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On Friday 25 January 2019, UM celebrated its 43rd Dies Natalis in Sint Janskerk. Minister Sigrid Kaag held the Dies lecture around this year’s topic, ‘Global Challenges, Future Imaginations’ and two honorary doctorates were awarded. During the ceremony, the Rector awarded the Wynand Wijnen Education Prize, the Dissertation Prize, and the Student Prizes.

43rd Dies Natalis celebration

Impressions from the Dies Natalis

Rector Magnificus Prof. dr. Rianne Letschert opens the 43rd Dies Natalis morning programme.
Photos by Harry Heuts

The 13 proud winners of the Bachelor Student Prizes.

The cortège heading towards the ceremony.

Honorary doctors Michael Ignatieff and Amitav Ghosh with their promotors and members of the cortège.

Rianne Letschert officially opening the session.

UM President Prof.dr. Martin Paul highlights the collaboration between Maastricht University and the University of York.

Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Sigrid Kaag held the Dies lecture, "Our commitment, their future; the SDG’s and young people".

A view of the interior of Maastricht's Sint Janskerk, the 13th century venue of this year's Dies Natalis.

On behalf of the Board of Deans, Valentina Mazzucato bestowed the honorary doctorate upon Amitav Ghosh.

On behalf of the Board of Deans, Monica Claes bestowed the honorary doctorate upon Michael Ignatieff.

Music was played by the Amber Haddad Quartet.

The 2018 Wynand Wijnen Education Prize went to Fabienne Crombach for the extraordinary way in which she runs Maastricht University's PREMIUM programme.

6 (out of 9) winners of the Master Student Prize who could be present at the event, together with rector Rianne Letschert.

The 2018 Dissertation Prize went to Hortense Jongen, for her thesis entitled "Combating Corruption the Soft Way: The Authority of Peer Reviews in the Global Fight against Graft".

The birthday cake for Maastricht University's 43d Dies Natalis.

Awards

Wynand Wijnen Education Prize

The Wynand Wijnen Education Prize, for staff who have made an exceptional contribution to education, was awarded to Fabienne Crombach. She coordinates PREMIUM, UM’s honours programme for master’s students.

Dissertation Prize

The 2018 Dissertation Prize, this year awarded for the best doctoral dissertation from the inner city faculties, went to Hortense Jongen from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Her thesis is entitled: ‘Combating corruption the soft way: The authority of peer reviews in the global fight against graft.’

Master Student Prize

The Master Student Prize 2018 was awarded to nine students, coming from all six faculties, for their exceptional master theses.

 Also have a look at the student video report of the Dies Natalis

 Or view all videos of the Dies Natalis 2019 

Dies lecture - Sigrid Kaag

Sigrid Kaag, the Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, held the Dies lecture entitled ‘Our commitment, their future: the SDGs and young people’.

Michael Ignatieff

Professor Michael Ignatieff, rector and president of Central European University, received an honorary doctorate. Watch a brief profile and the bestowal of the degree.

Amitav Ghosh

Dr. Amitav Ghosh, award winning novelist, received an honorary doctorate. Watch his profile and the bestowal.

Martin Paul

UM's president prof. dr. Martin Paul spoke a few words on UM's partnership with the University of York.

Music

Music, including ‘Ode an die Freude’, was played by the Amber Haddad Quartet.

Welcome from the rector

Rector Rianne Letschert welcomes the audience and introduces this year's theme in her opening speech.

Applicants for one of these programmes need to fill in an application form via the MyUM portal.
 As an exchange student you do not apply via Studielink!
If you have any questions, please contact our office via exchangefhml@maastrichtuniversity.nl

 

Application / Registration process

If you do not have a UM account yet, please apply for a MyUM account  . 

If you are already registered at Maastricht University and have a UM account, you can directly go to the MyUM portal and login with your current username and password. 

 

Step 1: Fill out the course registration form

Programme offer form Health Sciences and Medicine 2025-2026

Log in with your student number (which starts with an 'I') and your password.

