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The 2023 Brown-Mosten ICCC finals will be hosted by the Faculty of Law in its historic faculty buildings at the Bouillonstraat 3 and the Kapoenstraat 2 in Maastricht. The first building is the former district government center, which has been acquired by the university some 15 years ago. The second building is the former residence of a rich and famous Maastricht family, built in 1882 on the foundations of a medieval house. The two buildings are connected by a garden and parking space. The complex is to be found in the historic center of Maastricht and is surrounded by many interesting landmarks that go back to Roman times.

The faculty is proud to have the honor to organize this competition for a third time and is determined to make the 2023 event as enjoyable as the finals of 2011 and 2018.

Organizing the 2023 competition has been delegated to an Organizing Committee of the Faculty of Law, chaired by Fokke Fernhout. Communications for the Committee can be sent to law-iccc2023-org@maastrichtuniversity.nl. The Organizing Committee is assisted by a Student Committee (law-iccc2023-studcom@maastrichtuniversity.nl).

This site will give you all information needed about the competition and the event.  If any information is missing, please contact us. The contents of this website is subject to change; no rights can be derived from any previous version. General information about the event is listed under Schedule of Events.

Vacancy

The position of chairperson of the Supervisory Board will become vacant on December 1, 2017, when the final term of the current chairperson ends. The profile reflects the desired development of the university and the strategy as laid down in the Strategic Programme
2017 – 2021. The composition of the Supervisory Board should reflect diversity in various ways and complementarity in terms of individual member profiles.

Profile of the Supervisory Board

The Supervisory Board:

• ensures demonstrable affinity with the work and activities of the university in general, and the university’s objectives in particular
• represents a broad social spectrum and has access to a functional network
• ensures that its members operate from a position of independence and critical scrutiny with respect to each other and the Executive Board
• is able to fulfil its role as advisor and sounding board to the Executive Board; and
• guarantees effective supervision of the university and its Executive Board.

Each member of the Supervisory Board:

• subscribes to the university's objectives
• has an affinity with the work and activities of the university
• has a solid track record in organizational governance
• maintains a healthy balance between engagement and independence
• has the attitude required to advise and challenge
• is able to act as a sounding board for the Executive Board
• is a team player
• is of impeccable character and behaviour
• understands the requirements imposed on the university to safeguard its quality, effectiveness and continuity
• has sufficient time to fulfil his or her duties within the Supervisory Board.

For the chairperson vacancy as from December 1, 2017, candidates will be considered who comply with the above and more in particular the following:

• proven track record as wise administrator/governor of a complex organization with public exposure
• knowledge and understanding of an international university, and an affinity with the academic world in broad sense
• experience as chair in complex organizations
• brave and inspiring team leader
• analytical and critical, solution-oriented
• fluent in English and Dutch
• demonstrable contribution to diversity in experience, gender, age and background
• independent vis-a-vis colleagues in the Supervisory Board, Executive Board and third parties
• professionally active, nevertheless with enough time and energy for this role
• antenna for inter-personal dynamics
• substantial relevant national and international network
• loyal, balanced, dedicated, human approach, interested in all stakeholders

The deadline for applications is 15 October 2017

Please send your nominations by email to Tiny Simon, secretary of the Appointment Advisory Committee

 The information provided will be used for the nomination of the Wynand Wijnen Education Prize.
 Maastricht University will keep your personal information confidential.
 The information provided is stored in a secure environment using encrypted web technology and treated confidentially, according to Dutch law (‘Wet  Bescherming Persoonsgegevens’) and is solely used for information purposes and anonymous statistical purposes.
 Maastricht University will not share your information with third parties without your prior explicit permission.
 The information provided can be consulted and altered by sending an email to the contact person of the event.

