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Mooting competitions
Student teams of the Maastricht law faculty keep scoring high at international mooting competitions. During such mooting competitions, student teams work intensively on a hypothetical case. The format of the mooting competitions differ depending on whether they simulate a law office environment (client consultation competitions) or a court or arbitration environment (moot court competitions).

A client consultation competition simulates a law office consultation in which law students, acting as attorneys, are presented with a client matter. They conduct an interview with a person playing the role of the client and then explain how they would proceed further in the hypothetical situation.

In moot court competitions, student teams work intensively on a hypothetical court case, prepare written submissions, and finally plead on behalf of their parties against other universities in front of benches of judges or law professor.

For a list of mooting competitions our Faculty participate in, click on 'Mooting Competitions' on the left side menu.

For questions or requests on mooting competitions, please contact the moot competitions coordinator: Pauline Melin at pauline.melin@maastrichtuniversity.nl

Legal clinics
Bringing reality in the classroom enhances student employability. We established two clinical education programmes that offer live-client or other real-life practice, reaching out to NGOs who need help in problem-solving and community-building. 
Read more about offering students real-life practice in the class room.

Participation in mooting competitions and legal clinics is extracurricular, no credits are granted within the programme      

Participation in mooting competitions and legal clinics is always subject to multiple variables. Check the student portal for more information on application and deadlines

News

UM team ended runner-up in the Grand Final of the Helga Pedersen Moot Court Competition

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The UM team came second in the Grand Final of the 12th edition of the Helga Pedersen Moot Court Competition, which took place at the Euro

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Success in the VAR-moot court competition

Sweeping success for our faculty in the VAR-moot court competition!

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Success in the Comparative Law in Action Competition

Sweeping success for our faculty in the Comparative Law in Action (CLIA) Competition!

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Maastricht team: top 4 in the European Law Moot Court Competition (ELMC)!

The team representing Maastricht pleaded at the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg in April 2024, en

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ICCC 2024 international finals: UM team runner-up and winner of individual prize

The international finals of the Brown-Mosten International Client Consultation Competition (ICCC) took place in Lublin

ICCC 2024

The Biomedicine and Biophysics double degree programme is carried out by Maastricht University’s Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences in cooperation with Tomsk State University (TSU, Russia). It is a two-year full-time programme taught in English.

In order to be admitted to the master's programme, you need to have a bachelor's degree that is equivalent to a Dutch University bachelor with a thesis. If you have a bachelor's degree equivalent to that of a Dutch applied sciences degree (HBO) or if you have not written a bachelor's thesis you will need to complete a bridging programme in order to be admitted to the master's programme.

The bridging programme consists of online courses for self-study and is in English. The costs for the bridging programme are not included in the tuition fee. You will need to pay for the bridging programme seperately and directly to the provider.

If you successfully complete the bridging programme and fulfill all other admission requirements, you will be admitted to the master's programme.

Procedure

Students with a bachelor's degree obtained in the Netherlands

Students with a bachelor's degree obtained in Germany

You will need to register online for the courses through the links provided. This is also where you will find additional information about the course. All the further communication regarding the course will run via Coursera. Please make sure that your registration includes a final certificate for the course (you will need to pay for this). You need to submit these certificates to us. Without it, we cannot officially verify that you have completed the course. The deadline for submitting (uploading) the certificates is 15 July 2024.

If you have any questions regarding the bridging programme, please contact us at admissions-ssps@maastrichtuniversity.nl

Students with a bachelor's degree obtained elsewhere

If you obtained your bachelor's degree elsewhere, you need to apply for the master's program through the regular procedure. Make sure you upload all the required documents. If you submit a translated diploma or transcript, please make sure that you also upload the original version.

The Board of Admissions will review your application and determine whether a bridging program is necessary:

  • Based on your bachelor's programme, other previous education, work experience and transcripts, the Board of Admissions will inform you which courses you will need to complete in order to be accepted to the master's SSPS programme. 
  • You will need to register online for the courses through the links provided. This is also where you will find additional information about the course. All the further communication regarding the course will run via Coursera. Please make sure that your registration includes a final certificate for the course (you will need to pay for this). You need to submit these certificates to us. Without it, we cannot officially verify that you have completed the course. 
  • The deadline for submitting (uploading) the certificates is 15 July 2024.

