Education at UT is unique. This page provides useful links to get started at UT and understand our educational vision.
Employee onboarding
You receive an invite for the introduction meeting for new employees from the central Human Resources (HR) department. On top of that, there is a category on the Service Portal (our employee environment online) for New employees. If your faculty has faculty-specific introduction meetings/information, you will find that information in the the New employees > Faculty specific information section.
Dutch Educational system
The Dutch education system differs from all education systems in the world and is therefore unique. For example, in the Netherlands we give grades ranging from 1 (very bad) to 10 (very good), but getting a 10 at a university is really quite an achievement. Furthermore, our education is structured in such a way that we activate students to master the material, which they do under the guidance of the teacher, but also independently. Another big difference with other education systems is that here in the Netherlands we are quite familiar with the students. Students can call you by your first name (instead of professor and your surname). If you want to know more about the Dutch education system and education at UT, do on Canvas Expedition education and read more about the Dutch grading system.
- Canvas course Expedition Education, especially Chapter 8.
- UT story about the Dutch grading system