Start by selecting your exchange programme: 
- Exchange programme BA Health Sciences / European Public Health
- Exchange programme MA Health Sciences / courses, placements, internships
- Exchange programme Biomedical Sciences
- Exchange programme BA Medicine
- Exchange programme MA Medicine / orientation electives, research electives, clinical rotations

The next step is to check out the course(s) you would like to apply for.

Make sure to save this document as a PDF file by using the button, because you will need it in Step 3: Upload all required documents.

Step 2: Start the admission process

Go to the MyUM portal for the admission form.

Start your application by clicking on 'New Application' and follow the five steps:

1: Fill out your study selection and choose for Faculty: Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences (FHML)

 Programme of study: 
- Exchange programme BA Health Sciences (in case of courses European Public Health)
- Exchange programme MA Health Sciences (in case of courses/placements (internships))
- Exchange programme Biomedical Sciences
- Exchange programme BA Medicine (in case of courses)
- Exchange programme MA Medicine (in case of orientation electives/research electives/clinical rotations)

 Start: date
 End: date

2: Personal data

3: Adress Data

4: Communication/Additional Data

5: Review

Click on the button 'Submit Application'.

Step 3: Upload all required documents

Please remember to upload all required documents as mentioned below, together with your application.

 The Programme offer form Health Sciences and Medicine 2025-2026 which you downloaded as PDF in step 1.
 English (copy of) certificate of health insurance or EU Health card
 English copy of certificate of liability insurance*
 Clear copy of the identification pages of your valid passport or a clear copy of your valid identity card
 One recent passport photograph
 Nomination of your university, except master Global Health
 In case you will take part in master courses, you have to send a copy of your bachelor's diploma
 In case of orientation electives/internships/clinical rotations or research electives, the following important documents need to be uploaded additionally:
- Health document stating that you are not a carrier of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA)
- In case of an orientation elective or clinical rotation: a health document stating a vaccination against Hepatitis B and TBC

Click on the button 'Go to upload'.

You will find an overview of several document types. Choose a type of document and choose the correct file to upload the document.

Step 4: Assessment and decision

Maastricht University will assess your application and decide about your admission.

Step 5: Notification email

You will receive an email to inform you if you are admitted, conditionally admitted (e.g. when a document is still missing) or not admitted.

At the Law and Tech Lab, we provide education at the intersection of law and technology to train the next generation of thinkers, practitioners, and policymakers. Our programs are designed to provide students with the interdisciplinary skills necessary to navigate and shape the digital world, blending AI and data science with critical legal principles. Our education programmes also give students hands-on experience applying data science and AI to legal data, uncovering insights, and solving real-world problems.

Our education initiatives include:

  • Bachelor Minor in Law and Technology
  • Master's in Law and AI
  • Summer Internship at the Law and Tech Lab

Bachelor programmes and courses

A Bachelor Minor specializing in Law and Technology is offered in the third year to students who aim to learn more about the world of technology, artificial intelligence, and data science in relation to law. Courses in the Minor specialization include:

  • Internet Law & Governance
  • Privacy
  • Legal Analytics
  • Advanced Legal Analytics. 

Read more about the courses in Law and Technology Minor in the ELS Curriculum

Bachelor students can also follow a course on Intellectual Property in the Digital Single Market

Master's programmes and professional education

We offer a Master’s programme in Law and AI, focusing on the intersection of AI technology, legal challenges, data protection, AI governance, and online regulation. Courses in the Master's programme include:

  • Introduction to Modern Computing and AI
  • Regulation of Data, AI, and Digital Services
  • Legal Data Analysis and Ethics
  • European Data Protection and Privacy Law
  • Networks, Security, and Regulation

Master's in Law and AI

Learn how AI technology works, the legal challenges posed by new technologies, the ways the law aims to protect data, how AI is governed, and how online services are regulated.