If you have any questions regarding the bridging programme, please contact us at admissions-ssps@maastrichtuniversity.nl
 

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PhD conferral Mw. P. Denise Alexander, MSc

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Supervisors

  • prof.dr. H. Brand;
  • prof.dr. M.J. Rigby, Gothenborg;

Co-Supervisor:

  • dr. P. Schröder-Bäck

Tuesday 1 December 2015, 14.00 hours

“Finding, developing and using indicators of behavioural determinants of children’s health in Europe”

PhD conferral Mw. Nela Lekic, MSc

Faculty of Humanities and Sciences

Supervisors:

  • prof.dr. L. Stougie, VUA;
  • prof.dr.ir. R.L. Peeters

Co-supervisor:

  • dr. S. Kelk

Tuesday 1 December 2015, 16.00 hours

“Trees, agreement forests and threewidth: Combinatorial algorithms for constructing phylogenetic 
networks”

PhD conferral Dhr. Mehdi Piri Damagh, MSc

Faculty of Law

Supervisors:

  • prof.dr. M.G. Faure

Wednesday 2 December 2015, 10.00 hours

“Prevention and compensation of trans-boundary damage in relation to cross-border (oil and gas) pipelines”

Cross-border pipelines provide a relatively safe but economic tool for transportation of  large quantities of oil and gas across international borders. Meanwhile pipelines cannot be kept completely safe from accidents, like in 2004 near Brussels (24 people died) and in 2010 in Michigan (oil spill that contaminated wildlife habitat). This thesis addresses the impact and application of various policy instruments and regulation at the international level, which may be considered as an appropriate instrument to guarantee the safety of cross-border oil and gas pipelines. It makes a contribution to the comprehension of the possible damage which may be caused by the construction and operation of the pipelines. Furthermore, it has tried to provide a multi-faceted assessment of the regulatory framework governing the prevention and compensation of trans-boundary damage which may be caused by oil and gas pipelines. Piri reveales that there are still deficiencies in the prevention and compensation of such trans-boundary damage.

 

Key words:

cross-border pipelines, trans-boundary accidents,safety and environmental regulations 

PhD conferral Mw. Skadi van der Meer, MSc

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Supervisor:

  • prof.dr.ir. F. Verhaegen; 

Co-Supervisors:

  • dr. L.C.H.W. Lutgens

Wednesday 2 December 2015, 12.00 hours

“Image-guided and adaptive radiation therapy with 3D ultrasound imaging”

PhD conferral Dhr. Ismail Sinan Guloksuz, MSc

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Supervisors:

  • prof.dr. J. van Os

Co-Supervisors:

  • dr. B.F. Rutten;
  • dr. M. Drukker

Wednesday 2 December 2015, 14.00 hours

“Biological mechanisms of environmental stressors in psychiatry”

This thesis aims to better understand the relationships between inflammation and mood disorders. Using molecular approaches on clinical patient groups, this thesis provides further evidence for the role of immune-related pathways in the mechanism of action of lithium for mood stabilization in bipolar disorder and electroconvulsive therapy for treatment-resistant depression.  It furthermore has extended the current knowledge about antidepressant effects of infliximab (an anti-inflammatory) in Crohn’s Disease. These novel insights form the next steps showing that immune-related pathways are relevant for the onset and treatment of mood disorders and have the potential to deliver important prognostic information to personalize and optimize treatment. 

 

Keywords:

Inflammation, depression, bipolar disorder, environment, immune system 

PhD conferral Dhr.ir. Martijn L.L. Chatrou

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences 

Supervisors:

  • prof.dr. C.P.M. Reutelingsperger

Co-supervisor:

  • dr. L.J. Schurgers

Wednesday 2 December 2015, 16.00 hours

“Role of vascular smooth muscle cell mediated calcification in atherosclerosis”

PhD conferral Mw. Sonia C. Garcia Caraballo, MSc

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Supervisor:

  • prof.dr. W.H. Lamers
  • prof.dr. C.H.C. Dejong

Co-Supervisors:

  • dr. S.E. Köhler

Thursday 3 December 2015, 10.00 hours

“The Antisteatotic effect of dietary protein: Why does it work ?”

PhD conferral Dhr. Seyed Ehsan Pishva MD

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences 

Supervisors:

  • prof.dr. J. van Os

Co-supervisor:

  • dr. B.P.F. Rutten;
  • dr. G. Kenis

Thursday 3 December 2015, 12.00 hours

“Environmental epigenetics in mental health and illness”

PhD conferral Mw. Tine M. Comhair, MSc

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Supervisors:

  • prof.dr. C.H.C. Dejong
  • prof.dr. W.H. Lamers

Co-Supervisor:

  • dr. S.E. Köhler

Thursday 3 December 2015, 14.00 hours

“Liver Steatosis: Underlying mechanisms and dietary interventions”

Inaugural lecture prof.dr. Phedon Nicolaides

appointed at the Faculty of Law as extraordinary professor  
'European Economic Law and Governance'

Friday 4 December 2015, 10.00 hours

“The European Stability Mechanism and State Aid Rules”

PhD conferral drs. Jarno Melenhorst, MSc

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Supervisors:

