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  • Stronger together thanks to students

    For Maastricht University’s students Dennis Katwal and Megan Entzinger, volunteering has always played a part in their life. Finding that they had spare time to fill when arriving in a new country, they naturally wanted to use this time to help others – and they found the perfect opportunity when...

    Megan and Dennis
  • A reappraisal of emotion in politics

    In their new collection of essays, Het hart op de tong, René Gabriëls, Sjaak Koenis and Tsjalling Swierstra argue that emotions are indispensable to democracy.

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  • Women’s legal advice centre: for women, by women

    They support women with legal problems on a voluntary basis, collect money to recycle waste to make light sources, set up social enterprises, or work for global health. There are many ways in which students at Maastricht University go the extra mile. Not just for their CVs, but to put their ideals...

    Vrouwenrechtswinkel
  • The Road to Maastricht

    What would you ask someone who, in the words of the organizers, played a major role in the story of science in the last 70 years?

    Penros and students
  • Green Impact: driving change one lightbulb at a time

    UM’s commitment to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and its aim to be a sustainable university by 2030 is taking shape. Green shoots are visible everywhere - metaphorically that is; winter continues as scheduled…

    SSC sustainable emloyees