Mission Staff Liaisons Learning approach E-Learning Quality Control Publications Alumni Student Association Disclaimer Giving to MGSoG    Quality control The Maastricht Graduate School of Governance (MGSoG) uses a sound system of internal and external quality assurance based on international standards to monitor the quality of education and the supporting facilities and provisions. To guarantee excellence in teaching and optimal links between teaching and research, all programmes of the School are developed and run in co-operation with leading international scholars from top universities around the world. The Maastricht Graduate School of Governance is a member of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) in the United States and the Network of Institutes and schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe (NISPAE). In order to further develop the intellectual capabilities of its academic staff, the faculties and the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance offer a rich programme of research seminars encouraging staff members to keep track of modern developments also outside their direct area of competence. As all the faculties value the participation of faculty members in major international conferences, grants and facilities are provided to guarantee international exposure. Membership of professional organizations is also encouraged. The structure of the programmes is based, on the experience of the staff, and on the broad and long-standing international evaluation work undertaken by the engaged and experienced crew of actuaries, economists, mathematicians and statisticians of the Financial, Actuarial and Statistical Services Branch (SOC/FAS) of the ILO's Social Security Department. In order to maintain a cutting edge flavour, the School believes it to be vital to improve the quality of its training activities annually. In our opinion, this can only be achieved by listening carefully to the students and foremost, to their findings and experiences within the programmes. Therefore, the School organises elaborate student surveys of each of its offered courses. These evaluations will then be reviewed and discussed among the teaching staff and the coordinators of the each of the different master and PhD programmes. Together with the rapidly changing academic developments, the overall findings will then form the basis for potential ameliorations of the programmes.