  • prof.dr. C.G.M.I. Baeten

Co-supervisor:

  • dr. W.G. van Gemert;
  • dr. S. Breukink

Friday 4 December 2015, 10.00 hours

“Surgical treatment of defecation disorders”

PhD conferral Mw. Milou H. Martens, MSc

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Supervisor:

  • prof.dr. R.G.H. Beets-Tan;
  • prof.dr. G.L. Beets

Co-supervisor:

  • dr. D.M.J. Lambregts

Friday 4 December 2015, 14.00 hours

“Organ-preservation in rectal cancer; can new MRI-techniques improve patient selection”

Inaugural lecture prof.dr. Marc de Werd

appointed at the Faculty of Law as extraordinary professor 
'Europese Rechtspleging'

Friday 4 December 2015, 16.30 hours

“Rechtspreken in een Europese Context"

PhD conferral Mw. Alexandra Ziemann

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Supervisors:

  • prof.dr. H. Brand;
  • prof.dr. T. Krafft

Co-Supervisors:

  • dr. B. de Laat,
  • dr. H. Kelchtermans

Monday 7 December 2015, 14.00 hours

"Syndromic surveillance; Made in Europe"​

The health of the population is threatened by various disease outbreaks, natural disasters or man-made threats. Rapid information is crucial to prevent spread of disease, target interventions and control rumours. However, current health information systems are too slow and focus on previously defined infectious diseases only. Ziemann found that analysing alternative, already existing, electronic information sources such as emergency care patient records or web searches provide supplementary, near real-time information on the public health impact of different infectious and non-infectious threats. Comparing experiences with such information sources across several European countries resulted in concrete recommendations to improve health information practice.

 

Keywords:

health information, surveillance, Europe, comparative research

PhD conferral Mw. An E.K. Deliaert, MD

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Supervisor:

  • prof.dr. R.R.W.J. van der Hulst;
  • prof.dr. E. van den Kerckhove

Tuesday 8 December 2015, 14.00 hours

“Smoking and other influencing factors on skin and scar quality in surgery”

PhD conferral Dhr.drs. Pieter P.H.L. Broos

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Supervisors: 

  • prof.dr. J.A.W. Teijink

Co-supervisor:

  • dr. M.R. van Sambeek;
  • dr. Ph.W. Cuypers

Tuesday 8 December 2015, 16.00 hours

“Challenging the limits of endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair”

PhD conferral Mw. Toan Do Thi Thanh, MIH

Faculty of Humanities and Sciences

Supervisor:

  • prof.dr. P. Martens

Co-supervisor:

  • ass.prof.dr. Luu Ngot Hoat;
  • prof.dr. E.P. Wright

Wednesday 9 December 2015, 10.00 hours

“Climate change and dengue transmission in Vietnam: An integrated assessment”

This thesis discusses in what different ways climate change might affect dengue fever transmission in Hanoi, Vietnam. Three aspects were researched: potential effects of climate change on dengue transmission; potential changes in dengue fever patterns; and public perceptions on climate change and human health. Toan demonstrates that climate can affect the size and geographical spread of the dengue epidemic through both direct and indirect effects on the virus, the vector and the population. As the climate continues to change, we can expect continued spread of the disease in Vietnam. This thesis contributes to the understanding of the burden of dengue disease, its epidemiology and disease transmission. The findings from detailed investigations will be relevant for other areas especially in Southeast Asia with a similar context.

 

Key words:

dengue fever, climate change, transmission

PhD conferral Mw. Yufitriana Amir, MSc

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Supervisors:

  • prof.dr. J.M.G.A. Schols;
  • prof.dr. C. Lohrmann 

Co-supervisor:

  • dr. R.J.G. Halfens

Wednesday 9 December 2015, 12.00 hours 

“Quality of pressure ulcer care in Indonesian hospitals”

PhD conferral Dhr.drs. Lucas J. Poort

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Supervisors:

  • prof.dr. P. Kessler

Co-Supervisors:

  • dr. F.J.P. Hoebers;
  • dr. A.A. Jacobi-Postma

Thursday 10 December 2015, 10.00 hours

“Evaluatie van bestralingseffecten op het bot en Osteoradionecrose van de mandibula in een groot dier model”

PhD conferral Dhr. Ajay Suresh Sharma

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Supervisor:

  • prof.dr. J.G. Maessen

Co-Supervisors:

  • dr. P.W. Weerwind

Thursday 10 December 2015, 12.00 hours
 

“Extracorporeal life support – Applications and considerations”

Extracorporeal Life Support is a further development of the heart-lung machine, to support function of the heart, lungs or both. The application of this support is considered for patients who are quite moribund and fail conventional therapies. The thesis focuses on when to consider applying this complex, lifesaving technology and when it might not be suitable. Further, Sharma aimed to identify newer indications for organ support and also addresses inherent questions arising from the application of the support system, e.g. the potential application of extracorporeal life support to resuscitate patients from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the Maastricht region or to facilitate recovery of the lungs in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Sharma also gives suggestions to make the application of extracorporeal life support much safer.

