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A consortium of universities from Bulgaria, Poland, Russia and Ukraine, led by Maastricht University, received a funding of 865.000 Euro for an ERASMUS+ project entitled Bridging Innovations, Health and Societies: Educational capacity building in the Eastern European Neighbouring Areas (BIHSENA).

Scientists at Maastricht UMC+ Maastricht University have found that vitamin C derived from fruits and vegetables can significantly reduce the risk of developing head and neck cancer. 

The first Dutch Ironman triathlon was held in Maastricht on Sunday 2 August. Approximately a thousand professional and amateur athletes from forty-seven countries took on the ultimate challenge by participating in the world’s biggest long-distance sporting event, which includes a 3.8 kilometre swim, a 42.2 kilometre run and a 180 kilometre bicycle ride in and around Maastricht.

Recently ICGI Research fellow mr. dr. Rogier Wolf’s annotation to the ruling has been published in the journal ‘Jurisprudentie in Nederland’

Maastricht University will officially launch two new Master of Science programmes in September 2015. 

The first university programme in physiotherapy was accredited by the Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO).

On Monday 20 July, Hedi and her children Rik (15) and Lisa (14) will made a personal donation of €1,359 to researcher Bas de Laat and his team. 

Peter Verkoulen was appointed CEO of the Smart Services Campus on 1 July 2015.

Dutch integration policy has become more restrictive in recent years. That is the conclusion that may be drawn from the newest edition of the Migrant Integration Policy Index which compares integration policy in 38 countries.

UCMSA Universalis is the Study Association of University College Maastricht. All UCM students are automatically members of Universalis upon their entry into UCM and they are encouraged to engage in the social and academic life of the UCM community.