University College Maastricht

UCM alumnus Tom de Kruif History teacher of the year 2017

Tom de Kruif, history teacher at Rijnlands Lyceum in Sassenheim (NL), was acclaimed: History Teacher of the year 2017. The winner was announced on 28 October during a festive gathering in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, hosted by Diewertje Blok. As winner of the title, de Kruif will be ambassador of Dutch history education for a year.

UCM takes part in EU-project to promote Liberal Arts and Sciences

University College Maastricht’s Teun Dekker first European Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences Education!

On 1 July 2017, Prof. Teun Dekker became the first Professor in Liberal Arts and Sciences Education in Europe.

University College Maastricht has the best teachers!

Good teachers make time for their students, they are available for questions outside the classroom and of course they are competent in their field. According to the Elsevier Best Studies Guide 2017, University College Maastricht has the best teachers in the Netherlands.

University Colleges UM dominate Elsevier ranking

Both University Colleges of Maastricht University head the Elsevier ranking Best Study Programmes of the Year 2017.

National Student Survey: UM scored well with regard to internationalisation

Just like last year, students were generally quite positive about the Maastricht University (UM) study programmes. Fourteen of the seventeen themes showed increased appreciation compared to last year, with UM doing particularly well and scoring above average with regard to the new theme of 'internationalisation'.

UM ranked as world’s sixth best young university

Maastricht University is the sixth best young university in the world according to the Times Higher Education 200 under 50 ranking, which was published during the Young Universities Summit in Brisbane, Australia on April 5th.