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Students from the School of Business and Economics (SBE) bring with them an international perspective on, and profound knowledge in, the fields of econometrics, business Intelligence and data science, business economics, labour economics, organizational studies, learning and development, consultancy, management, fiscal economics, international business and emerging markets.  

Partner with us

Get in touch with the SBE Internship Office for more information or an appointment to discuss what our students can contribute to your organisation:  

  • internshipoffice-sbe@maastrichtuniversity.nl
  • T 0031 (0)43 388 3721

Internship possibilities for bachelor students  

More information on our BSc programmes. 

Curricular internship: a non-mandatory internship for 4 to 14 weeks. Possible as of the second year.  
Extracurricular internship: a non-mandatory internship for 2 to 6 months. Possible as of the second year.  
Emerging Markets internship: a mandatory internship for 4 to 6 months. Generally taking place from February to June in the third year.   
Thesis Research Project for Business Engineering students: a mandatory internship with a minimum duration of 3 months. Generally taking place from February to June in the third year. This internship enables students to write their thesis and do an internship at the same time.  
Business Analytics internship: a non-mandatory part-time internship for 14 to 16 weeks. Generally taking place from February to May in the third year.   
Economics & Management Information (EMI) internship: a non-mandatory internship abroad for 18 to 26 weeks. Generally taking place from September to January in the third year 
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Internship possibilities for master students 

More information on our MSc programmes. 

Thesis Internship Programme: a non-mandatory part-time internship for 3 to 6 months. Students can start in February or September. This internship enables students to write their thesis and do an internship at the same time 
Extracurricular internship: a non-mandatory internship for 2 to 6 months. Possible after completion of the master programme, generally starting in February or July.  
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What can you expect from SBE students?

  • they combine strong academic knowledge with a hands-on mentality, allowing them to transition smoothly from their study to your organisation;
  • Problem-Based Learning teaches our students the practical application of theory and provides them with excellent analytical, project management and communication skills. This allows them to tackle real-life issues, and work effectively in teams;
  • working in our International Classroom, they learn to collaborate with people from different cultural backgrounds and approach issues from a variety of perspectives. This makes them well-prepared for the rapid changes in today’s globalising labour market;
  • our students and graduates are up to speed with the latest techniques and developments in your field. 
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What do we expect from you?

  • you need to arrange a workplace for our students according to the standards and norms of your organisation;
  • you are required to support the student when needed. The required support depends on the internship type;
  • before the internship begins, SBE requires a signed UM Internship Agreement between your company, the student, and the Dean of SBE. This agreement addresses the concept of ‘duty of care’ for our students and comprises all the required legal regulations;
  • in accordance with Dutch law, you are liable for damage to, or damaged caused by, our students during their internship. Students are not allowed to intern at organisations that do not provide the necessary insurances.
  • to foster equal opportunities for all students, SBE encourages providing appropriate financial remuneration to students. Without such support, only those from wealthier backgrounds may be able to commit, while others may be forced to continue working in a student job.  
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What companies say about our students

  • "The student was professional and eager to learn. We loved having her in the team, she provided a fresh perspective, came prepared, and was easy to work with." – Medtronic, Thesis Internship Programme
  • "It’s been rewarding to see how quickly EM interns from SBE adapt, engage, and grow. Their enthusiasm, curiosity, proactiveness and collaborativeness reflect the strength of the programme and the quality of its students." – Holland House Chile, Emerging Markets Internship
  • "The student has been a very autonomous, proactive, and enthusiastic, always eager to learn more, especially in connection with the context of their thesis. Her openness, curiosity, and professional attitude allowed her to make meaningful connections beyond her core assignment.” – Solarec, Business Engineering Internship 
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At SBE, we are actively forming strong ties with academic partners around the world who share our strong commitment to excellent research with a focus on societal impact. As an outward-looking member of the international knowledge society, the School of Business and Economics (SBE) strives to have a positive impact on the world around us. We believe that collaboration and co-creation with external parties is one way of achieving this mission. 

  • Exchange programmes
  • Research programmes

Exchange programmes

The Maastricht University of School of Business and Economics has over 190 exchange contracts with universities and institutions in 45 countries all over the world. On a yearly base, up to 1100 SBE students spend part of their studies abroad in an exchange programme, whereas about 650 exchange students visit SBE.​ Download the list below to learn more about our worldwide partner network:

Find out more about SBE’s exchange programme.

