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Today, the jubilee year marking Maastricht University’s 50th anniversary officially began. It opened with the Dies Natalis celebration in the Basilica of Saint Servatius, attended by King Willem-Alexander and hundreds of guests from the city, the province and beyond.

On Maastricht University’s 50th anniversary, celebrated during the Dies Natalis on 23 January 2026, no fewer than three honorary doctorates will be awarded. Mirjana Spoljaric Egger is one of the proud recipients. She is president of the International Committee of the Red Cross.

How closely linked are the heart and brain, really? Eva Dijkstra completed her PhD on the heart–brain connection as a predictor for the effectiveness of brain stimulation in treating depression. Alongside her supervisor, neuroscientist Alexander Sack, they discuss depression and, brain stimulation.

Prof. dr. Stef Kremers, vice-dean at the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, is part of the academic community working to reduce smoking. He obtained his PhD researching smoking initiation during a time when the whole concept of smoking prevention was still in its early stages.

On 2 December, the REmagine Awards 2025 were presented, celebrating outstanding master’s theses in Economics and Business Administration that combine academic excellence with societal impact. Two stuedents from the School of Business and Economics (SBE) reached the final stage.

On 20 January 2026, the Maastricht Centre for Taxation (MCT) participated in the OECD’s public consultation meeting on the Global Mobility of Individuals, held at the OECD in Paris.

During Maastricht University’s 50 th Dies Natalis, the Swedish professor Peter Stenvinkel will receive an honorary doctorate for his pioneering research on nephrology (kidney medicine) and planetary health.

Legal ordering is changing, both globally and domestically. Some talk about a post-American order, others about a new order of Great Powers such as China, Russia or the United States. A power-based concept of law is being put forward, one more characteristic of other centuries. Ecological and techno

This blog article draws on four years of research within the FieldLAB project, conducted at Maastricht University in close collaboration with international partners, such as the ACDC Lab in Houston. The goal was straightforward but ambitious: to understand how stress unfolds outside the laboratory.

With support from the OpenUp scheme by Npuls, the Maastricht University Library is taking concrete steps to embed open learning materials across education.