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Professional Privacy and Cybersecurity Education

A growing number of certified professionals are required to deal with new regulations and on-going developments in the privacy and cybersecurity market. In order to meet this global demand, the European Centre on Privacy and Cybersecurity offers a complete track of regular practice-oriented training courses, online modules, conferences and seminars.

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Executive Master in Privacy, Cybersecurity and Data Management

Executive Master in Privacy, Cybersecurity and Data Management by the Maastricht European Centre on Privacy and Cybersecurity.

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Master's specialization in Tax and Technology

Apply for the Master Fiscaal Recht or the Master International and European Tax Law.

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Summer Internship Programme

Our summer internship programme offers students the opportunity to work in the lab on a variety of research projects at the intersection of law and technology. During the internship, students conduct supervised research activities, while gaining new knowledge and honing their research skills.

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UM-REC was created in 2018 as the apex of the ethics review system at Maastricht University for non-WMO research (any research with human participants that falls outside the scope of the Wet medisch-wetenschappelijk onderzoek met mensen; Law on medical scientific research with human subjects).

UM-REC is the venue for addressing overarching questions that cannot be adequately dealt with by the individual faculty ethics committees alone. In addition, UM-REC offers a forum to exchange experience and best practices amongst the faculty ethics committees. UM-REC meets at least twice per year.

UM-REC members

  • Prof. Wiebe Bijker (chair of ERCIC)
  • Prof. Harald Merckelbach (chair of ERCPN)
  • Prof. David Townend (chair of FHML-REC)
  • Dr. Halszka Jarodzka (Open University Netherlands)
  • Prof. Dirk Lanzerath (University of Bonn)
  • Dr. Jolanda Mathijssen (Tilburg University)

Prof. Wiebe Bijker acts as chair of UM-REC and Dr. Natasja Reslow as secretary.
 

Contact

To get in touch with UM-REC, please send an email to dr. Natasja Reslow

All research involving human participants or personal data conducted in FHML/ Maastricht UMC+ should be submitted for ethics review. This also applies to research involving animal experiments. For more information on research ethics you can consult the research code of Maastricht UMC+.

Medical Ethics Review Committee (METC)

Ethical review is obligatory by law for all research that is subject to the WMO. The METC acts as an accredited independent Ethics Committee for review and approval of all scientific research with human participants subject to the WMO. Prior to the start of each WMO complicit research project performed at Maastricht UMC+, the Executive Board of Maastricht UMC+ requires the METC to review and approve the project.
For more information on the involvement and tasks of the METC during the preparation, execution and closure of scientific research with human participants, please consult the website of the METC.

Non-WMO research

For non-WMO research with patients from the academic hospital, it is obliged by the Executive Board of Maastricht UMC+ to submit your research plan to the METC for judgement. Researchers undertaking work with human participants that falls outside the scope of the WMO and does not include patients from the academic hospital, are able to submit their research proposal to the ‘FHML-REC’ - the FHML Research Ethics Committee for ethics review.
For questions concerning non-WMO research, the METC or FHML-REC can be contacted.

Animal Ethics Committee

Maastricht UMC+ and UM are aware of the ethical objections regarding experimentation on animals and only conducts animal experiments when the scientific necessity for this research has been established by an independent animal experiments committee (Dier Experiment Commissie, DEC, in Dutch). Respectful treatment of animals, reduction of the number of animals used and refinement of the applied methods to minimize animal suffering (collectively known as the 3Rs – replacement, reduction and refinement) serve as points of departure in all the research.
For more information on the involvement and tasks of the DEC please consult the website of the DEC. 

Applications to the FHML-REC

Applications to the FHML-REC should be made using the following forms (which contain details of how to submit the forms):

Return the completed forms to fhml-rec@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Any question should be addressed to fhml-rec@maastrichtuniversity.nl

Meetings
The FHML-REC meets once a month, with two alternating panels. Once submitted, an application is reviewed by the next available panel. The response from the panel can be expected within 10 working days from the date of the meeting.