 

Key words:

Extracorporeal Life Support, application, considerations

PhD conferral Mw. Erika Huber

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Supervisor:

  • prof.dr. R.A. de Bie;
  • prof.dr. H.A. Bischoff-Ferrari;
  • prof.dr. E.M. Roos

Thursday 10 December 2015, 14.00 hours

"Preoperative interventions in patients with severe knee osteoarthritis undergoing total knee replacement; neuromuscular training and patient education"

 

Keywords:

Knee osteoarthritis, total knee replacement, neuromuscular training, preoperative

PhD conferral Mw.drs. Rosanne L. Rademaker

Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience

Supervisor:

  • prof.dr. A. Sack;
  • prof.dr. P. de Weerd

Co-supervisor:

  • dr. J. Jehee

Thursday 10 December 2015, 16.00 hours

“Internal Representations of the brain; shortterm visual memory and tool integration”

PhD conferral Mw. Chantal M.C. le Clercq, MSc

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Supervisor:

  • prof.dr. A.A.M. Masclee

Co-supervisor:

  • dr. S. Sanduleanu

Friday 11 December 2015, 10.00 hours

“QUEST for the BEST; quality of colonoscopy and colorectal diagnosis in clinical practice”

PhD conferral Mw. Christina Peristeridou

Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

Supervisors:

  • prof.mr. A.H. Klip

Co-supervisors:

  • dr. D.R. Roef

Friday 11 December 2015, 12.00 hours

“The principle of legality in European criminal law”

PhD conferral Mw.drs. A.E.W. Hamaekers

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Supervisor:

  • prof.dr. W.F. Buhre;
  • prof.dr. M. van Kleef

Friday 11 December 2015, 14.00 hours
 

“Rescue ventilation using expiratory ventilation assistance; innovating while clutching at straws”

Inaugural lecture prof.dr. Bela Kubat

appointed at de Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences as extraordinary professor
‘Forensische Pathologie’

Friday 11 December 2015, 16.30 hours

“De eerste leerstoel forensische pathologie”

PhD conferral Dhr. drs. Laurentius J.M. Evers

Faculty of Health,Medicine and Life Sciences

Supervisors:

  • prof.dr. L.M.G. Curfs;
  • prof.dr. T. v. Ame

Monday 14 December 2015, 10.00 hours

“22q11.2 deletion syndrome: intelligence, psychopathology and neurochemistry at adult age”

PhD conferral Mw. Geneviève A.F.S. van Liere, MSc

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Supervisor:

  • prof.dr. C.J.P.A. Hoebe

Co-Supervisors:

  • dr. N.H.T.M. Dukers-Muijrers
  • dr. D.M.A.E. Jonkers  

Monday 14 December 2015, 12.00 hours

“Chlamydia trachomatis testing policy and control: The neglected role of the anorectal site”

PhD conferral Mw. Katharina K. Pucher, MSc

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Supervisors:

  • prof. dr. N.K. de Vries 

Co-supervisor:

  •  dr. M.J.J.M. Candel;
  • dr. N.M.W.M. Boot

Monday 14 December 2015, 14.00 hours

“Optimizing intersectoral collaboration in school health; creating win-win situations and a systematic implementation based on the diagnosis of sustainable collaboration model”

The first aim of this dissertation was to evaluate the possible gains that can be made by implementing health promotion in schools for the educational sector. We found promising but limited evidence for the relationship between interventions targeting energy balance and academic performance. The evidence for mechanisms explaining this relationship was limited to hypothetical assumptions from other studies.  
The second aim of this dissertation was to study the systematic development of intersectoral collaboration as part of a broader advisory trajectory designed for health professionals engaged in CSHP collaborations.  This was examined using the DIagnosis of Sustainable Collaboration (DISC) model. This research yields a strong message, namely that a systematic approach to intersectoral collaboration in CSHP seems effective and that the DISC model is an appropriate tool for this purpose.

 

Keywords:

school health promotion, intersectoral collaboration 

PhD conferral Dhr.drs. Michael H.D. Rauner, MSC

Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience

Supervisors:

  • prof.dr. G.J. Kok;
  • prof.dr. T. Taris

Maandag 14 december 2015, 16.00 uur

“Procesoptimalisatie van gedragsinterventies”

Jaarlijks worden miljarden euro’s geïnvesteerd in (om- en bij-)scholingstrajecten. Voor organisaties zou het van belang kunnen zijn om een inschatting te kunnen maken van de kosten en de mogelijke opbrengsten daarvan. In dit proefschrift is een methodiek ontwikkeld om gedragsverandering te meten en de effectiviteit van (gedrags)interventies/trainingen te vergroten. Binnen een internationaal productiebedrijf zijn het concept en meetinstrument voor een procesoptimalisatie ontwikkeld en later in drie casestudies toegepast. De uitkomsten geven een positief beeld over de ontwikkelde methode. Lastig blijft de relatief kleine steekproefomvang en daarmee de statistische verwerking van dergelijk onderzoek. 

