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With funding from the Regio Deal Noord-Limburg II, Maastricht University is stepping up its ambitions in Venlo. Thanks to this investment, the university can further expand its research into robotics and artificial intelligence for autonomous systems in horticulture.

UM is working step by step towards a climate-neutral campus. Sustainability is an important part of our strategy and is reflected in many aspects of daily life on campus, including what we eat.

The Maastricht Centre for Taxation (MCT) is pleased to announce the launch of its new LinkedIn page.

Whereas conventional analyses of democratisation tend to focus on formal institutions, elections and political reforms, this project shifts attention to how democracy is lived and practised in everyday settings such as families, neighbourhoods, workplaces and communities.

Hester van der Kaaij has been appointed as our new Vice Dean of Education. Van der Kaaij succeeds Sjoerd Claessens and will officially assume this role at the start of the new academic year.

From 30th of April until the 2nd of July 2026 students and staff were invited to take part in the national Biodiversity Challenge.

On Friday 12 June, a group of students from the Faculty of Science and Engineering (FSE) hosted a creative workshop as part of their project ReCrafted . The session brought together participants to explore how waste materials from Maastricht University (UM) can be transformed into meaningful and sust

In collaboration with the Maastricht City Council and the Province of Limburg, the Regional Transition Platform organised the ‘Groen op recept’ event on 1 July, together with researchers from various faculties. Read all about what happened.

Brightlands Limburg is among the seven most innovative regions in the world. The Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) announced this this afternoon—Wednesday, June 17—during the Top 7 Communities of 2026 conference taking place in Limburg.

Changes in the voice, measured via a smartphone app, may indicate the onset of a respiratory attack in people with asthma or COPD. This is according to research by pulmonologist Sami Simons ( NUTRIM ) and his team.