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Through the Erasmus+ funded CURIOUS project, universities from Europe and Somalia work together to improve nursing education by sharing knowledge and building lasting partnerships

Congratulations: Best Demo Award at BioSB 2026 for Marvin Martens!

FHML implemented the first internship in the Netherlands, where students participate in a societal or healthcare organisation, without their white coat.

Eight new research projects in South Limburg are receiving funding for joint research and innovation projects from Maastricht UMC+

Jip Bremer has just returned from a 5-week stay in Ireland, where she completed her clinical rotation Psychiatry in the town of Mullingar, an hour’s train ride from Dublin. The biggest culture shock: they still work with paper records”.

Hylke Dijkstra will join Studio Europa Maastricht as Maastricht University (UM) Europe Chair on 1 September 2026.

The Executive Board of Maastricht University has reappointed Prof. Marielle Heijltjes as dean of the School of Business and Economics.

Isabeau finished the infamous Marathon des Sables this year, a gruelling 270 km through the Moroccan Sahara. According to Isabeau, physical pain and discomfort set in early in the race. It’s mental strength that will bring you to the finish.

Lars Eijssen, Mike Gerards and David Barnett are all involved in implementing data science in the bachelor’s and master’s programmes in Biomedical Sciences. All three concur that data science is inevitable in this rapidly changing field.

To generate research data, researchers collect blood, urine, saliva, or other bodily fluids from as many participants as possible. They could try to store this material themselves, but problems can easily occur. This is where biobanks come in.