 

Trefwoorden:

Procesoptimalisatie, gedrag, trainingen, effectiviteit

PhD conferral Mw. Evertje H. van Roekel, MSc

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Supervisor:

  • prof.dr.ir. M.P. Weijenberg
  • prof.dr. G.L. Beets

Co-supervisor:

  • dr. S. Sanduleanu

Tuesday 15 December 2015, 10.00 hours

“Energy for life after colorectal cancer: Associations of physical activity and sedentary behavior with quality of life in colorectal cancer survivors”

PhD conferral Mw. Muriel X. Gabriele Draht, MSc

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Supervisors:

  • prof.dr. M. van Engeland;
  • prof.dr. M. Weijenberg

Co-supervisor:

  • dr. V. Melotte

Tuesday 15 December 2015, 12.00 hours

“Prognostic methylation markers for colorectal cancer: Pitfalls and perspectives”

PhD conferral Mw. Peggy M.H. Bongers, MSC

Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience

Supervisor:

  • prof.dr. A.T.M. Jansen

Tuesday 15 December 2015, 14.00 hours

“I eat when I’m sad, I eat when I’m glad; on the role of cue reactivity and classical conditioning in emotional eating”

PhD conferral Mw. Sarah-Anna Hescham, MSc

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Supervisor:

  • prof.dr. Y. Temel

co-supervisor:

  • dr. A. Blokland;
  • dr. A. Jahanshahi

Tuesday 15 December 2015, 16.00 hours

“Novel insights towards memory restoration”

PhD conferral Dhr. Giorgio Triulzi, MSc

School of Business and Economics

Supervisor:

  • prof.dr. B. Verspagen

Co-Supervisors:

  • dr. Ö. Nomaler

Wednesday 16 December 2015, 9.45 hours

“Looking for the right path; technology dynamics, incentive strategies and catching-up in the semiconductor industry”

The evolution of technology is a key driver of economic and societal change.  In this dissertation, a new theoretical framework is developed to study how firms in the Semiconductor industry tackle engineering design challenges to make new and better devices.   The never-ending miniaturization of microchips allowed the creation of new electronic products like smart-phones, tablets and flat-screen monitors. However, it also forced firms to deal with the rise of design challenges caused by the smaller scale of transistors, such as heat dissipation and faster deterioration. By analysing patent citation networks, it was revealed which firms tackled those challenges by applying well-established design approaches and which one explored new paths. It was also investigated whether there is a life cycle of design challenges and problem-solving approaches during the technological evolution of an industry. The focus was on the inventive strategies followed by catching-up firms. The novel theoretical framework and network analysis methods described in this dissertation are of great value for scholars of innovation and technology dynamics, policy makers and technology managers. 

 

Keywords:

theoretical framework, industry, catching-up firms

PhD conferral Dhr. Hussein M. Nasrallah, MSc

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Supervisor:

  • prof.dr. U. Schotten

Co-supervisor:

  • dr. S. Verheule

Wednesday 16 December 2015, 10.00 hours

“Left atrial vascular and metabolic remodeling in pig models of atrial fibrillation”

PhD conferral Mw. Adriana N. van Dijk-de Vries, MSc

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Supervisors:

  • prof.dr. J.Th.M. van Eijk;
  • prof.dr. T. v.d. Weijden

Co-Supervisor:

  • dr. M.A. van Bokhoven

Wednesday 16 December 2015, 12.00 hours

“Towards integrated nurse-led self-management support in routine diabetes care”

PhD conferral Mw. Yanti Octavia, MSc 

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Supervisors:

  • prof.dr. H.J. Crijns;
  • prof.dr. D.J. Duncker

Wednesday 16 December 2015, 12.45 hours

“Endothelial nitric oxide synthase; Dr. Jekyll and mr. Hyde”

PhD conferral dhr. Kevin W.A. Göttgens, MSc

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Supervisor:

  • prof.dr. L.P.S. Stassen 

Co-Supervisor:

  • dr. S.E. Breukink

Wednesday 16 December 2015, 14.00 hours

“Current status and innovations in treatment of perianal and rectovaginal fistulas: are we still in the dark ?”