Programme outline: year 1 at FPN

• Compulsory modules of the FPN Master track WOP or HSP (20/30 ECTS)
• Co-supervised Master's Thesis Project. The student will write his/her Master's Thesis in English. The thesis will be co-supervised by FPN and Milan. (40/30 ECTS)

Programme outline: year 2 in Milan

​The master's programme in Milan is in English

• Applied cognitive Psychology (6 ECTS)
• Functional cognitive and restorative neurosciences in normal and dysfunctional brain:
  • Module: Pharmacology (6 ECTS)
  • Module: Cellular and molecular basis of cognition in health and diseases (12 ECTS)
• Neuroscience and mental health (6 ECTS)
• Neuromodulation (6 ECTS)
• Philosophy of mind (6 ECTS)
• Two elective modules (12 ECTS)
• Either elective laboratory activity, or stage, or internship (or all) (12 ECTS)
• The thesis defense will take place at Milan in July (!)

Admission requirements and eligibility

First-year FPN master's students from WOP or HSP are eligible to apply for the double degree programme with the Università degli studi di Milano. Before starting the double degree master’s programme, admitted students must successfully complete the Master in Psychology at Maastricht University (60 ECTS).

Selection procedure

The selection procedure for the double degree programme is organised by the International Relations Office of Maastricht University's Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience and takes place in the first year of the master’s programme. Five spots are available for this programme each year with a maximum of three from the same track. Students will be selected based on:

• Academic merit
• Prerequisite requirements
• Past work
• Extracurricular experience
• Strong motivation

Finances

You'll remain registered and pay tuition fees at Maastricht University throughout the entire double degree programme. If you meet the requirements, you can apply for Erasmus+ funding for your stay in Milan.

More information?

Check the IRO page (log in required)

You can also contact the IRO through Ask Psychology.

Admission and registration for a master's programme at Maastricht University (UM) consists of the following five steps. Please read the procedure carefully and make sure to fulfill all steps in time. The deadline for this programme can be found under step 1. 

Admission and registration in 5 steps

Step 1: Check your deadline and register via Studielink.nl a.s.a.p.

You can register for a study programme via Studielink. In Studielink, you will have to indicate which programme you would like to register for. 

If you are registered in a Dutch municipality, you can only register using your DigiD. If you do not yet have a DigiD, you will need to request one. If you do not (yet) live in the Netherlands, you still register via Studielink, but you will not be able to use DigiD. Instead, you create a Studielink account yourself and UM will check your personal details.

Register directly via Studielink  
Apply for a DigiD  

Application deadlines

Start September 2018

• EU/EEA-students: up to and including 1 June 2018
• Non-EU/EEA-students: up to and including 1 May 2018

Deadline for applying for a UM-wide scholarship is: up to and including 1 February 2018.

Read more about registering via Studielink

Step 2: Upload your documents in MyUM.Check what you need.

After you have registered in Studielink, you will receive an email from UM within 24 hours. This email contains your personal student number and a password. You can use this information to access the MyUM portal. 

In order to complete your registration, please upload the following documents via MyUM as soon as possible, at least before the application deadline:

Please note:  If you accidently upload a wrong document in the MyUM portal, you can no longer remove it from your digital file. However, you can still upload the right document, but this does not replace the incorrect one. UM judges which documents are right.

• A recent passport picture
• A copy of your valid passport or your EU/EEA identity card 
• A copy of your most recent certified grades transcript and a copy of your certified diploma 

In order to complete your application, please upload the documents indicated under Admission Requirements  via MyUM as soon as possible.

Only complete applications will be reviewed.

UM-graduates do not need to submit their diploma, we can check graduation in our system.

Read more about uploading your documents via MyUM in general

Step 3: The UM assesses your admissibility
Do you satisfy all of the conditions?

On the basis of the documents you have uploaded in the MyUM Portal, UM assesses whether your prior education makes you admissible to the master’s programme of your choice. 

Two outcomes are possible:

• If you meet the admission requirements, you are admissible. Your application will be processed in step 4.
• If you do not meet the admission requirements, you are not admissible. Your application will be rejected and the admissions procedure will stop.

Read more about admissibility in general

Step 4: Admissions procedure and message about admission.The faculty decides on the basis of your quality and suitability.