Deadline for submitting applications(18.00CET)FHML-REC meeting
November 25, 2024December 05, 2024
January 06, 2025January 16, 2025
January 27, 2025February 06, 2025
March 02, 2025March 12, 2025
March 17, 2025March 27, 2025
March 24, 2025April 03, 2025
May 04, 2025May 14, 2025
June 01, 2025June 11, 2025
June 29, 2025July 09, 2025
Summer break - The FHML-REC will not meet in August
September 01, 2025September 11, 2025
September 29, 2025October 09, 2025
October 26, 2025November 05, 2025
November 24, 2025December 04, 2025


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Pablo's Extra Miles

Small classes and a special approach to education prompted Pablo to enrol at Maastricht University. An extra benefit, he says, is the international composition of the student population, which gives you many different points of view and different approaches to the same problems.

Pablo sees Maastricht like a kind of playground: if you really want to do something and make a real effort, you’re going to be able to do it, he firmly believes. There are many platforms available to help you achieve your goals or initiatives.

In his spare time, Pablo organises ‘Shake-Awakes’ with the InnBetween student community: starting the day with a dance.

Rugile's Extra Miles

Rugile considers the start of her studies at Maastricht University as opening a new chapter of her life. A chapter in which, apart from studying, she grew as a person and Maastricht became her new home.

She was attracted by the fact that UM students work in small groups as part of the Problem-Based Learning system and that the university offers many diverse international opportunities. This made Rugile decide to sign up for a bachelor’s programme at Maastricht University.

In her free time she works as a UM Student Ambassador. She has also joined the Faculty Council as a student representative. Exploring the fun part of studying in Maastricht, she joined the student theatre association Alles is Drama.

Louisa's Extra Miles

When Louisa came to Maastricht, one thing immediately caught her eye: there is almost no barrier between the student and the teacher.  Everyone in the PBL session is more or less at the same level.

She really enjoyes finding like-minded people and talking about things that she always wanted to know. Louisa is always curious to look for new boundaries and find different ways to connect all the things that she likes for a meaningful life.

One thing that was maybe the most impactful event of my medical studies was being able to go to Tanzania. Working there as a medical student expanded her horizon on a level that she never imagined before.

Albert's Extra Miles

According to Albert being a student is not an option, it is part of life. He came to Maastricht as a Zimbabwean with the goal of understanding Europe better. “And I kind of hit the jackpot here in the birthplace of the EU with Germany and Belgium barely a car ride away.”
 

Most of his classmates come from all over the world. “In Maastricht there is room to share what you know, to debate and pull and push each other’s knowledge, to fight for what you believe and surrender whatever ignorance you harbor. That’s probably the spirit behind PBL".

"Maastricht isn’t perfect, but what makes it great, it’s a balance of things and it makes you balance things too."

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The standard techniques include amongst others:

  • Muscle fiber type composition based on both ATPase and MHC staining
  • SDH staining for determining SDH activity / oxidative capacity of muscle fibers
  • ORO and PAS staining for determining intramyocellular lipid and glycogen storage
  • CD31 staining for determining microvascularisation of muscle tissue
  • pax7 and DAPI staining for determining myocellular satellite cell and myonuclear content

Generally, different stainings are also combined to determine co-localization and, as such, to yield more detailed information on e.g. on the fiber type specificity of certain metabolic properties (fiber type specific glycogen or lipid content) or myocellular characteristics (fiber type specific satellite cell content).

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The cell experiments include state-of-the-art in vitro technology for the study of metabolic processes including radioactive tracers, Seahorse XF analyzers to measure oxygen consumption rate (OCR), and extracellular acidification rate (ECAR) of live cells, and loss-and-gain of function experiments using shRNA and viral transduction. The aim of the cell work is to gain more mechanistic insight into the metabolic processes involved in the regulation of substrate metabolism in human metabolic health and diseases.

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