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Research collaboration

The Maastricht University School of Business and Economics research network has consistently grown over the years, continuing to expand towards new horizons.

We co-create knowledge with our academic partners through joint research projects, PhD exchanges and double PhD programmes. If you are interested in research collaboration with SBE, please contact us at rso-sbe@maastrichtuniversity.nl.

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The DXU Methods Workshop "Introduction to Machine Learning - Concepts and Practice by Roberto Cerina" is taking place on 3 March and will be a hybrid workshop! 

Fill in the form below if you're interested in attending.

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Background

In the last few decades, the world has faced more frequent and intense crises—driven in part by climate change, political and social conflict, cyber attacks, and disease outbreaks. These overlapping changes have strained traditional humanitarian response capacities and introduced the idea that better tools and mechanisms are needed to face them. At the same time, humanitarian contexts have digitalized:  mobile phones, messaging apps and social media have become increasingly common among affected populations, and other new technologies, such as AI, data analytics, drones, biometrics, digital cash transfers, cloud-based computing, are progressively being tested and adopted by various actors in humanitarian spaces. This, in turn, has already been affecting humanitarian responses, including how needs are identified and assistance is distributed. While those technological changes aim to increase the effectiveness of humanitarian help, they also pose a series of new challenges for the field. 

Programme goals

As digital services and technologies are developing and becoming increasingly used, so does the need for experts in those fields among humanitarian professionals. While there are several courses on humanitarian responses and on new technologies, so far there is no comprehensive academic programme that combines an exploration of ongoing technology developments and challenges with their humanitarian impact.

The HAP aims at filling this gap and form a new generation of humanitarian practitioners able to navigate these developments from a multi-stakeholder, multi-disciplinary perspective. The alumni of this programme will be key drivers in enhancing trust for digital advances in the field by applying a competent and ethical approach towards a responsible use and management of personal data.

To achieve these goals, Humanitarian Action Programme will:

  • convene experts across multiple stakeholder groups in academia (legal, international relations, technical and engineering), government, civil society, and, of course, humanitarian practitioners to identify and map the key challenges facing humanitarian organisations in digital transformation, and develop knowledge on the basis of which to build meaningful response;
  • provide knowledge and education for students and professionals; and
  • conduct high quality research and policy analysis.
     

Objectives

Cybersecurity, digital privacy, and data protection, governed by increasingly stringent rules, are becoming core concerns of professionals in the humanitarian sector. Against the background, the establishment of the Humanitarian Action Programme responds to a series of needs - from those of the humanitarian and academic communities to broader societal ones.

To achieve this mission, it is important to confront the most pressing humanitarian challenges by providing innovative privacy, cybersecurity and data management education on matters related to the impact of digitalisation on humanitarian response and creating a knowledge hub bringing together academic researchers and practitioners.

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Lanao del Sur, Tamparan. People displaced by the 2017 Marawi conflict gather in a gymnasium to register for the livelihood assistance program implemented by the ICRC. Photographer : SAN DIEGO, Martin © ICRC

 

The Programme will provide high quality academic education, expert knowledge and professional skills for people working or intending to work in the area of humanitarian action to tackle challenges in cybersecurity, digital privacy, and artificial intelligence.

Education

The educational activities will be divided into the ones focused on professionals (professional/continuous education) under the premises of the European Centre on Privacy and Cybersecurity and possibility the one offered within the academic offer of the Maastricht University. The following courses are envisaged:

  • Data Protection Officer (DPO) in Humanitarian Action Training and Certification Programme;
  • Professional Diploma in Digital Transformation in Humanitarian Action within the existing Professional Diploma on Privacy Management (starting in 2023).
  • Humanitarian Action and Tech Summer School (starting in 2022)
  • A new master track on privacy cybersecurity and data management (strategy and policy) in Humanitarian Action

Privacy&Cybersec Knowledge Hub

The Humanitarian Action Programme will create a Knowledge Hub by connecting and bringing together leading researchers and practitioners from a variety of relevant disciplines to share research findings and best practice on privacy and cybersecurity management and humanitarian action. To this end it will organize:

  • Humanitarian Action Workshops
     
  • Conferences and Seminars
     
  • Applied/empirical research
     
  • PhD Research

Awareness Training

Considering the relevant scope of digital humanitarian action, the Programme is aimed at raising awareness of the crucial area privacy/data protection, cybersecurity and individual’s dignity protection in the context of digital humanitarian action through analysis of global experience and revealing the issues and limitations on the latest technology implementation to support the humanitarian action in an increasingly digital environment.

