U/Select | Study Guide

U/Select (Utrecht Selective Life Sciences ExtraCurricular Track) is the life sciences honours programme for selected students of the GSLS. It is a 2-year extracurricular programme, for excellent students who seek to broaden their horizon and want to get more out of their Master's programme.

The goals of U/Select are:

To broaden and deepen your study programme in extra and special learning experiences.
To be part of a community of excellent students in life sciences.
To be able to write a research proposal and execute this during your minor research abroad.
To have a better start position for your next step in your (study) career.
To build your network beyond your own Master's programme.

More information
For more information you can send an email to USelect@umcutrecht.nl.

Programme

The 2-year programme consists of:

Kick-off meeting (February - year 1)
- During this meeting in the "Academiegebouw", you will meet eachother and be informed about the U/Select programme.
Master classes (year 1)
- In the first year, the students will organize monthly master classes (decide on the topics, invite speakers, etc.). Examples are: career planning, going abroad, publishing, and science&society. The students will do this in consultation with the U/Select coordinator, prof. Peter Burbach.
Research proposal and research project abroad (year 1&2)
- You will choose a topic within the scope of life sciences, and a top institute abroad. You will write your own research proposal, in collaboration with your supervisor abroad. If your research proposal is approved by your Utrecht examiner and the U/Select coordinator, you receive a €2500 travel grant to execute your research proposal.
Mini-symposium (September - year 2)
- You will report on your work during a mini-symposium. The jury, consisting of leading scientists of Utrecht University, will choose the best research project and reward it with €1500.

Application procedure

Students will be selected on the following criteria:

motivation and ambition of the student;
CV;
results obtained in your BSc programme; average grade (included first year) > 7,5;
extracurricular activities.

To apply, send in the following documents to USelect@umcutrecht.nl.

Letter of motivation, including a description of your BSc or MSc (research) project;
Curriculum vitae;
Proof of your qualities - grade list or transcript of BSc degree, jobs, experience abroad etc.;
Letter(s) of recommendation from your MSc programme coordinator or from your current/previous supervisor, professor. Please use the Standarised Recommendation Letter.pdf standardised recommendation letter, which needs to be emailed directly to uselect@umcutrecht.nl from your referee.

The deadline is December 2^nd, 2019, 9:00 hrs. If you do not receive a confirmation email of your application, your application has not been taken into consideration.

A selection committee will judge all applications and select the U/Select participants. You may be invited for an interview with this committee. About 10-12 participants each year are selected to enter the programme.

U/Select participants 2020