Students of the University of Twente are assisted by a study adviser. The Study Adviser will monitor study progress; will advise and assist students with study related skills like study choices, progress, process, planning and conducting assignments. The Study Adviser will also help and advice students about their academic skills. Students who are (at the risk of being) hampered in their progress as a result of special (personal) circumstances will be guided not only by the study adviser but also by student psychologists and student counsellor of the department of Student Guidance & Well-being (SGW). Both the student and the study adviser may initiate contact.
Study Advisers for Technical Computer Science
TO Make an appointment
You can make an appointment with the Study Adviser via https://eemcs.planner.utwente.nl/. A session usually takes about half an hour. If there is much to talk about you can also make an appointment for a longer period. To have frequent meetings is (if indicated) also possible.
Open Consultation Hour
For short questions you can also make use of the ‘Open Consultation Hour’: every Thursday between 12.30 hrs. and 13.30 hrs. During this time you can visit your study adviser without an appointment individually.
When to contact the Study Adviser?
At the university, you are expected to be self-reliant and to organize many things yourself. Especially when you are just starting your studies you could be having a hard time finding your way around. Sometimes help can be useful or even necessary. In the course of your studies or while preparing for your future career you may encounter issues you can discuss with your study adviser. To contact the study advisers, please send an e-mail to studyadviser-tcs@utwente.nl.
Questions
You can go to the Study Adviser if you have any questions about your degree, your studies in general, or about private matters that affect your studies, for example:
- Drawing up a study plan for one or more academic year(s)
- I did not pass a module. What are the consequences?
- Due to problems at home I cannot concentrate. What can I do?
- The program is very easy. Are there extra activities I could do?
- I would like to become active as a board member of an association or a time consuming committee. How can I combine this with my studies?
- Did I choose the right university degree?
- In secondary school, things did go effortlessly. Now I face challenges and problems. What can I do? What is the reason I failed some elements?
- I know I can do it, but it doesn’t work out the way I want. Can you help me to learn to study in a better way?
- I am a professional athlete. What arrangements and facilities are there for me?
- I have trouble studying because of dyslexia.
- Can you help me with the combination of my disability and to study this academic program?
- I'd like to request an exception to the rules, how do I do that?
A conversation with your Study Adviser is usually a good first step. When necessary, the Study Adviser can refer to persons or bodies within or outside the university as the Student Psychologists and Deans of Students, Tutors, Study Adviser from other programs, etc.
Confidentiality
Everything you discuss with the study adviser is confidential. Only on indication and after your approval it is possible to share some information with third parties.
The study adviser works within the code of the National Association of Study Advisers (LVSA).
All individual interviews held between the student and the study adviser are reported in OSIRIS, the student information system. These reports are confidential, but can be accessed by the student.