Privacy statement Maastricht University

Protecting your privacy is important to Maastricht University (UM) and UM therefore treats your data with care. UM is the controller of your personal data. This privacy statement explains how UM handles personal data.

This privacy statement specifically relates to the the use of Qualtrics by the Department of Advanced Computing Sciences (formerly Department of Data Science and Knowledge Engineering or DKE) Student Affairs Office and/or events coordinator and/or scientific staff, with the purpose of organizing logistics around education and education-related events within the Department of Advanced Computing Sciences.

UM also has a general privacy statement, which you can find on www.maastrichtuniversity.nl. This general privacy statement regulates the processing that is not specifically mentioned in the present privacy statement. Here and there, reference will be made to this general privacy statement for more information.

Contact information

If you have questions about this privacy statement, if you want to know more about how UM handles personal data or if you have a complaint, you can contact:

Maastricht University
T.a.v. Data protection officer
PO Box 616
6200 MD Maastricht
privacy@maastrichtuniversity.nl

You can also contact the UM data protection officer directly via fg@maastrichtuniversity.nl.

The addresses above are only intended for contact in relation to privacy issues. They are not intended for communication on other matters.

Which personal data the UM processes

In the context of organizing logistics around education and education-related events, UM processes the personal data that you enter yourself.

Purposes

UM processes the above personal data with the following purposes:

Organizing logistics around education and education-related events. Examples of such purposes include, but are not limited to

  • Booking courses for you

  • Enrolling you for online education or online exams

  • Registering you for study introduction activities

  • Registering you for graduation ceremonies

Processing ground

When UM processes your personal data, this processing is based on a processing ground. A processing ground is the reason why personal data is processed. UM processes your personal data based on the following processing ground (s):

  • Consent

Permission

If the ground for processing is your permission, you can always withdraw this permission by contacting dke-info@maastrichtuniversity.nl. The withdrawal of your permission does not have retroactive effect.

Retention periods

Personal data is not kept by UM for longer than is necessary to achieve the purpose of the processing or to comply with a legal obligation.

The personal data entered by you will be stored no more than 24 months after you completed the form.

Recipients of personal data

Measures have been taken within UM to ensure that only the persons who must process your personal data have access to it. Your personal data is not shared with third parties.

Your rights

The privacy legislation gives you a number of rights with regard to your personal data. These rights are listed briefly below. You will find more information about each of these rights and how you exercise these rights in the general privacy statement on the UM website.

You have the right to view, correct and delete your personal data. In addition, you have the right to limit the processing, to have your data transferred to another party and the right to object when processing is based on a legitimate interest.

If you want to exercise one of the rights below, you can contact us in writing via privacy@maastrichtuniversity.nl or directly through the data protection officer via fg@maastrichtuniversity.nl.

If you have a complaint about the processing of your personal data by UM, you can contact UM about this via the contact details above. You also have the right to submit a complaint to the Dutch Data Protection Authority. You can read how to do this on the website of the Dutch Data Protection Authority.

Rector Magnificus Maastricht University

Prof. dr. Pamela Habibović (1977) is Professor of Inorganic Biomaterials at Maastricht University. Since February 2022, she holds the position of Rector Magnificus of Maastricht University. Pamela was a founding partner of MERLN Institute for Technology-Inspired Regenerative Medicine, established in 2014, and Chair of MERLN’s Department for Instructive Biomaterials Engineering. Between 2019 and 2022, she was the Scientific Director of MERLN.

