Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
In our teaching and research we highlight major developments in societies and cultures as they have unfolded during the modern and contemporary eras. We seek to gain understanding of the interrelationships of Europeanisation, globalisation, scientific and technological development, political change and cultural innovation. We are interested in how today’s societies cope with these challenges through, amongst others, practices of remembrance, governance techniques, strategies for managing knowledge, technologies and risks and ways of dealing with diversity and inequality. Yet, understanding our present world is impossible without insight into its past. This is why historical research serves as a key element of our scholarly and educational identity.
Fast Facts
- International community with 79% of our students and 42% of our staff coming from abroad
- Interdisciplinary approach towards teaching and research
- 2 bachelor's programmes, 8 master's programmes and 2 research master's programmes
- 4 research programmes, 7 research centres and a graduate school
Education
Bachelor's programmes
Our faculty offers two bachelor’s degrees for highly motivated bachelor’s students. The interdisciplinary bachelor’s programmes are focused on either European Studies or Arts and Culture. A bachelor's programme on Digital Society is planned to start on 1 September 2019.
Master's programmes
Our faculty offers eight different interdisciplinary master’s programmes in the fields of Arts and Culture, Globalisation and Development, Media, Technology and Innovation and Politics and Governance.
Research master's programmes
Our faculty offers two research master’s programmes to reach your full potential. We offer a programme in European Studies and a programme in Cultures of Arts, Science and Technology.
News
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Video impression on the Maastricht Europe Days
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Harro van Lente appointed as Chair of National Research School WTMC
Thursday, December 6, 2018Read moreProf. Harro van Lente has been appointed as Chair for five years.
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The EU as peacemaker
Wednesday, November 28, 2018Read moreIt may come as a surprise that a core task of the European Union is to promote peace and security in crisis areas around the world. But why does it do this, and what is it aiming to achieve?
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Maastricht Centre for the Innovation of Classical Music officially begins its research
Monday, November 26, 2018The Maastricht Centre for the Innovation of Classical Music (MCICM) officially began work on September 1st, 2018. On the same date, Peter Peters, professor at Maastricht University, began his position as director of the centre with a team of two postdocs, two PhD students, one artistic researcher, one research assistant.
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Euroregions: stronger than we think
Thursday, November 1, 2018How do you empower citizens and Euroregions within the European Union?
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Three FASoS education programmes first place in Elsevier Ranking 2018
Thursday, October 11, 2018In the Elsevier Best Studies 2018 ranking, the bachelor’s programmes European Studies and Arts and Culture and the research master's programme Cultures of Arts, Science and Technology (CAST) ended up first in their category.
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Prize Winning Bachelor European Studies thesis published in EuropeNow
Wednesday, October 10, 2018Alumna Evelin Rizzo (Bachelor European Studies) has published her prize winning bachelor's thesis in EuropeNow.
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European Studies student wins ESST European Undergraduate Prize
Monday, October 1, 2018Jan Kleinheinrich (student of the bachelor's programme European Studies) has won the 20188 ESST prize.
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Why some international organisations lose their legitimacy
Friday, July 27, 2018How is it possible that international organisations at a certain point lose some of their competences or even are abolished by member states? Dr Hylke Dijkstra, director of the European Studies master’s programme at Maastricht University, plans to research this issue.
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Focus
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First FASoS Green Impact Team meeting
Thursday, December 6, 2018Read moreOn Wednesday 21 November, the first FASoS Green Impact Team meeting took place.
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CGD hosts workshop on child removal in the Dutch East Indies
Tuesday, December 4, 2018Read moreFirst workshop of the international network Children as Object and Agents of (Post-)Colonial Change (COAC) hosted by CGD.
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Soundcupboard installed in nursing homes
Tuesday, October 23, 2018Read moreJolien Makkinga and Leonie Cornips researched the impact of dialect on residents of a nursing home.
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Marith Dieker and Zahar Koretsky in TEDx PhD Pitch Night
Monday, October 1, 2018Maastricht’s first ever TEDx PhD Pitch Night took place on 12 September 2018. PhD candidates had 3 minutes to pitch their research and see if they could secure a place on the TEDx Maastricht stage.
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FASoS PhD Marie de Somer receives Ernst B. Haas Best Dissertation award
Monday, September 17, 2018Marie De Somer received the ‘Ernst B. Haas Best Dissertation Award – Honorable Mention’ for her dissertation on the EU Court of Justice and its role in the area of EU immigration law.
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The Digital Disruption of Health
Thursday, July 19, 2018Philosopher Tamar Sharon explores the social and ethical impacts of new technologies in the health domain.
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