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  • ERC Starting Grant for Olga Zvonareva

    Olga Zvonareva has received an ERC Starting Grant, which is an European research grant for young academics at the career stage at which they are starting their own independent research team or programme.
    Olga Zvonareva
  • PhD defenses METRO in Autumn 2020

    METRO is happy to announce the following four PhD defenses, all taking place in the Autumn of 2020: - 7 October, 16:00: Georges Akoa - 14 October, 12:00: Constantijn van Aartsen - 28 October, 16:00: Sandra Nobrega - 12 November, 10:00: Abasse Olossoumare More information about these defenses can be...
  • Early treatment of atrial fibrillation means fewer complications later

    Early treatment of chronic arrhythmia reduces the risk of serious cardiovascular complications and death, unlike the current standard protocol of merely monitoring and managing symptoms. These are the conclusions that a team of international researchers have published in the prestigious New England...
    Corporate
  • UM PhD student solves major waste collection problem in Ghana

    Through his research, Kwaku Oduro-Appiah, PhD candidate at Maastricht University, has succeeded in making a spectacular contribution to solving the problems of waste collection and processing in Accra, the capital of Ghana.
    UM in the press
  • First-year bachelor’s students rescue kidnapped professor

    150 unsuspecting students took part in an alternate reality game last Monday. Within 30 hours of starting their introduction to the bachelor’s programme at the Department of Data Science and Knowledge Engineering, they collectively defused a bomb and emerged as heroes.
    Students
    MASA
  • BREEAM certificate for Maastricht University

    Maastricht University has achieved the highest attainable sustainability qualification with its renovation of the former Tapijn barracks. The building will receive a "BREEAM-NL Excellent" quality mark for this.
    UM in the press
    Breeam certificaat