Initially trained as a chemical engineer, in 2005, Pamela obtained a PhD degree from the University of Twente, the Netherlands on the topic of materials for biomedical applications. Following postdoctoral research at Children’s Hospital Boston and McGill University, in 2008, she started her research group at the University of Twente. In 2014, she moved to Maastricht University. The main focus of her research is on synthetic bone graft substitutes, bioinorganics, nanomaterials for theranostics in regenerative medicine and high-throughput approaches in biomaterials research. For her research she received prestigious Veni, Vidi, Aspasia and Gravitation grants of the Dutch Research Council NWO, among other external research funds.

Pamela Habibović served as the President of the European Society for Biomaterials between 2017 and 2021 and as an Associate Editor of the RSC journal Biomaterials Science between 2019 and 2022. In 2017, she received the Jean Leray Award of the European Society for Biomaterials and in 2021 she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. She has published over 100 peer-review articles on the topic of biomaterials and regenerative medicine.

UM Rector magnificus Pamela Habibovic

Contact Rector's Office

 Debby Hewitt
+31 43 3885470
 rectoraat@maastrichtuniversity.nl

Current additional positions related to the position as Rector Magnificus

  • EWORA, Institutional Member
  • Nederlands Studenten Orkest, Member Board of Recommendation
  • Philharmonie zuidnederland, Ambassador
  • Research Project Maastricht, Member Board of Recommendation
  • Student Wellbeing, Member/President Advisory Board
  • SWUM, Board Member/President
  • Universities of the Netherlands, Member Steering Committee SOO
  • Universities of the Netherlands, Member of the Conference of Rectors
  • Regiegroep Studiesucces Caribische studenten, Member

Research publications

 Prof. dr. Pamela Habibović

Other additional positions:

  • Elsevier Journal Acta Biomaterialia, Editorial Board member
  • RegMed XB, Member Strategic Advisory Board 
  • Royal Society of Chemistry Journal Biomaterials Science, Editorial Board member
  • Wiley Journal Advanced Healthcare Materials, Editorial Board member 

  • Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Member of the Advisory Board Starters and Incentive grants 

  • Bioceramics 34 conference, Member International Science Commission

  • World Biomaterials Congress 2024, Member International Advisory Board

SDG Seminar Series presents Sustainability and Circularity (SDG 12)

Privacy statement

Privacy statement Maastricht University

Protecting your privacy is important to Maastricht University (UM) and UM therefore treats your data with care. UM is the controller of your personal data. This privacy statement explains how UM handles personal data.

This privacy statement specifically relates to the automated matching tools for the bachelor’s programme in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science.

UM also has a general privacy statement, which you can find on www.maastrichtuniversity.nl. This general privacy statement regulates the processing that is not specifically mentioned in the present privacy statement. Here and there, reference will be made to this general privacy statement for more information.

Contact information

If you have questions about this privacy statement, if you want to know more about how UM handles personal data or if you have a complaint, you can contact:

Maastricht University
T.a.v. Data protection officer
PO Box 616
6200 MD Maastricht
privacy@maastrichtuniversity.nl

You can also contact the UM data protection officer directly via fg@maastrichtuniversity.nl.

The addresses above are only intended for contact in relation to privacy issues. They are not intended for communication on other matters.

Which personal data the UM processes

In the context of giving matching advice, UM processes the personal data that you enter yourself as you participate in the matching survey.

Purposes

UM processes the above personal data with the following purposes:

  • Sending you a summary of the provided information upon your explicit request;
  • Forwarding your answers and question(s) to the matching team for additional feedback upon your explicit request;
  • Evaluating and thereby improving the performance of the matching tool;
  • Evaluating and thereby improving the quality and availability of the information UM provides to prospective students.

Processing ground

When UM processes your personal data, this processing is based on a processing ground. A processing ground is the reason why personal data is processed. UM processes your personal data based on the following processing ground (s):

  • Consent

Permission

If the ground for processing is your permission, you can always withdraw this permission by contacting dke-info@maastrichtuniversity.nl. The withdrawal of your permission does not have retroactive effect.

Retention periods

Personal data is not kept by UM for longer than is necessary to achieve the purpose of the processing or to comply with a legal obligation.

The personal data entered by you will be stored no more than 24 months after you completed the form.

Recipients of personal data

Measures have been taken within UM to ensure that only the persons who must process your personal data have access to it. Your personal data is not shared with third parties.

Your rights

The privacy legislation gives you a number of rights with regard to your personal data. These rights are listed briefly below. You will find more information about each of these rights and how you exercise these rights in the general privacy statement on the UM website.

