M-Bic Graduate School
(Marie-Curie funding, Partners JFZ, ULg, GSK, UM)
Contact
P. de Weerd
E-mail: p.deweerd@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Phone: +31 43-38 84513
Course registration and information
J. Boschma
P.O. Box 616
6200 MD Maastricht
The Netherlands
E-mail: jeannette.boschma@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Phone: +31 43-38 81581
Goal
The goal of the programme is to offer PhD students the opportunity to take courses that will facilitate their research. The goal of the programme is explicitly to offer high-level, specialised courses, workshops and Electives that are of direct relevance for the research. The goal is not to offer a broad education or background. This is assumed upon entry of the graduate school. To be considered for admission, a master or research master degree is required.
Formal aspects
Credit system: Students that are part of the graduate school are expected to gather 25 credit points in course work over the duration of the PhD. In our definition, a credit point assumes 30h of work, and the work includes the time spent in the course, self-study, and initial application of new knowledge in research. Credits can be obtained via participation in Core courses (C), short Workshops (W), Long workshops (LW), Electives (E), Professional activities (P), and selected research master's courses. The maximum of credits that can be obtained from Electives and research master's courses is 10 each. Together with the promoter, students that enter the graduate school will set up a work plan with a rough outline of research, and a detailed plan on how credit points will be earned. This education plan needs to be balanced with possible teaching requirements, and must be approved by the graduate school coordinator.
Student Evaluation/Honour’s System: there will be no formal exams, however, there is an attendance requirement of at least 60%. Students that attend a course or workshop will be given a Certificate of Attendance upon entry in the course. With respect to Electives and Professional activities, an Honour’s system will be used in which students keep record of their own activities (date, place, time period, title of activity) and obtain a monthly signature from their supervisor for confirmation. Once a total of 25 credits is reached, records and copies of certificates are submitted by the student to the office of the graduate school coordinator. Students obtaining their graduate degree will receive an M-Bic Graduate School Diploma, which will list all activities in which the student participated, in addition to the standard diploma from the home institution.
Partners: Courses in the programme are offered by ULG, GSK, JFZ, or UM. Some of these partners will organise their teaching at the UM, others will organise courses at their own institution or university. The above rules hold for all courses offered by all partners.
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Research
Research in the participating partners can be subdivided into methods development and into content domains. Methods-related work focuses on advanced fMRI analysis and acquisition methods, advanced data analysis for multimodal imaging, simultaneous acquisition of MRI/EEG in combination with TMS, and realtime fMRI (e.g., for neurofeedback or surgical monitoring). In addition to research oriented on human methods (TMS, fMRI, EEG, psychophysics), there is also behavioural, neurophysiological and molecular research in animals. These methods support high-level research in a number of content domains, including fundamental topics such as perception, attention, learning, plasticity, all of these topics in various sensory/motor modalities, and higher-level or more applied topics including language, ADHD, autism, social psychology, neuro-econometrics, and literacy.
More information
www.neuro-physics.eu
Downloads
- Neurophysics Booklet (PDF, 0,29 MB)
