At the UT a full academic year is divided into two semesters (1 & 2), and each semester into two blocks (A & B):
| Block | Nominal study load (# ECTS credits) | Period (for the exact begin and end dates go to the academic year!) |
1st / Fall semester | 1A | 15 | Mid Aug-Nov (*) |
1B | 15 | Nov-Feb |
2nd / Spring semester | 2A | 15 | Feb-Apr (**) |
2B | 15 | Apr-Jul (***) |
Summer | 3 | variable | variable |
(*) This period includes an introduction week in August (‘Kick-In’). You are expected to attend these and will be informed about the contents and duration of this activity after you are accepted by us as an exchange student.
(**) This period includes a (brief) introduction at the beginning of February (‘Kick-In’).
(***) Do note that re-sits (especially for the MSc courses) are regularly scheduled outside the actual block in which the course is offered. The re-sit periods are also indicated in the academic year.
Bachelor level
Our bachelor programmes are composed of so-called modules. Each module has a study load of 15 ECTS credits, this means that per block you can be registered for one module at a time. It is not possible to register for only a part of a BSc module (e.g. for less than 15 ECTS credits).
Bachelor programmes take three years; in the description of the exchange programmes the level of the modules is indicated with:
B1 1st year
B2 2nd year
B3 3rd year
Master level
The master programmes are composed of courses. Per course the number of ECTS credits varies between 1 and 10 ECTS credits. The vast majority of MSc courses have a study load of 5 ECTS credits.
Most of our courses are taught within one block, but some of the courses are taught during a whole semester (blocks 1A+1B, or blocks 2A+2B) and some are even taught from semester 1 into semester 2 (blocks 1B+2A). This, and a lot of other information, can all be found in our course catalogue.
Master programmes take 1 or 2 years; the course level is indicated with‘M’.