Universiteit Maastricht

Important dates

  • 11 January 2008: Name change to 'Maastricht University'
  • 1 January 2008: Start University Medical Centre+ (cooperation between Faculty of Health, Medicine & Life Sciences and the Academic Hospital Maastricht)
  • 1 January 2007: Establishment of the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences (fusion of the faculties of Medicine and Health Sciences)
  • 1 September 2006: Start of bachelor’s programme in European Public Health
  • 2005: Knowledge Engineering becomes part of Maastricht ICT Competence Centre
  • 1 September 2004: Establishment of Maastricht Graduate School of Governance
  • 1 September 2002: Introduction of the bachelor's/master's structure
  • 1 September 2002: Start of European Studies and University College Maastricht. Start of Molecular Life Sciences under tUL
  • 1 September 2001: Start of transnationale Universiteit Limburg (tUL), a unique partnership between UM and LUC
  • 1 September 1997: Start of Biomedical Engineering (in collaboration with Eindhoven University of Technology)
  • 1 September 1996: Name change to ‘Universiteit Maastricht’ (Maastricht University)
  • 1 September 1995: Start of Faculty of Psychology, Fiscal Economics, European Law School
  • 1 September 1993: Start of International Business Studies
  • 1 September 1992: Start of Knowledge Engineering (in collaboration with the Limburgs Universitair Centrum (LUC) in Hasselt/Diepenbeek, Belgium) and Econometrics
  • 1 September 1991: Start of Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
  • 3 September 1990: Start of Tax Law and ‘Milieugezondheidkunde’ (Environmental Health Sciences)
  • 1 September 1984: Start of Faculty of Economics and Business Administration and Faculty of Health Sciences
  • 1 September 1982: Start of Faculty of Law
  • 1 September 1980: Start of ‘Sociale Gezondheidkunde’ (precursor to Health Sciences)
  • 9 January 1976: Foundation of Maastricht University (then Rijksuniversiteit Limburg)
  • 16 September 1974: Start of Faculty of Medicine