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Living in Sittard and studying in Maastricht, Eindhoven or even Tilburg or Leiden. A few years ago, this was hard to imagine, but nowadays it is increasingly common. Sometimes out of necessity, but often also as a conscious choice. The rise of more creative places to live outside the traditional...

The 2024 Turriano Prize from ICOHTEC (the International Committee for the History of Technology) was awarded to Jacob Ward’s book Visions of a Digital Nation (MIT Press, 2024). The Turriano Prize recognises the best first book by an historian of technology. 

Billions of dollars in foreign aid could be spent more effectively if international poverty statistics weren’t so inaccurate. Says Dr Michail Moatsos, Assistant Professor at Maastricht University School of Business and Economics. 

Four young UM researchers have received a Veni grant worth up to €320,000 from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). This will allow them to further develop their own research ideas over the next three years.

DATASET researchers from Maastricht University (BISCI) and Fontys applied the Digital Readiness Scan developed by Logistiek Digitaal to several regional logistics service providers, scientifically validated the underlying methodology, and analyzed the strengths and weaknesses of this tool. 

From a childhood dream of becoming a pilot to studying law, with a brief detour into finance, and now working as a Procurement Manager for the Lufthansa Group, Alumnus Charles Brichet was determined to pursue his dream career in aviation, overcoming every obstacle, challenge, or setback along the...

YUFE is thrilled to announce that its student programme, the YUFE Student Journey, evolves into OpenYUFE, enabling students to apply all year long.

The Dutch Research Council (NWO) awarded a grant for the new research project CHILD-WAR by Dr. Marieke Hopman and Dr. Guleid Jama. 

A study conducted by the Easo led by Prof. Gijs Goossens of Maastricht UMC+ and Dr. Luca Busetto published today in Nature Medicine.

Maastricht University received grants for three of the ten research projects starting in the National Growth Fund program Circular Plastics NL.