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On 9 December 2016, leading politicians, scholars and interested parties followed the invitation of the municipality of Maastricht to attend the 25th anniversary of the Maastricht Treaty.

Alexander Hoogenboom, scientific coordinator at ITEM, is the winner of the Ius Commune Prize of 2016. Alexander Hoogenboom won the 2016 Ius Commune Prize for his paper ‘In Search of a Rationale for the EU Citizenship Jurisprudence’. The prize was awarded at the 15th Ius Commune Conference on 24...

Dr. Hylke Dijkstra, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences has recently edited a forum on the recent EU Global Strategy for the Journal of Contemporary Security Policy with seven articles by senior colleagues on how the strategy came about.

Maastricht University ranks 173rd in this year’s QS World University Rankings, showing a slight decrease compared to last year (place 169). In relation to the other Dutch universities, UM’s 9th position remains the same.

Following consultations with the deans of the faculties participating in the development of UM’s activities in Venlo, the Executive Board has appointed Aalt Bast as the new dean of Campus Venlo.

A study by Maastricht University has revealed that...

RegMed XB is the new institute for regenerative medicine. (News RegMed XB).

Chris Evelo (ELIXIR Netherlands) is the new co-leader of the ELIXIR Interoperability Platform, replacing Barend Mons, the Head of Dutch ELIXIR Node. Evelo joins Helen Parkinson (EMBL-EBI) and Carole Goble (ELIXIR UK) in leading the Interoperability Platform.