News

  • “I want to make crossing borders easier”

    Hildegard Schneider is set to say goodbye. As professor of European Migration Law and former dean of the Faculty of Law, her career coincided with the foundation and pioneering years of the law faculty. She herself made an important contribution to the profiling of Maastricht University as a...

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  • When you are in the middle of it, you don't just quit

    Simon Schick (27) a PhD Candidate at Aachen-Maastricht Institute for Biobased Materials (AMIBM). He lives together with his fiancé in Dusseldorf. Simon is currently working on the Marie Sklodowska-Curie BioBased Value Circle Project.

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  • Videos and podcast about language

    In the context of International Mother Language Day, we present a number of short videos about Maastricht University's language research.

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  • Poland’s erosion of EU standards

    PhD candidate Akudo McGee is studying the contestation of EU norms, particularly in Poland. An American citizen of Nigerian descent, she views the European project from an outsider’s perspective—with fascination and, increasingly, concern.

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  • Barbara Strating appointed UM Curator

    As of 1 March, Barbara Strating will be the new curator at Maastricht University. She succeeds Mieke Derickx who has retired. Barbara will further develop the collection and create new experiences with art, culture and science.

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  • Meet our women in science

    On International Women and Girls in Science day we like to highlight some of UM's women in science.

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  • Big attendance at Bachelor’s Open Day

    Once again, there was great interest in our online Bachelor Open Day, with attendance comparable to last year. Remarkable this time around: an unusually large number of Dutch visitors.

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  • ‘Our European positioning fits like a glove'

    The new UM president, and former rector magnificus, Rianne Letschert leaves no room for doubt. She is delighted with the choice to profile the university as the European university of the Netherlands. Maastricht University forms an international and predominantly European community in a region...