You have the right to view, correct and delete your personal data. In addition, you have the right to limit the processing, to have your data transferred to another party and the right to object when processing is based on a legitimate interest.

If you want to exercise one of the rights below, you can contact us in writing via privacy@maastrichtuniversity.nl or directly through the data protection officer via fg@maastrichtuniversity.nl.

If you have a complaint about the processing of your personal data by UM, you can contact UM about this via the contact details above. You also have the right to submit a complaint to the Dutch Data Protection Authority. You can read how to do this on the website of the Dutch Data Protection Authority.

Is your organization struggling with a sustainability challenge? Are you trying to decide what strategy best to pursue to meet your sustainability targets? Do you also find it difficult to decide on what to do? Our students can help you out!

On behalf of the UM Maastricht Sustainability Institute we are putting out a call for potential clients for our Integrated Sustainability Project. During this project, our master students will conduct research for an external client.

Between March and May of this year, our students will work full time for eight weeks on your sustainability related questions in small teams of 5 to 6 students.  The students will analyze a sustainability problem, collect data, formulate and evaluate potential solutions, and report their findings to you.

Our students come from a wide range of backgrounds, work-experiences, and nationalities. The research they will conduct will reflect this broad skill set. An ideal project would therefore be a broad strategically related sustainability assignment. Assignments of the category: ‘How might we rethink and develop our sustainability strategy, and communicate this to our client?’ or ‘What strategies can we pursue to competitively anchor sustainability in our organization?’ would fit these projects. Research questions of the category ‘How much energy does our production line use and how can this be reduced?’ that are of a purely technical nature fall outside of the scope of these projects.

We have been conducting these projects since 2011 and have a long history of satisfied clients who worked with our students. Through the use of integrative methods our students can provide clear, well supported advice for your challenges. This takes the guesswork out of your decisions for the sustainability of your organization. Experience has shown us that oftentimes our students can find creative and surprising new opportunities to tackle stubborn problems. Clearly explaining lessons learned based on factual data.

As the Integrated Sustainability Project is part of the student’s learning process, it is free of costs. The students will be supervised by the university. Regarding your own involvement, someone from your organization should be available to the students for questions about relevant stakeholders and reports.

DEADLINE: A first proposal for an assignment can be submitted until February 1st, and the proposal should be finalized mid-February.

 

Previous Projects

Topic Client
Critical success factors for community heating networks Rabobank Duurzaam Wonen Limburg
Reduce landfill of transport belts Lubrizol / Ammega
Best solutions for decentralised energy C-MILL
Sustainability, innovation and the multiple helix: synergies in water management Waterschap Limburg
Sustainable drinking water production: minimizing water losses WML
Feedstock transition – evaluation of social acceptance of agriculture for chemistry usage Brightlands Institute for Supply Chain Innovation
Mobility hubs for sustainable mobility in Rotterdam  Municipality Rotterdam  
Managing Used Mixed Plastics SABIC Limburg
The contribution of the sharing economy to sustainable urban development Gemeente Heerlen
Aiding hospitality SME's in the energy transition LIOF
Sustainability Assessment for policy development municipality Valkenburg Gemeente Valkenburg
Trees for Urban Sustainability Gemeente Maastricht
Circular Building in Parkstad Stadsregio Parkstad Limburg
Towards a campus greening vision and strategy Maastricht University
Circular agrofood supply UrbanPonics BV
Role of hydrogen in the energy transition in Limburg Stichting WéL
Consumer willingness to use reusable take-away containers (RTC's) Searious Business BV
Accelerating the energy retrofitting bandwagon Volta Limburg BV
Exploring DSM's strategies in the Dutch nitrogen crisis DSM NV
GEM Energy - New models of energy supply Gemeentelijke Energievoorziening Maastricht
Flexible homes for flexible lives Zonnige Kempen
The role of lower income groups in a (just) energy transition In de tussentijd BV
Sustainable Mobility in South Limburg Maastricht Bereikbaar
Transformation of the ENCI mining area Ontwikkelingsmaatschappij ENCI-gebied
Transitioning towards circularity in the building industry: the case of Royal Mosa Royal  Mosa NV
   

 

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