Information for first year students Master s degree programmes in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics 2015 2016 1
Academic Advisor and related issues Extraordinary circumstances While you are at university, you may incur study delay through extraordinary circumstances such as family issues, illness, performance disability or other extraordinary circumstances. Study delay must be reported to the academic advisor as soon as possible. This is important for potential financial support from the Graduation Fund (see www.rug.nl/studievertraging) and for your Binding Study Advice. Sometimes the BSA Committee can make an exemption when you do not meet the BSA requirements through extraordinary circumstances. Student Service Centre The Student Service Centre (SSC) is the student counselling expertise centre of the University of Groningen. Our student counsellors, psychologists and trainers work together to provide an integrated package of student support with the aim of helping students with their studies. We can prevent or remove possible impediments to your study progress so that you can develop fully during your time at university. The SSC has a wide range of support facilities information and advice, individual discussions, shortterm therapy and a wide variety of workshops and training courses. You can find more information about the services of the SSC and the courses, training and workshops which are offered to students via www.rug.nl/ssc Contact academic advisor The academic advisor of the bachelor s and master s degree programme in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics is Mirjam Nederveen. She can help you in case of: - extraordinary circumstances - study delay - doubts about and choices in your degree programme - study planning and study skills - other problems and questions about studying and your degree programme. Her email address is academicadvisor.math@rug.nl and you can book appoinments via mnederveen.youcanbook.me 2
Information about start of the programme and the first period Welcome Day There are several welcome activities planned for 31 August 2015 in the Bernoulliborg, Nijenborgh 9, lecture hall 151. The schedule will be provided in a separate document. Ocasys Ocasys is the online university course catalogue. It contains short descriptions of course contents, required literature, etc. The web address is: www.rug.nl/ocasys Ocasys contains information about the outline of the degree programmes as well. You can search for courses as well as for degree programmes. Schedules The schedules of the programmes and courses are available via: http://rooster.rug.nl:81/#layoutmode=wide&header=true Please make sure you select the right year. Please check the schedules on a regular basis, as changes are still being made. Location You can find the location of the lecture rooms on the map at the end of this document or via http://www.rug.nl/about us/how to find us/studentsmap/studentsmap.html?map=onderwijsruimten All our lecture rooms are located at the Zernike complex More information can be found via the following sites as well http://www.rug.nl/fwn/organization/locaties/ http://www.rug.nl/staff/location/zernike plattegrond Course and Exam registration Registration for course units and examinations is compulsory and is done via ProgRESSWWW (see below) Timely registration for course units is means that you register at least one month before its start. The only exception to the one month registration deadline are the courses of the first period of the first year of the bachelor s degree programme: these courses are still open for registration in the first week of the academic year. Nevertheless, please register for these courses as soon as possible since you will then have access to the online course information provided by the lecturer. If you register for a course unit, you are to appear at least for the first session of the course unit. ProgRESS WWW does not allow you to register for more than four courses in a period. In case you want to register for more courses in one term, please contact your study advisor. Registration for written examinations is linked automatically to the registration for course units In case you attend a (re )exam you need to be present at the start of the (re )exam. 3
In case you register for a course unit you are automatically registered for the exam. In case you fail the exam you are automatically registered for the resit. Despite the automatic exam registration the student remains responsible for being properly registered for (re )exams. There is an opportunity to sign out until at least 1 week before the date of the examination. It is possible to register separately for an exam or re exam, i.e. without registering for the course. ProgRESSWWW does not allow you to register for more than five exams in a term (this only holds for exams of courses which are offered in a term of 8 10 weeks). In case you want to register for more courses in a term please contact your study advisor. Information systems Personal account After enrolment, you will receive a student number and a personal computer account by email. A student computer account, consisting of a login name and a password, provides access to several websystems and storage servers. This includes: - access to the Faculty Novell servers, for the use of computer applications - access to the Internet - use of a personal data storage server - use of an e mail account - access to the electronic learning environment of the University of Groningen - access to ProgRESSWWW, where you can enrol in courses and exams, and view your study results You will need the following to log in: a login name and a password. Your login name is made up of your student number preceded by an s. Your initial password will be sent per email. You can change your password at myuniversity.rug.nl/infonet/studenten/ict/werkplek/ E mail Your e mail address is one of the primary means of personal communication of the University and the Faculty. For example, if one of the university employees (teacher, academic advisor, etc.) wants to send you a personal message, he/she will send it to your university e mail address. Your e mail address is consists of name@student.rug.nl. Your name is made up of your initials and your surname, separated by dots. In case of frequent surnames, a number may be added by the administration. Your university e mail will also be used by the university to send you important messages such as requests for enrolment for certain courses or alterations to the timetables. Students are expected to check their mailbox every day. For your own convenience, you may choose to forward your university mail to your private mail (use the settings after login). The University of Groningen uses Google Apps for Education which gives students permanent access to their e mail (Gmail), calendar (Google Calendar), chat (Google Talk), documents (Google Drive) and web pages (Google Sites). For more information see 4
http://myuniversity.rug.nl/infonet/studenten/ict/collaboration/google/google You can access your Google Apps University of Groningen account via http://googleapps.rug.nl This is where you log in with your student number and password (RUG account). The first time you log in, you will see a screen with a request from SURFconext. Click on Yes, share this information to activate your Google Apps for Education account. Online Learning Environment In the course of August, you will get access to our new Student Portal, which will provide you with the following information: Information and announcements about your programme (e.g., updates, events, forms, etc.) Course information, course documents and online exams Access to group activities (e.g., online project collaboration) ProgRESSWWW ProgRESSWWW is a web based application used by the University of Groningen. Students need to enrol for modules and exams well in advance via ProgRESSWWW. ProgRESSWWW can also be used to view your study results. ProgRESSWWW can be accessed via the internet: http://progresswww.nl/rug/ Myuniversity My University http://myuniversity.rug.nl is a protected environment that contains information for staff and students of the University of Groningen. You can log in to My University with your S number. For more information see http://myuniversity.rug.nl/infonet/info/about/ 5
Zernike Complex Ingang=entrance Chemie Fysica Milieukunde = Chemistry Physics Environmental Sciences N Linnaeusborg Nijenborgh 7 9747 AG Groningen tel. 050 363 2021 5174 Zernikeplein Bernoulliborg Nijenborgh 9 9747 AG Groningen tel. 050 363 6868 5171 5172 V 5161 ingang U ingang 5173 Nijenborgh Zernikelaan 5113 5114 5115 5116 5117 5118 5112 5111 X 5121 Aletta Jacobshal Blauwborgje ingang Nijenborgh Chemie Fysica Milieukunde Nijenborgh 4 9747 AG Groningen tel. 050 363 4133 6