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Bachelor

Global Studies

Explore how global processes create local outcomes and how local developments change the world. Analyse issues like climate change, migration, exclusion, and justice, and identify how you can be a force for change by developing nuanced responses and solutions.

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Does this suit you?

  • Do you want to learn through different and integrated disciplinary perspectives?
  • Do you enjoy the challenge of working with different forms of data?
  • Are you excited to apply knowledge to hands-on, real-world projects?

Your future

  • Get ready to develop professional, academic, and global citizenship skills that support diverse professional pathways.
  • Learn how to collect, analyse, and represent data—essential for many future studies and jobs.
  • Be prepared for a increasingly complex and challenging world.

Good to know

  • You'll obtain a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree
  • This is a three-year, full-time programme
  • To start in September, apply before 1 April (non-EU/EEA) or 1 May (EU/EEA)

Maastricht University has a statutory and an institutional tuition fee. Which tuition fee you have to pay depends on your situation.

See which tuition fee applies to you
 
 

Academic year 2025/26

  • The statutory tuition fee (generally for EU/EEA students) for this programme is: €4,310
  • The institutional tuition fee (generally for non-EU/EEA students) for this programme is: €18,300
  • The statutory part-time tuition fee (generally for EU/EEA students) for this programme is: not applicable   
  • The institutional part-time tuition fee (generally for non-EU/EEA students) for this programme is: not applicable


You can find more information about tuition fees in the UM Enrolment Provisions 2025-2026.


Academic year 2026/27

  • The statutory tuition fee (generally for EU/EEA students) for this programme is: €4,465
  • The institutional tuition fee (generally for non-EU/EEA students) for this programme is: €18,400
  • The statutory part-time tuition fee (generally for EU/EEA students) for this programme is: not applicable   
  • The institutional part-time tuition fee (generally for non-EU/EEA students) for this programme is: not applicable
     

You can find more information about tuition fees in the UM Enrolment Provisions 2026-2027.
 

Intensive and small scale

The Global Studies programme is intensive and small scale, offering personal attention and an academic community, and has been granted the BKKI label. Therefore for EU/EEA students, Global Studies charges a higher statutory tuition fee (in line with other BKKI programmes such as University College Maastricht and Maastricht Science Programme). The faculty board has decided to not apply the higher tuition fee for non-EU/EEA students. 


Please note:

You have to pay tuition fees for every academic year in which you are enrolled. More information about this is available on the webpage ‘Tuition fees’, under 'Please note: enrolment per academic year'. 

Via this Tuition fees page, you can also find more information about how tuition fees are arranged in the Netherlands, how and when to pay your tuition fees, and more.

New calculation institutional tuition fees

From the academic year 2025-2026 onwards, there is a new approach to calculating the institutional tuition fees. Please refer to our page ‘New calculation of institutional tuition fees and transitional arrangement’ for more information on:

  • the different approach to calculating the institutional tuition fees, and
  • a transitional arrangement for students who were enrolled at UM for a bachelor’s, pre-master’s or master’s programme in 2024-2025.