Message about admission
On the basis of the documents you have uploaded and the admission procedure for your chosen programme, the relevant faculty decides on whether to admit you. You will receive an e-mail notifying you of this decision. Selection will take place on the basis of your quality and suitability. In this respect your motivation, prior qualifications as well as your professional experience are important. Once UM has made a decision on your admissibility, you will be informed about this by email.

Read more about your admission in general

Step 5: Complete your registration at the UM.  Fulfill all registration criteria and pay your tuition fees.

After you have successfully completed the admission's procedure you will receive a request of Maastricht University to pay your tuition fees. 

Please make sure you pay your tuition fees in time. If the tuition fees are not paid in time it is not possible to start your studies.

Please note: As of May 14 2018, you can add your payment details in Studielink.

Read more about tuition fees
/Read more about completing your registration

Questions about admission and registration?

Then contact the faculty of this master's programme via the Contact form.

The deadline for application for ESEM starting September 2018 is 1 June 2018. If you still have to take the GMAT, please just indicate one of our master’s programmes (i.e. MSc in International Business) when you take the test, then we will receive the official GMAT-school score report.

If you are interested about the developments of the programme please also fill in the form below.

In setting up the section, Wim Brouwer approached several general practitioners in the region who were willing to become part-time employees of the University. This laid the foundation for the later network of general practitioners’ surgeries involved in university teaching.

The focus on primary care – and therefore on general medical knowledge and skills – played an important role in the problem-oriented curriculum. At Wim Brouwer's suggestion, one of the blocks during year 1 was used to devote explicit attention to skills. He encouraged Leon Lodewick to set up the physical-examination training as a separate programme. Following the initial positive experiences, the decision was taken to organise these ‘skills training courses’ across the training years. And with that, the Skills Lab was born. Before long, the Lab was severed from the Family Medicine section and incorporated into the Faculty of Medicine.

Another important initiative involved developing, together with Tonja Mol and Peter Bouhuijs, a 12-week internship in a GP's practice during the clinical rotations: the ‘Practical medical education in the GP’s practice’, or PMO-H. Here, too, general medical knowledge and skills were the central priorities, as the name of the internship implies. The internship programme, which began with two review afternoons and later involved one review day a week, became a resounding success and served as an example for internships elsewhere in the Netherlands and for other clinical rotation programmes.

When the structure of the curriculum began to take shape, Wim Brouwer shifted the focus of his attention to developing scientific research. Several social scientists – such as Frans van der Horst – were initially recruited as part of these efforts. After a time, Wim handed the work of further expanding the scientific research over to Cees de Geus and André Knottnerus, who were later to become professors.

Wim Brouwer turned his attention to healthcare as well, and specifically to primary care, developing family medicine, care innovation projects and cooperation between GPs and the hospital. In one of his major accomplishments in this regard, he initiated the Diagnostic Centre in Maastricht, which allowed GPs access to the hospital’s diagnostic facilities, such as laboratory and X-ray equipment. These were the earliest signs heralding the development of the ‘Transmural care’ which has since been introduced all across the Netherlands.

Wim then expanded on the cooperation with GPs within the concept of ‘academisation’. He felt that the interconnectedness between healthcare, innovation in care, education and scientific research – such as existed within the academic hospital, for instance – must also be realised within a number of GP’s practices/health centres. This was no simple task. Yet by the time Wim became an emeritus professor in 1986, academisation agreements had been reached with the Withuis health centre in Venlo and the General Practitioner's surgery in Geulle.

In addition to his work as chair of the Family Medicine section, Wim also served in a variety of roles and positions within the MFM, which would become the State University of Limburg. He was a member of the Faculty Board from 1981 to 1983, and also served as vice-dean.

Wim was an extremely amiable man who placed a high value on interpersonal relationships. He was also very clear in his viewpoints and steadfast in his opinions.

We owe Wim a large debt of gratitude for the tremendous dedication he displayed in the early days of the Family Medicine section, the Faculty of Medicine and academic primary care.

We wish his children and grandchildren strength in this time of loss.

Prof. Jean W.M. Muris,
Dept. of Family Medicine Maastricht
(www.familymedicinemaastricht.nl)