Extended Reality in practice at Maastricht University

Students practise presentations and public speaking in immersive Virtual Reality (VR) environments, where they can simulate realistic audiences and receive structured feedback.

Learning focus:

• Communication skills
• Confidence building
• Self-reflection
• Professional preparation

These environments allow safe repetition, immediate feedback, and self-directed improvement.

VR is used to simulate clinical settings and complex health scenarios, enabling students to rehearse procedures and decision-making in a risk-free environment.

Learning focus:

• Clinical reasoning
• Procedural practice
• Ethical decision-making
• Interdisciplinary collaboration

XR here strengthens contextual and constructive learning within PBL cases.

Through 360° environments and immersive field experiences, students explore cultural sites and global contexts that would otherwise be inaccessible.

Learning focus:

• Global awareness
• Contextual understanding
• Intercultural sensitivity
• Critical reflection

These experiences deepen contextual learning and expand students’ perspectives.

Students engage with immersive business cases that simulate real-world innovation challenges.

Learning focus:

• Negotiation
• Leadership
• Problem-solving
• Team-based collaboration

XR enables experiential learning aligned with professional competencies.

Virtual environments are used to simulate psychological experiments, behavioural settings, or therapeutic contexts.

Learning focus:

• Experimental design
• Empathy and perspective-taking
• Applied psychological reasoning

These tools enrich constructive learning through experiential insight.

Across faculties, XR contributes to the development of:

• Communication & collaboration
• Negotiation skills
• Leadership
• Emotional intelligence
• Global awareness
• Ethical reasoning

XR supports both academic knowledge acquisition and professional skill formation, in line with Maastricht University’s educational vision.