News
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Jo Ritzen receives award for reforms throughout the Dutch education system.
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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.
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The Institute for Transnational and Euregional Cross border cooperation and Mobility / ITEM is pleased to announce that mr. drs. Alexander Hoogenboom has joined ITEM as scientific coordinator as of 1 September 2016.
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Assignment of the Edmond Hustinx prize for science and UM Student Award during the Opening of the Academic Year.
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On Friday 2 September 2016, a monument was unveiled on the square outside the Maastricht University School of Business and Economics – the original home of Maastricht University – in honour of Dr Sjeng Tans.
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At the end of August, John Sloggett, a biology lecturer at the MSP, presented a poster describing research done by MSP students at the 13th Aphidophaga (biology of aphid-eating insects) meeting in Freising, Germany
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She will not be presenting a 10-step plan for Maastricht University today – she can hardly be expected to know all the ins and outs of the place yet. But she has been around the world of higher education long enough to know there is room for improvement. And as the youngest female rector in the Netherlands, she is looking forward to making some changes. But first, the big unveiling: it's 1 September 2016, Professor Rianne Letschert (39) introduces herself to the academic community in 20 key words.
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Professor Luc Soete was awarded the Order of Merit from the city of Maastricht during his farewell ceremony as Rector Magnificus.
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On Monday 5 September Maastricht University will open the academic year 2016/17 with a symposium and an academic session.