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Associate professor Pieter Caljé has been knighted in the Order of Orange Nassau for his scientific efforts and his contributions to society. Caljé received the decorations that come with this distinction from Jim Janssen, the deputy-mayor of Maastricht.

On 19 April 2017 AACSB International announced that it will be extending the business accreditation of Maastricht University’s School of Business and Economics (SBE). Founded in 1916, AACSB is the longest-serving global accrediting body for business schools that offer undergraduate, master's, and...

Maastricht students score high in national and international moot courts and moot competitions.

In a recent article published in the prestigious Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Gijs van Dijck, professor of Private Law at Maastricht University, examined whether court-ordered apologies serve a purpose.

From Wednesday 10 May, children are welcomed once again for an impression of the world of science. KidzCollege receives group 8 pupils of elementary schools in the region for a series of lectures.

MCEL Researcher A. Hoogeboom receives award in European Law Faculties Association 2016 doctoral thesis competition on European law

Less than 1% of Dutch children eats 150 gram vegetables per day, as recommended by the WHO. Therefore, it should become custom to eat vegetables during breakfast and lunch.

Lyme borreliosis, or Lyme disease, is the most highly reported tick-related infectious disease in Europe and North America. Until effective measures are introduced to control tick populations in nature and until a vaccine is developed, we have to rely on health education to prevent tick bites and...

Sandra Schipper and Mark van den Hurk, who both took their PhD in December 2016, received a Rubicon grant from research financing institution NWO. This grant gives young, highly promising researchers the opportunity to gain international research experience