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Claire Huijnen’s PhD research into social robots in healthcare features in a documentary on Dutch TV tonight. Thanks to her help, social robot KASPAR can help autistic children. In 'Scenarios for a normal life' (part of Autism Week on NPO2) you can see how eight-year-old Jonathan from Limburg benefits...

UM student Costas Georgiades on his efforts to help those who need it most - and on his experiences on Lesbos

The ‘E-manager Chronic Diseases’ project, a collaboration between CAPHRI, TNO, NIVEL and the University of Twente, was awarded a prestigious grant within the Innovative Medical Devices Initiative (IMDI) program of ZonMw earlier this month.

In March 2018, Maastricht University (UM) launches an Executive Master in Cultural Leadership, in partnership with the Royal Academy of Arts in London.

The Maastricht University team has confirmed the excellent reputation of our Faculty by winning the European Regional Round of the ELSA Moot Court Competition on WTO Law (EMC2) in Wroclaw (Poland). The team competed against 16 other teams, getting through to the finals where they beat the team from...

PhD candidate Daan Hovens is studying multilingualism in the workplace. “It became clear very quickly that it would be Daan”, says his supervisor Leonie Cornips. “I admire his language skills and learn from him to ask my questions clearly in advance.” Hovens: “I enjoy sinking my teeth into a subject.”...

What do a radio station, support for psychological problems, a library of things, an app that contains all university activities and a chess club have in common? These are the five ideas that reached the final stage of the Student Idea Competition.

Legal philosopher Marieke Hopman, PhD candidate at Maastricht University (UM), was presented as one of the new 'Faces of Science', a platform providing an insight into the world of research for high school students. Hopman is the fourth UM researcher to be selected for this project.

Emerging Markets is the latest specialisation in the bachelor’s programmes in International Business and Economics & Business Economics at Maastricht University. New as it may be, it is already popular. It has even spurred on the development of a follow-up programme to be launched next autumn: the...

Op 28 maart 2018 vond het symposium getiteld ‘Toekomstmuziek in Anderhalvelijnszorg’ plaats in het Gouvernement aan de Maas te Maastricht. Het symposium georganiseerd door de Academische Werkplaats Duurzame Zorg richtte zich op de vraag of er toekomstmuziek zit in Anderhalvelijnszorg.