The Honors Program focuses on motivated and excellent students who have the potential to excel in leadership and who are capable of successfully combining their regular Master’s program with the honors program and possible other activities.
Procedure
1. You can apply by submitting the form 'Application form Honors Master Program' (see downloads) and attach a application letter and send this to the Graduate Program Director of your own Master program with CC to the Honors Academy (honorsacademy@tue.nl).
In this letter you motivate why you want to apply for a position in the Honors Academy and show what makes you an excellent candidate for the professional development as well as personal leadership part.
You need to enclose two appendices:
(a) evidence of your past performance
(b) a first draft of your Personal Development Plan, which includes:
- a description of your project/activity
- a mission statement: what do you want to achieve?
- learning outcomes: what do you want to learn and develop during the honors program, both professionally and personally? You discuss the above in terms of (academic) knowledge, skills and mindset and you explain why you need these developments or why you want to develop this knowledge, skills, and mindset.
- how the learning outcomes are linked to your mission statement
Make sure that all of these descriptions are as SMART as possible.
This is just a start for the PDP. The plan will be adjusted during the year.
Evidence of past performance is not just the Grade Point Average (GPA) you have achieved as an undergraduate (Bachelor) but also includes extra curricular activities and achievements. If you apply for a position in an existing honors program of a graduate school or research institute you might need to comply with additional, specific admission requirements.
2. After you have submitted your application with evidence and motivation, your Graduate Program Director will invite you for an application interview. You will be informed about the outcome of the interview, see the table below. If you are conditionally accepted, you will start with the Personal Leadership Experience.
The first PLE sessions will help you to define your final plan for the Professional Development part. After submitting your final plan, the Graduate Program Director of your department and the Honors Academy will take the final decision on your admission.
IMPORTANT
Since the Honors Program is done on top of the regular program, there are some limitations to the duration of the program. You have a total of 18 months to finish the Honors Program. In addition, the time you have to finish your Master program and graduate with "Honors" is limited to 32 months. This is described in Article 7.2 of the rules and regulations.
* check also Important Dates and Deadlines
2023-2024 Application deadlines
Application timeline start September 2023
| What | When | Who |
|---|---|---|
| Information session Honors Master application | September 14, 2023 12:35 - 13:25 hrs Location: to be announced | Honors Academy and new master students |
| Deadline application (application letter incl. draft plan for professional development, motivation, proof of excellence) | September 22 | Honors master candidate sends application letter + Personal Development Plan (PDP) to Graduate Program Director (cc to honorsacademy@tue.nl). |
| Application interviews | September 25 - October 6 | Graduate Program Director and candidate |
| Deadline conditional admission | October 9 | Graduate Program Director sends advice admission of candidate to Honors Academy |
| Admission decision | October 6 | Honors Academy informs the student about admission and invites student for Canvas page (if admitted) |
| Honors Master Kick off | October 12 | Get together to meet your fellow students, PLE teacher(s), Honors staff and HSA Confluente |
| Deadline registration for PLE course | October 13 | Student via Canvas |
| Start course Personal Leadership Experience | October 16 or October 17 13:30-15:15hrs or 15:30 - 17:15hrs | Student and PLE teacher |
Application timeline start March 2024
| What | When | Who |
|---|---|---|
| Information session Honors Master application | February 22, 2024 12:35 - 13:25 hrs Location: to be announced | Honors Academy and new master students |
| Deadline application (application letter incl. draft plan for professional development, motivation, proof of excellence) | March 1 | Honors master candidate sends application letter + Personal Development Plan (PDP) to Graduate Program Director (cc honorsacademy@tue.nl). |
| Application interviews | March 4 - 15 | Graduate Program Director and candidate |
| Deadline conditional admission | March 18 | Graduate Program Director sends advice admission of candidate to Honors Academy |
| Admission decision | March 15 | Honors Academy informs the student about admission and invites student for Canvas page (if admitted) |
| Honors Master Kick off | March 21 | Get together to meet your fellow students, PLE teacher(s), Honors staff and HSA Confluente |
| Deadline registration for PLE course | March 22 | Student via Canvas |
| Start course Personal Leadership Experience | March 25 or March 26 13:30-15:15hrs or 15:30 - 17:15hrs | Student and PLE teacher |
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