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It sounds ominous, but the numbers don’t lie: within 10 years the Dutch healthcare system could face collapse, with no guarantee that people will receive the care they need. Yet despite these forecasts, Professor Angelique de Rijk and assistant professor Petra Erkens remain optimistic.

Maastricht University (UM) has signed the manifesto ‘Duurzaam denken, duurzaam doen’ (‘Sustainable Thinking, Sustainable Action’), thereby underlining its ambition to structurally embed sustainability in education, research, operations and governance.

In addition to their studies at FHML, some students are also involved in voluntary initiatives.

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Maastricht University’s SBE joins CIRCOLINK, a Horizon Europe project promoting circular innovation in the furniture sector. Through pilot initiatives across six countries, the project will test and scale collaborative circular business models.

It is with great pleasure and proud to announce the recent appointments of Dr Katrien Bernaerts (per 1-2-2026) and Dr. Jules Harings (per 1-12-2025) as full professor at the Aachen-Maastricht Institute for Biobased Materials (AMIBM).

In the CARBIOW project, Maastricht University is conducting a sustainability assessment of a novel value chain that converts food waste into aviation and maritime fuels.

In her third year of the International Business programme at Maastricht University, 20-year- old Alexia Poncet is currently taking on the role of President of SCOPE Maastricht, the official student association of the School of Business and Economics. Born in France and also half Canadian,

PhD thesis by Xiaoli Xu

Commissioned by the Research and Data Centre, Laurie Ritzen and Suzan van der Aa conducted research into femicide in Dutch legal practice.