Admission & registration

Maastricht University (UM) assesses whether your prior education makes you admissible. Therefore, it is very important that you check beforehand whether you satisfy the requirements.

You will receive a message once the UM has made the decision. There is also a possibility that additional documents are required to assess your prior education. This will be requested by email, so keep an eye on your inbox.

Please note: Click on “Admission requirements” in the dark blue menu on the left side of this page, to find out more about the requirements for this programme.

Application deadlines
Start September 2020
Start admissions: 1 October 2019

• EU/EEA-students: up to and including 15 July 2020, 23:59 CET 
• Non-EU/EEA-students who need a visa and/or residence permit: up to and including 1 June 2020, 23:59 CET

If you are unable to meet the deadlines, please contact the admissions office admissions-law[at]maastrichtuniversity[dot]nl to discuss the possibilities.

Please note:

• Deadlines for scholarships are often earlier than the dates mentioned above. Find out if you can apply for a scholarship or financial aid.
• In Studielink you need to choose the starting moment. Please make sure to select September 2020 in the pulldown menu if you want to start in September 2020.

Applying via Studielink
You can register for a study programme via Studielink. In Studielink, you will have to indicate which programme you would like to register for. After registration in Studielink, you should start directly with step 3: Upload your documents.

If you are registered in a Dutch municipality, you can only register using your DigiD. If you do not yet have a DigiD, you will need to request one. If you do not (yet) live in the Netherlands, you still register via Studielink, but you will not be able to use DigiD. Instead, you create a Studielink account yourself and UM will check your personal details.

Register directly via Studielink 
Apply for a DigiD 

Application deadlines
Start September 2020
Start admissions: 1 October 2019

• EU/EEA-students: up to and including 15 July 2020, 23:59 CET 
• Non-EU/EEA-students who need a visa and/or residence permit: up to and including 1 June 2020, 23:59 CET

Please note:

• Deadlines for scholarships are often earlier than the dates mentioned above. Find out if you can apply for a scholarship or financial aid.
• In Studielink you need to choose the starting moment. Please make sure to select September 2020 in the pulldown menu if you want to start in September 2020.

After you have registered in Studielink, you will receive an email from UM within 24 hours. This email contains your personal student number and a password. You can use this information to access the MyUM portal, the intranet of UM. 

In order to complete your registration, you need to upload several documents via MyUM as soon as possible, at least before the application deadline.

Please note:  If you accidently upload a wrong document in the MyUM portal, you can no longer remove it from your digital file. However, you can still upload the right document, but this does not replace the incorrect one. UM judges which documents are right. 

Required documents:

• A recent passport picture: the passport picture must satisfy certain requirements.
• A copy of your passport, valid on 1 September 2020, or your EU/EEA identity card: make a copy of the page with your personal details. Save this copy as ‘passport copy’ and not as ‘passport picture’. 

Please note: As a UM student it is not necessary to upload the above mentioned documents in the My UM portal. However, if your passport will not be valid on 1 September 2020, then you still have to upload a copy of your passport.

• A copy of your most recent certified grades transcript and a copy of your certified diploma if you have obtained it. If you have not graduated yet, you can upload your official grades transcript from your bachelor programme
• Letter of motivation (see Admission requirements)
• Two letters of recommendation (see Admission requirements)
• Copy of your language test with sufficient results (if applicable) (see Admission requirements)
• CV

Only complete registrations will be taken into consideration. All documents must be in Dutch, English or German.

Upon admittance you also need to send a certified copy of your diploma by regular post to:

Maastricht University
Faculty of Law, attn. Sophie Tax
PO Box 616
6200 MD Maastricht
The Netherlands

The certified copy is not necessary to assess your application

Upon receipt of your application, your diploma will be evaluated to decide whether you are eligible for the programme.

Message about admission
Based on the documents you have submitted and the admission procedure for your chosen programme, the UM decides on whether to admit you. Once UM has made a decision on your admissibility, you will be informed about this by email.

After you have successfully completed step 4 you will receive a request of Maastricht University (UM) to pay your tuition fees. 

Please make sure you pay your tuition fees in time. If the tuition fees are not paid in time it is not possible to start your studies.

Documents still required
If any of your documents are still missing, you will receive a message about this from UM. The documents concerned are listed in the message.