that the student is able
to meet the necessary requirements to complete that part of the
programme. When the absence occurs during the case studies,
training or workshops, the general management of the programme will
decide in consultation with the examiner what the consequences of
this absence will be for awarding the certificate. The consequences
might be that the student will not pass the subject and hence not
be awarded the degree.
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4.2.6 Submission through CANVAS For all educational items using the
CANVAS system, students are obliged to hand in their assignments
and project reports through CANVAS unless instructed otherwise by
the lecturer. 4.3 Award of the Diploma or Credit When the student
has successfully finished the Master Thesis, they need to put in a
request to the programme coordinator to issue the diploma. A degree
diploma will only be granted when a student has successfully
completed every educational item and has paid all required fees.
More information can be found in the Master thesis guidelines,
which will be given in due time. In case where the student has
failed to pass one or more educational items, or the Case project
or Master Thesis, he or she can request the Examination Board,
through the Study Advisor of the programme, in writing to issue a
certificate instead of a diploma. The certificate will indicate
which educational items the student has completed successfully. A
student who obtained excellent results in the course can be awarded
the diploma cum laude. The criteria for this are:
All requirements for completion of the Master programme are met;
all educational items have been passed; the non-weighted average
grade for the coursework and the Case Project (not including the
research
project and courses that are assessed using ‘Pass’ or ‘Fail’) is
8.0 or higher; non-numerical grades and exemptions from courses do
not weigh-in on the cum laude assessment; for the educational items
that are assessed using grades, the minimum grade should be a 7 or
higher; no more than 2 units of study are with a below 8.0 grade;
No graded result should be scored in a resit; the grade for the
research project is 9.0 or higher; The programme is completed
within a period of 15 months.
4.3.1 Unexpected Circumstances and Possibility of Appeal The
student is entitled to a justification of the results of a test
from the examiner, whereby the examiner substantiates the
assessment that was given. If no collective discussion of the
results is held, the student may submit a request for an individual
discussion of the results to the examiner within ten working days
of publication of the results, in the presence of the examiner or
an authorized replacement. (Art. 4.9 Education and Examination
Regulation). This discussion must take place at the latest 5 weeks
after the publication of the results. An official appeal against a
decision made by the examiner, must be submitted in writing to the
Complaints Desk at Student Services within 6 weeks after
notification of the decision. (Art. 8.6 Education and Examination
regulation).
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4.4 Explanation of grades Dutch grading system The Dutch grading
system, used from elementary through to university education is the
1 to 10 scale given in the following table, in which 10 is the
highest grade, 6 the minimum pass, and 1 the lowest grade. However,
10s are very rarely awarded. Please also find more information
about our grading system here:
https://www.utwente.nl/en/education/student-services/step-by-step/step-by-step-guide/grading-system/
Mark Definition 10 Excellent 9 / 9,5 Very good 8 / 8,5 Good 7 / 7,5
Satisfactory 6 / 6,5 Sufficient 5-1 Fail
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5. Master thesis regulations The courses Academic Research Skills
and Research Proposal serve as starting point for your master
thesis. The overall study load of the Master Thesis is 15 EC and
for the Research Proposal 3 EC. All procedures, regulations,
requirements and assessment for the thesis are in the reader
‘Guidelines for the Master thesis’. The reader will be available to
you before you start the preparation of the master thesis. 5.1
Supervision You master thesis will be supervised by one of the
academic staff members of CSTM. You will have two supervisors, the
supervision process starts with your first supervisor, when you
start preparing the research proposal in the course ‘Academic
Research Skills’. Your collaboration continues during your research
activities. In general the first supervisor acts as your main
contact person during the research process, but the second
supervisor can also be more intensively involved. This is based on
individual circumstances and preferences, which you can discuss
with your supervisors. Most of the time the second supervisor
predominantly reads and reviews your final draft and grades your
final thesis together with the first supervisor. Both supervisors
need to agree on your mark. During the research process you are
responsible for the communication with your supervisors and the
program coordinators. 5.2 Collaboration with an external
organisation Even though doing a master thesis from within an
external company/organization is not part of the MEEM curriculum,
students are free to do so. Your University of Twente supervisors
will need to assess the appropriateness of the project in terms of:
- Academic relevance - Relevance to the student’s specialisation -
Academic level - Level and scope of the project - The potential to
complete the project independently and within the time permitted.
In case students want to collaborate with an external organization,
they should initiate the connection themselves in close
communication with their first supervisor or the specialisation
track coordinator. Students should also carefully develop the
research proposal together with the hosting organization and the
first supervisor. The organization needs to assess whether the
students’ proposal meets the knowledge required and the students’
first supervisor does the same with respect to the scientific
quality standards of the research proposal. Also always inform your
Study Advisor if you have found an external organisation and agreed
to a topic with your supervisor. Each contract between a host
organisation and University of Twente needs to be send to the Study
Advisor. Important: your supervisor is not authorised to sign such
a contract. 5.3 Assessment As indicated above, your Master thesis
will be assessed and graded by two persons. Your mark consists of
a
weighted sum of different aspects of your thesis work. Next to the
quality of the research, the analysis and the
results, the reporting, the research process and the colloquium are
graded too. Appeal is possible if you
disagree with the grading of your supervisors.
The MEEM Master theses from the previous years can be found online:
www.essay.utwente.nl
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6. Cooperation Double degree programme University of Padjajaran The
MEEM programme has a double degree (DD) agreement with the
University of Padjadjaran (UNPAD. Ecology Institute, Master on
Environmental Studies) in Bandung Indonesia that was launched in
2009, and has involved many UNPAD students since then. The
programme allows DD students to graduate from both programmes and
obtain two different but related diplomas. The thesis is jointly
supervised by a MEEM lecturer and an UNPAD lecturer and separately
assessed from the perspective of both curricula.
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