PhD conferral mr. Abdul Baseer Qazi, MSc

Faculty of Humanities and Sciences 

Supervisors:

  • prof.dr. Adam Szirmai;
  • prof.dr. Robin Cowan 

Wednesday 16 December 2015, 15.45 hours

“Knowledge flows and networks in the ICT sector: The case of Pakistan”

PhD conferral Mw. Vera-Christina Mertens, MSc 

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Supervisors:

  • prof.dr. R.E. Smeets;
  • prof.dr. J.A. Verbunt

Co-Supervisor:

  • dr. M.W. Goossens

Wednesday 16 December 2015, 16.00 hours

“BE PREPARED !; Motivational Interviewing as pre-treatment in chronic pain rehabilitation”

PhD conferral Mw. Andreea C. Bicu, MPhil

School of Business and Economics

Supervisor:

  • prof.dr. B. Candelon

Thursday 17 December 2015, 10.00 hours

“Economic and financial comovements and interdependence in the Euro area”

PhD conferral Dhr. Pieter Eijgenraam, MSc

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Supervisor:

  • prof. dr. H. ten Cate

Co-Supervisors:

  • dr. A.J. ten Cate-Hoek;
  • dr. R. van den Ham

Thursday 17 December 2015, 10.45 hours

“Studies on safety issues in anticoagulant management”

PhD conferral Mrs. Zeliha Emel Öztürk, MSc

School of Business and Economics

Supervisor:

  • prof.dr. J-J. Herings

Co-Supervisor:

  • Dr. K. Bosmans 

Thursday 17 December 2015, 12.00 hours

“Criteria of distributive justice; an economic inquiry”

PhD conferral Dhr. Frederik C. Schadd, MSc

Faculty of Humanities and Sciences

Supervisor:

  • prof.dr.ir. J.C. Scholtes

Co-Supervisor:

  • dr.ir.ing. Roos

Thursday 17  December 2015, 14.00 hours

“Ontology mapping with auxiliary resources”

PhD conferral Mw. Su-Mia Fazilet Akin, MSc

Faculty of Humanities and Sciences

Supervisor:

  • prof.dr. P. Martens

Thursday 17 December 2015, 15.45 hours

“Climate Change and Health; consequences and adaptation in Europe”
 

PhD conferral Dhr.drs. Johan B.H.M. Dupont

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Supervisors: 

  • prof.dr. N.K. de Vries;
  • prof.dr. D. v.d. Mheen;
  • prof.dr. Ch.D. Kaplan

Thursday 17 December 2015, 16.00 hours

“Killing Time; Identification of adolescent cannabis users and the development of an early prevention program: Moti-4”

PhD conferral Mw. Tammy Oth, MSc

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Supervisor:

  • Prof.dr. G.M.J. Bos

Co-Supervisors:

  • dr. J. Vanderlocht;
  • dr. W.T.V. Germeraad

Friday 18 December 2015, 10.00 hours

“PAMPering immune responses; spotlight on helper cells for Dendritic cell vaccination”

PhD conferral Mw. J.D. (Dianne) de Boer-de Korte

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Supervisors:

  • prof.dr. C.P. v. Schayck;
  • prof.dr. F.J. Feron 

Co-Supervisor:

  • dr. M. Mommers 

Friday 18 December 2015, 12.00 hours

“Trends in childhood asthma and atopic diseases; practice-based research in Child and Youth  Health Care”

PhD conferral Mw. Janneke E. van Leijen-Zeelenberg, MSc 

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Supervisors:

  • prof.dr. D. Ruwaard;
  • prof.dr. B. Kremer;
  • prof.dr. H.J.M. Vrijhoef

Co-Supervisor:

  • dr. A.J.A. van Raak 

Friday 18 December 2015, 14.00 hours

“Healthcare Quality Improvement by Redesign; aspects of redesigning healtcare processes and the effect on quality of care”

Valedictorian lecture of prof.dr. Fred Brouns

Professor Health Food Innovation at the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences


Friday 18 December 2015, 16.30 hours

“Toxic thoughts about the food that we eat: social media, fear and fairness”

PhD conferral mr. João P. da Costa Alvares Viegas Nunes, MSc

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Supervisor:

  • Prof.dr. H.W.M. Steinbusch

Co-Supervisors:

  • dr. K-P. Lesch;
  • dr. T. Strekalova;
  • dr.B.H. Cline

Monday 21 December 2015, 9.45 hours

“Insulin receptor sensitization improves affective pathology in various mouse models”

PhD conferral Mw.mr. Kerstin van de Ven

Faculty of Law

Supervisors:

  • prof.mr. G.R. de Groot;
  • prof.mr.dr. R.H.C. Luja 

Monday 21 December 2015, 10.00 hours

“Giften, schenkingen en schenkbelasting; een rechtsvergelijking met België vanuit Nederlandse optiek”

