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Skills training and projects

Academic skills are essential to a successful career. At UCM you will learn and improve skills such as:

• writing reports and papers
• planning and executing research
• formulating a policy plan
• persuading people in a debate

In addition you also choose a (second) foreign language to learn. This is an ideal preparation if you choose to study abroad.

During the final month of each semester you participate in a project in which small groups of students work together on a specific topic. Here you learn how to apply the skills acquired earlier to topics you are familiar with from your courses. Possible examples of such topics are:

• Human rights and migration
• Globalization and poverty
• Bioelectronics and nanotechnology
• Genetics and data mining

The skills training program and the projects make UCM unique.