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Limburg is one of the most innovative regions worldwide. Each year, the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) selects 21 regions around the world that excel in innovative strength, knowledge development and sustainability. Limburg is part of this selection - the so-called Smart21 - garnering a...

By 2050, more than half a million Dutch people will suffer from dementia. Sebastian Köhler, professor of Neuroepidemiology at Maastricht University, studies how dementia might be prevented and advises the World Health Organization. He talks to us about his outreach efforts and why UM is a global...

Shika Pai (SHE) researches how to help medical students feel safer and stronger in their identities.

Hosting Offer to develop a MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship Application at MHeNs.

On Friday, April 4, Prof. Michael Faure delivered his farewell lecture as Professor of International and Comparative Environmental Law. In recognition of the exceptional way in which he has contributed to the reputation, visibility, and development of Maastricht University, he was awarded the UM...

Maastricht University is suspending its relationship with student associations Tragos and Circumflex until further notice. Discussions with the boards of these associations have revealed that agreements outlined in the Code of Conduct have not been upheld. Experience from recent years shows that...

Recent research by scientists at Maastricht University in the Netherlands and Aarhus University in Denmark shines a new light on the gender pay gap. Discrimination makes women want to work fewer hours. 

“I hope to show people how to view evaluations not as a tick-box exercise, but as an opportunity for meaningful reflection and growth,” says Carolin Sehlbach, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Research and Development at the Maastricht University Faculty of Health, Medicine and...

PhD candidate Jella van de Laak on how a genetically modified bacterium fights solid cancer tumours at their oxygen-deprived core.