Liberal Arts University
An essential difference between the Liberal Arts university and the traditional university courses in the Netherlands lies in the phenomenon of curriculum options. During their Bachelor’s program, students gradually move from a broad base to a specialization. In practice, this means that, in their first year, students at a Liberal Arts university take a few mandatory skills courses. As the study progresses, they get more freedom of choice in courses than in traditional programs. Ultimately, the student chooses one or more specializations in which to graduate. This is in contrast to the traditional university programs in the Netherlands. While traditional programs require students to choose their discipline from the start, a Liberal Arts program allows flexibility.
At a Liberal Arts university, students are also able to combine courses in Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics, Law and Linguistics, Philosophy and Physics and so on. The concept of Liberal Arts is based on the principle that many of today’s complex problems cannot be resolved with monodisciplinary actions. When following a Liberal Arts program, students can design their own Bachelor’s program depending on their interests.
University Liberal Arts
At UCR, you will live and study together with other students from around the world on our international campus, located in Middelburg (Zeeland). In the interdisciplinary Bachelor of Liberal Arts at UCR, you will learn to understand complex global issues and search for creative solutions by combining insights from different scientific disciplines.
Liberal Arts at UCR
At UCR, we emphasize undergraduate research, as we believe that studying is all about asking the right questions as well as having the methodological tools to answer them. This is a distinguishing feature of UCR and all of our students take mandatory courses in research methodology. Additionally, students will be involved in research projects from their first semester onwards. Many of our former students have conducted original research, together with their professors, and presented the results at conferences or in academic journals.
Do you have broad interests and don’t want to limit yourself to just one area of expertise? Do you like discussions and debates and do you want to be challenged in an international environment? Liberal Arts and Sciences is for curious young people who want to develop themselves in multiple fields of study. Contact us for more information!
