Introduction days at FPN 2024
The Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience (FPN) is organising an essential, informative, and fun week that'll prepare you and your fellow students for your academic career at FPN. From 26-30 August you’ll engage in activities that'll inform you on practical aspects of studying at our faculty. You’ll also get the chance to meet your new classmates while you learn to work with the Problem-Based Learning (PBL) system.
CONCEPT Programmes
We will at a later date post the concept programmes for the FPN Introduction Days 2024.
Problem-Based Learning
During the introduction days you will have your first Problem-Based Learning (PBL) sessions at FPN. During your stay in Maastricht and in your career, you’ll need to be able to work independently, in groups, be assertive and solve problems. FPN uses the PBL to help you to develop these skills together with your fellow students.
In small groups of roughly 13 students, supervised and assisted by a tutor, you actively seek solutions to real-life problems. You'll not only learn to operate at an academic level, but also to work together on real psychological issues – just as you will later on in your career.
Fast facts
- mandatory faculty introduction week
- 26-30 August 2024
- essential, informative and fun part of the curriculum
- contact via introweek-fpn@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Practical | FPN Onboarding
During your time at Maastricht University (UM) you may need to arrange some aspects of your studies yourself, for example: booking courses, registering for exams and handing in your work. UM has different systems in place to make sure this all works smoothly. The practical: FPN Onboarding will show you the different systems and how to use them.
Meet MFA Placebo
MFA Placebo is the FPN study association. We are here for all bachelor, master, and exchange psychology students in Maastricht. Our aim is to bring psychology students together by organising a range of activities; including workshops, lectures, parties, city-trips and excursions. We achieve this with the help of our active members, who work together in committees throughout the year.
Help! I cannot attend the FPN Introduction Days
The FPN Introduction Days is a mandatory event for which you will receive ECTS. Education at our faculty starts on 28 August, therefore if you miss the introduction you'll be forced to do an extra assignment in order to catch up with our fellow students. Keep in mind that the weeks after the introduction will be filled with new impressions and work to get you off to a good start, so we urge you to attend the FPN Introduction Days.
If you have any questions, please contact us via introweek-fpn@maastrichtuniversity.nl.