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Last week, education minister Bruins published a letter to the House of Representatives outlining how he plans to address the call to protect regions like Limburg from measures aimed at reducing the number of international students. Unfortunately, many questions remain unanswered. While the minister...

A team of talented students from the Faculty of Law at Maastricht University has delivered an outstanding performance, securing second place in the regional round of the Helga Pedersen Moot Court Competition.

The Board of Deans of Maastricht University, partly in response to discussions surrounding De Jonge Akademie’s ‘Iedereen Professor’ initiative, is emphasising PhD supervision rights for Assistant Professors. At UM, Assistant Professors can apply for the ius promovendi, granting them the right to...

Marij Middag (PhD Candidate) and Teresa Schuhmann (Professor of Clinical Applications of Non-invasive Brain Stimulation) from the Department of Cognitive Neuroscience at the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, have recently published their paper Alpha transcranial alternating current stimulation...

You are cordially invited to join a 2-day symposium exploring material developments and new paradigms in creation, preservation, and conservation in arts and heritage. Regenerate! is organised by the Jan van Eyck Academie and Maastricht University in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Maastr...

Maastricht University's Faculty of Law recently launched the Friends of the Faculty of Law initiative. 

Maastricht University (UM) students will have the opportunity to enrol in 21 minors through the Young Universities for the Future of Europe (YUFE) Alliance in the 2025-2026 academic year. These 30-ECTS minors, covering a wide range of disciplines, will be offered across all 10 YUFE universities...

The Dutch Research Council (NOW) has decided that within the so-called ENW Open competition XS research programme, 28 projects will receive funding. Three of those projects are headed by a UM scientist.

Imagine waking up one morning to find your neighborhood submerged in water. Streets are rivers, homes are islands, and the damage is irreversible. This is not just a dystopian scenario; it is an increasing reality for many. Climate change has intensified extreme weather events, and for the...