Education

What can you find on this webpage?

Our (future) students can find the official study programme and other useful info here.

You can find information about admission requirements, further studies and more practical info such as ECTS sheets, or a weekly timetable of the current academic year.

Are you a future student?

Be sure to first take a look at the page about the Master of Mathematics.

There you can find more info on:

- What’s the programme about?

- Starting profile

- Admission and application

- Future possibilities

- Why KU Leuven

- Contact

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Objectives

THE MASTER’S PROGRAMME IN MATHEMATICS HAS AQUIRED THE FOLLOWING LEARNING OUTCOMES:
KNOWLEDGE AND INSIGHT
1. The graduate has thorough knowledge of and insight into different subfields of pure or applied mathematics. 2. The graduate has in-depth knowledge of at least one subfield of mathematics and has insight into contemporary research in this field.
APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND INSIGHT
3. The graduate has the skills and insight to take the following steps in their own scientific research:
a. Defining a research topic, posing a research question and adjusting it during the research,
b. reflecting on and planning an appropriate solution procedure,
c. carrying out a scientific study independently and accurately,
d.discussing the results in a scientifically sound report,
e. and all this taking into account the appropriate deontological rules of conduct.

DEVELOPING AN OPINION
4. The graduate can, in the context of a research question, look up relevant professional literature and can assess its validity.
5. The graduate can independently process the results of both their own research and the literature review, and critically interpret and discuss these results in the context of a specific research question.

COMMUNICATION
6. The graduate is able to communicate about and present scientific research in writing and orally to peers and experts. 7. The graduate is able to report, communicate and present in both Dutch and English, in writing and orally, taking into account the ethical rules of conduct.

LEARNING SKILLS AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS
8. The graduate is able to independently acquire knowledge, conduct research and tackle scientific problems, while paying attention to originality and creativity.

DEPENDING ON THE CHOSEN OPTION, THE GRADUATE HAS AQUIRED THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL LEARNING OUTCOMES:
9. EDUCATION: The graduate has didactic knowledge, insights and skills needed to support the teaching and learning process within a powerful learning environment in mathematics. 10. RESEARCH: The graduate has in-depth / broadening knowledge and skills that apply to discipline-specific research. 11. PROFESSIONAL: The graduate has in-depth / broadening knowledge and skills that apply to professional contexts.

THE MASTER’S PROGRAMME IN MATHEMATICS HAS THE FOLLOWING PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS:

1. The graduate is able to think systematically, abstractly and structurally.  

2. The graduate has acquired the necessary attitudes and skills to participate in a team in a multidisciplinary and international professional environment.

3. The graduate has the skills to be able to keep themselves up to date on recent international developments in the disciplinary field and science in general.

4. The graduate is prepared and able to be part of the international scientific community.

Educational quality of the study programme

Here you can find an overview of the results of the COBRA internal quality assurance method.

Educational quality at study programme level

Blueprint
Blauwdruk_MA_Mathematics.pdf

COBRA 2019-2023
COBRA-fiche_MA_Mathematics.pdf

COBRA 2015-2019
COBRA-report_MA_mathematics.pdf

Educational quality at university level

• Consult the documents on educational quality available at university level.

More information?

• More information on the educational quality at KU Leuven
• More information on the available documents