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NEPTUNE has translated the concept of project-based learning into the International Projects.
International Projects
For 9 days, a group of 30 students from five different countries and different disciplines work together to solve a complex environmental problem. The participants are divided into 6 smaller working teams composed of five students. One student from each participating country.
After a team-building-introduction during the weekend, each student presents his/her preliminary work to his/her fellow students. At the beginning of the project week, each team receives a description of its specific task during the projectweek. The teams are responsible for making a presentation of their plans and proposals.
The project concludes with the "final presentations", which are judged by an outside jury of experts and are often attended by the municipalities and companies involved.
All students receive a certificate for participating in the project afterwards.
For a detailed programme, please view the scheme below
A supervisor is appointed for each working team. He or she oversees the learning process and is the primary contact person for students encountering problems. In addition to their project-related activities, students attend key-note lectures on various aspects of the overall problem dealt with during the project period.
The most important aim of the NEPTUNE Projects is to integrate different subject areas effectively and to achieve cooperation between students of different nationalities.
The students are not the only ones to benefit from these two types of integration. These projects also offer lecturers a unique opportunity to meet colleagues from different disciplines and different European countries.
The programme
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Activity |
Study load in hours |
| 2 weeks preceding the project |
Preliminary work at the home institutions with the aim to:
a. let students
prepare themselves for the cooperative and international
aspects of the project
b. let students
prepare themselves for the subject of the project
The work results in an information document, to be used during the
project. In this preliminary phase students prepare two
informal presentations. The first (A) about their skills,
motivation, expectations, working methods, culture and
country. The second (B) about the content and the subject of
the project.
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40 hours
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| Friday |
Day of arrival at the hosting university and inaugural dinner. |
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| Saturday |
Team building games, management games and cultural events.
Meeting of students in their working teams.
Each student presents his/her preliminary work (A) in his/her team.
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80 hours |
| Sunday |
Guided tour of the project site and its direct surroundings.
Meeting of students in their working teams.
Each student presents his/her preliminary work (B) in his/her team.
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| Monday |
Official opening of the project.
Keynote lectures.
Project work + tutoring.
Teams present their first ideas and vision on the subject.
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| Tuesday |
Project work + tutoring. |
| Wednesday |
Project work + tutoring.
Lecture in presentation techniques.
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| Thursday |
Project work + tutoring.
Preparing the presentation.
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| Friday |
Preparing and rehearsing the presentations.
Final presentations.
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| Saturday |
Departures. |
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| Afterwards |
Each student makes a report with the aim to evaluate the process of international cooperation and to recapitulate (some aspects of) the contents of the project.
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40
hours
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