PhD conferral Dhr. Zlatan Mujagic, MSc

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Supervisors:

  • prof.dr. A.A.M. Masclee;
  • prof.dr. F.J. van Schooten 

Co-Supervisor:

  • dr. D.M.A.E. Jonkers

Monday 21 December 2015, 12.00 hours

“Irritable bowel syndrome; pathophysiology, symptoms and biomarkers”

PhD conferral  Mw. Yanny Ying-Yee Cheng, MSc

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Science

Supervisor:

  • prof. dr. R.M.M.A. Nuijts

Co-Supervisor:

  • dr. J.S.A.G. Schouten

Monday 21 December 2015, 14.00 hours

“Clinical outcomes after innovative lamellar corneal transplantation surgery” 

PhD conferral Dhr. Hibret Belete Maemir, MSc 

School of Business and Economics

Supervisor:

  • prof.dr. B. Verspagen

Co-supervisor:

  • dr. T. Ziesemer

Monday 21 December 2015, 15.45 hours

“Dissecting Aggregate Productivity: International 
Integration and Growth with Heterogeneous Firms”

PhD conferral Mw. Mildred A. de Bruijn

Faculty of Social Sciences

Supervisors:

  • prof.dr. M.J.H. Meijer;
  • prof.dr. E. Wesseling

Monday 21 December 2015, 16.00 hours

“ZIN IN POËZIE; een interpretatief en empirisch onderzoek naar de pragmatiek van het kinderlied”

PhD conferral Mw.drs. Lindy N.M. Gommans

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Science

Supervisor:

prof.dr. J.A.W. Teijink

Co-supervisors:

  • dr. M.R.M. Scheltinga; MMC Veldhoven;
  • dr. K. Meijer

Tuesday 22 December 2015, 12.00 hours

“Supervised Exercise Therapy for Intermittent Claudicxation; subgroups, gait and physical activity”

This information is for students who would like to start in academic year 2025-2026. Due to the high popularity, the European Law School has transitioned to a numerus fixus programme. 

If you do not have the required diploma, or do not meet the additional requirements, you can still qualify for admission by passing an entrance exam (art. 7.29 WHW), the so-called ‘Colloquium Doctum’. If you pass the Colloquium Doctum and submit the requested proof of language proficiency, you will qualify for admission to the bachelor’s programme. 

Bear in mind that there is a numerus fixus and passing the Colloquium Doctum does 
not automatically guarantee a place in the bachelor programme for academic year 
2025-2026.

Requirements

  • You are at least 21 years of age or older at the time of applying for the Colloquium Doctum
     
  • You meet the language requirements for English-language programmes

Application deadline Colloquium Doctum

Applications for the Colloquium Doctum entrance exam must have been received by the Colloquium Doctum Committee by 15 January 2025, 23:59 CET at the latest. 

Applications received after this deadline will not be considered.

Application form

Registration fee

The registration fee is EUR 100. For participation in any written and/or oral resit, the registration fee of EUR 100 needs to be paid again.

Content Colloquium Doctum

Written component
a. Giving written answers to questions in two foreign languages (Dutch, French, German) under supervision. This may involve answering (multiple choice) questions on and/or summarizing the content of one or multiple texts in the relevant languages;

b. Writing a paper in English (of min. 1.5 and max. 3 pages) based on one or more articles from a periodical such as The Times, International Herald Tribune or any other appropriate daily or weekly publication, or explaining such article, to be decided by the Colloquium Doctum Committee

The use of a dictionary is not allowed.
 

Oral component
c. Giving oral answers in English to questions about the history of the European Union and general history that test analytical skills.

Examination dates

Written component15 May 202509.30 - 17.00 hrs
Resit written component28 May 2025TBA
Oral component13 June 2025TBA
Resit oral component 27 June 2025TBA

Resit

The Committee may decide that a candidate is eligible to resit one or more components of the Colloquium Doctum. The candidate may not resit more than one exam within one  component. Thus, further participation in the Colloquium Doctum shall no longer be possible if the candidate failed more than one exam within the written component.

If the candidate fails to pass one of the written components, one can have the opportunity to resit that component on 28 May 2025.
If the candidate fails to pass the oral component, one can have the opportunity to resit that component on 27 June 2025. 

Final assessment

The final assessment will be expressed as ‘eligible’ or ‘not eligible’. After taking the oral component of the Collo­quium Doctum, the candidate will be informed of the results achieved. 

Click here for more information about the numerus fixus and applications deadlines.

 

Regulations

Regulations European Law School

Numerus Fixus

Please note that due to high popularity, the European Law School has transitioned to a numerus fixus programme. This means that there is a fixed number of spots for students, which helps us maintain the quality of education. Admission will be determined by an unweighted lottery system, meaning everyone has an equal chance of being allocated to a place within the programme.

