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Exact Sciences Master Guide 2005/2006 Artificial Intelligence Bioinformatics Business Mathematics and Informatics Chemistry Computer Science Information Sciences Mathematics Medical Natural Sciences Parallel and Distributed Computer Systems Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmacochemistry Physics Stochastics and Financial Mathematics Contents 1 Faculty of Sciences 15 1.1 Description 15 1.2 Organisation of the Faculty 15 1.2.1 Objectives of the Faculty 15 1.2.2 Board of the Faculty 15 1.2.3 Student Council 16 1.2.4 Office of the Faculty 16 1.2.5 Departments 16 1.3 Educational Organisation 17 1.3.1 Board of Education 17 1.3.2 Education Office 17 1.3.3 Master programmes UvA-VU 18 1.3.4 Programme Committee 18 1.3.5 Examination Board 19 1.4 Research organisation 20 1.4.1 Research groups 20 1.4.2 Research schools 20 2 Education Exact Sciences 21 2.1 Academic calendar 21 2.2 Master coordinators 21 2.3 Monitoring students progress 22 2.4 Educational rules 22 2.4.1 Admission requirements for the Master 22 2.4.2 Enrolment procedure courses VU and UvA 22 2.4.3 Interim examinations and practical work VU and UvA 22 2.4.4 Master Thesis 24 2.4.5 Final Exams 25 2.4.6 Degree ceremonies 25 2.4.7 Attendance certificate 26 2.4.8 Right of appeal 26 2.4.9 Education and Examination Rules 27 2.5 Educational quality control 27 2.6 Students Associations 27 2.7 Studying abroad 27 2.8 Orientation on the Labour Market 28 2.8.1 Stichting Bèta Bedrijvencontactdag Amsterdam 28 2.9 Associatons 28 2.9.1 BIOinformatics Application Services Provider (BIOASP) 28 2.9.2 Belgisch/Nederlandse Vereniging voor Kunstmatige Intelligentie (BNVKI) 28 2.9.3 Center for Medical Systems Biology 28 2.9.4 Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica (CWI) 28 2.9.5 Ecogenomics 29 2.9.6 Koninklijke Nederlandse Chemie Vereniging (KNCV) 29 2.9.7 Nederlandse Astronomen Club (NAC) 29 2.9.8 Netherlands BioInformatics Centre (NBIC) 29 2.9.9 Nederlands Genootschap voor Informatica (NGI) 29 2.9.10 Netwerk voor Informaticae Mathematicae en