About MINT

MINT is a postgraduate educational institute situated in Maastricht, the Netherlands. MINT is embedded in NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Centre, The Netherlands.

MINT wants to attribute to enlargement of the professional knowledge and understanding of nutritional problems and disease related metabolic aberrations in chronic disease prevention and management. In addition, the institute wants to promote the correct implementation of available and novel intervention strategies in this field.

Based on the total process of knowledge - understanding - implementation MINT has formulated the 3 spearheads:

• Professional deepening according to the latest scientific insights.
• Development and evaluation of information and communication technology (ICT) in the Problem Based Learning model, especially focusing on the periods before and after the residential courses. This is accomplished by close collaboration with Maastricht University.
• Combination of medical and management subjects in close consultation with participants from all layers of the working field.