Applicants will receive their personal ranking number on April 15th, 2025. The list of rankings is established in a random order. If you have obtained a spot within the European Law School bachelor, you must redeem your proof of placement in Studielink within two weeks of receiving your ranking. 

Based on first-year student intake from previous years, your likelihood of securing a spot is approximately 85%. This means your chances of being accepted remain fairly high, especially since some students who are accepted may choose not to enrol, allowing their spot to go to the next person on the waiting list. 

Application deadlines bachelor European Law School

1 October 2024Studielink is open for the academic year 2025-2026
15 January 2025, 23:59 CET Deadline for completing the entire application process for all applicants (both EU/EEA and non-EU/EEA applicants)
15 April 2025Your ranking number will be published in Studielink

 

Colloquium Doctum bachelor Dutch Law/Tax Law (only in Dutch)

  • Bachelor Arts and Culture
  • Bachelor Digital Society
  • Bachelor European Studies
  • Bachelor Global Studies


If you do not meet the admission requirements for one the above mentioned programmes, you may qualify for an entrance exam, the ‘Colloquium Doctum’.

You can take a Colloquium Doctum if you meet the following conditions:

  1. You are at least 21 years old at the start of the programme you applied for.
  2. You apply before 1 June 2025 the latest for the programme via Studielink (Global Studies see below).
  3. You submit the Colloquium Doctum application form (see below) before 1 June 2025.
     

Before you can participate in the Global Studies Colloquium Doctum, the Board of Admissions has to have accepted your registration for the programme.

Recommended literature:

  • William Cronon, ‘The Trouble with Wilderness; or Getting Back to the Wrong Nature’, in William Cronon (ed.) Uncommon Ground: Rethinking the Human Place in Nature (New York and London: Norton, 1996) 69-90.
  • Boyd, D., & Crawford, K. (2012). Critical questions for big data: Provocations for a cultural, technological, and scholarly phenomenon. Information, Communication & Society, 15(5), 662- 679.

  • Behera, N.C. (2021). Globalization, deglobalization and knowledge production. International Affairs, 97: 1579-1597.


     

Global Studies
For the Bachelor Global Studies, UM strives to select students with a profound interest in one or more specific topics by a certain level of motivation. A wide range of criteria is used to determine the compatibility between your interests and the study programme. This means you need to write a motivation letter and an essay before you take the Colloquium Doctum Admissions exam. The deadline to submit the motivation letter and essay will be:
Non-EU/EEA, 1 March 2025 
EU/EEA or Switzerland, 1 April 2025.

What will be tested?

During the Colloquium Doctum, we will test your understanding of a number of assigned texts (dealing major themes in the history of the Western world). You will have to pass a written exam with essay questions.
The exam will be about the readings and the arguments in these readings. We will not ask questions about historical developments that are outside the scope of the articles. It is important to read the three articles carefully and to understand their major ideas and reasoning. The exam will also test your ability to write and communicate ideas in the English language. In case the Colloquium Doctum committee has doubts about your English language proficiency, you are then required to submit (examsesc-fasos@maastrichtuniversity.nl) a language test certificate before 1 August 2025. Please find detailed information on our language requirements here.
 

The result 

If you pass the Colloquium Doctum exam, the Colloquium Doctum committee will send you a letter of acceptance for the program. After you meet all other registration requirements, we will finalize your registration.

In case you fail the Colloquium Doctum, the Colloquium Doctum committee will send you a rejection letter, meaning that we cannot admit you to the program.

The Faculty does not offer a resit for the Colloquium Doctum. A candidate may retake the Colloquium Doctum in a next academic year.

 

Application

Step 1      Apply for the programme via Studielink before or on 1 June 2025 (Bachelor Global Studies see below).
Bachelor Global Studies: Your motivation letter and Essay have to be submitted before 
Non-EU/EEA, 1 March 2025 
EU/EEA or Switzerland, 1 April 2025 to: upload at Studielink.
Step 2Apply for the Colloquium Doctum by filling out the application form before or on 1 June 2025 as well. Please submit this form to: examsesc-fasos@maastrichtuniversity.nl.
Step 3You will receive practical information (including a PDF file of the recommended literature) about the Colloquium Doctum on 1 June 2025 the latest.

Exam date and administrative costs

The Colloquium Doctum Exam 2024 will take place on Tuesday 10 June 2025.
The costs for taking part in the Colloquium Doctum: €100,- .
The payment can be made by bank transfer only. You will receive information and an invoice in the 1st week of June 2025.

Location: 

Note: the exam will take place at location of the FASoS faculty. 
Grote Gracht 90-92
Maastricht
It is NOT possible to join the exam online. 

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