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Registration - Academic session
Study at a Triple Crown Accredited School of Business and Economics
The deadline to apply via Studielink is 1 April (Non-EU) and 1 May (EU), 23:59 CET.
Do you want to study in one of the best business schools in the Netherlands? Check out our bachelor programme presentations to learn more about the contents and to get a glimpse of the atmosphere. Don't wait too long to apply, start your application on time!
Online info sessions
Do you have any questions about the study programme and student life in Maastricht? Then join our online info sessions with the programme leaders and student ambassadors!
All live sessions take place between 16:00 and 17:00.
Everything you need to know about the application procedure
For the bachelor’s programme Economics and Business Economics, you will have to fill out an international classroom essay as part of your application. Want to know more about our application procedure? Check out the admissions video from Simone to guide you through your application! The deadline to apply via Studielink is 1 April (Non-EU) and 1 May (EU), 23:59 CET.
Ask our students -
Bachelor edition
To further support you in your decision-making process, our students have provided answers to the most frequently asked questions in both Dutch and English.
Read more about our bachelor programmes
OpenYUFE
With YUFE, you can enrich your degree and take single academic courses, learn new languages and develop professional skills - all through the OpenYUFE programme, offered to you for free. Shape your learning journey by choosing courses and activities online or onsite or a combination of both. You can use OpenYUFE as an opportunity to travel abroad or you can take single academic courses online to experience learning at different European universities right from the comfort of your home; the choice is yours. The best part? You can join YUFE at any time, alongside your degree.
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YUFE Minors
With YUFE, you can also pursue larger educational units across Europe, with minors structured as 30 ECTS modules. YUFE Minors offer a blended learning experience, combining mandatory physical mobility, online courses delivered by other YUFE universities and a YUFE Challenge course; an applied project that engages with the local community.
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BioYUFE
BioYUFE offers students enroled in biology or life science programmes at any YUFE partner university the opportunity to take elective courses across the Alliance. Educational offerings are shared, and timetables are coordinated to enable students to benefit from a wide range of courses. The majority of the BioYUFE courses are delivered online and in English.
Click here for more information. Once on the page, please scroll down to ‘Master the Future of Life Sciences’.
YUFE Bachelor
Currently in the implementation phase and set to launch in the 2025/26 academic year, the bachelor Urban Sustainability Studies is an innovative undergraduate programme offered jointly by the consortium of universities within the YUFE alliance. This programme addresses the growing demand for interdisciplinary professionals in the field of urban sustainability.
Structured as a three-year, 180 ECTS programme, the Bachelor in Urban Sustainability Studies embraces a student-centred, open-curriculum approach, granting students significant autonomy over their learning journey. The majority of the YUFE Bachelor courses are taught onsite and in English, with additional opportunities for online academic courses, (foreign) language learning and improving students’ Academic English skills. Students will spend at least two semesters pursuing a minor at one or two other partner universities within the consortium. This approach offers students the chance to broaden their academic perspectives and immerse themselves in different European cultures.
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Professional mobility
New professional opportunities
The YUFE job portal offers you the possibility to search for local and international job openings for both permanent positions and shorter assignments and secondments.
Ready for more knowledge?
Are you ready for more knowledge? Join the biannual YUFE Academy to share and exchange knowledge and best practices and explore key societal challenges through a European lens.
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How does it work?
Registration Register now for an eligible programme. Check the conditions with the programme coordinator.
Proof of registration Your trainer or institution will send you a confirmation message, which you will need when you apply for the STAP budget with UWV (Employee Insurance Agency).
Start your application You can apply for this subsidy on the UWV’s STAP-portal, open from 1 March 2022.
Go to the STAP-portal.
Application periods Application periods of two months are used.
If the budget for a period is used up, you can try again in a new period.
Please note that your course must start at least 4 weeks after your application and within 3 months after the closing date of the relevant application period. So if you submitted your application in March or April, your course must start in July at the latest.
Confirmation Within four weeks after the application, you will hear whether the subsidy will be granted.
You will then start within 3 months after the end of your application period.
Can I apply?
You are eligible for the STAP budget if you meet the following criteria:
- Age
You are between the age of 18 and the state pension age.
- Work
You are an employee, entrepreneur or job seeker.
- Financing
You do not receive any student grants, educational contribution allowances or other public education funding.
- Budget
You have not yet received a STAP budget this year and there is still a budget available from the government.
- Insurances
As an EU citizen, you have been insured for national insurance for at least 6 months in the period from 3 to 27 months prior to your application
- StartYour programme starts at least 4 weeks after your grant application and no later than 3 months after the closing date of the respective 2-month application period.
No rights can be derived from the information on this page. If you want to know more about the exact conditions and procedures, please check the website of the Dutch government (in Dutch).
Courses at UM
Here’s a list of courses offered by Maastricht University that qualify for the STAP budget. Register now!
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Language courses at the Language Centre - these courses do not yet qualify for the STAP subsidy