Information on the accessibility of Universiteitssingel 40, FPN's main building.
As with nearly everything, the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted our current education. What is it like to study with us at the moment? In our blog, you can find the latest information and read back how we dealt with the changes coming our way since.
The newest updates will appear at the top. To make sure you can keep track, we have highlighted a few particularly important messages that you can directly view using the menu below.
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We are looking forward to welcoming our new students on October 25th in Maastricht
Everyone | 30 September 2021
We are looking forward to welcoming our new students on October 25th in Maastricht. We understand that you may have some questions about what education will look like during this Academic year. We are looking forward to welcoming our new students on October 25th in Maastricht. We understand that you may have some questions about what education will look like during this Academic year.
Education
As communicated last week by the Executive Board of the University we will be returning to full capacity, in person, educational activities at Maastricht University from 25 September onwards. For those students who will be in the Netherlands at the start of the programme this means you will be able to follow all your educational activities in person, while taking the necessary safety precautions in line with the latest government advice.
As previously communicated, we will offer an online alternative until 3 January 2021 for students who cannot make it to the Netherlands. After this point, all students are expected to be in Maastricht for on-campus education. To benefit most from the study programme we strongly advise you to attend the Foundation Programme on campus from the start of the academic year. The office of students affairs will be inquiring whether you plan to start your study programme in person or online.
Travel
Some of you might also be wondering about traveling to the Netherlands from your home country. As these rules continue to change make sure to consult this website to view the latest requirements regarding testing, vaccination, and quarantine to travel from your country.
Vaccination
You may also be curious about whether it is possible to receive a vaccination in the Netherlands after your arrival. While this is not mandatory, it is possible and encouraged. Please consult the university's vaccination FAQ for more information.
If you have questions about the start to your education at the Foundation Programme in the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact us by email.
We look forward to welcoming you to the FP soon!
Everyone | 29 June 2021
As communicated earlier this month by the Executive Board of the University, we are looking forward to welcoming you for in person education at the FP in the new academic year!
What will that mean for the Foundation Programme?
Given the present outlook, as of this moment we plan to return to regular on-campus educational activities. With our return to on-campus education, attendance in classes will once again become mandatory, and students are expected to be present in Maastricht.
Measures such as wearing face masks, walking routes, self-testing and staying at home if you have corona-related symptoms will continue as long as the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) requires.
It may be the case that you cannot come to Maastricht for corona-related reasons by the start of the programme. For example, because you cannot travel to the Netherlands from the country where you are staying. As previously communicated, we will offer an online alternative until 3 January 2021 at which point all students are expected to be in Maastricht for on-campus education. To benefit most from the study programme we strongly advise you to attend the Foundation Programme on campus from the start of the academic year.
Please rest assured that we will continue to follow all health and safety guidelines. Maastricht University will continue to monitor public health updates throughout the summer and inform you about these as they become available.
We are ready to welcome you to campus on 25 October, if you require a visa to travel to the Netherlands you may have to fulfill additional requirements. The Maastricht University visa office will be able to answer your visa related questions. Closer to the start of our academic year we will inform you about travel requirements to the Netherlands.
If you have questions about education at the Foundation Programme as of next Academic year or believe that you will not be in Maastricht by the start of the programme, please contact us by email.
Everyone | 10 September 2020
At the Foundation Programme, we are eagerly awaiting your arrival and have put together a clear safety protocol so you can be assured of a safe and comprehensive educational environment. In order to help make you feel secure we have been adapting our new building to the Maastricht University safety guidelines as seen in the video. We want all students to feel comfortable and welcome, both on campus and online when needed.
The organizers and ICLHE are delighted to announce our three outstanding keynote speakers. Professor Aminata Cairo will speak at the opening on Wednesday 20 October 2021; Professor Philippe Van Parijs will give an address on Thursday 21 October 2021; and Dr Kristina Hultgren will give the closing keynote on Friday 22 October 2021.
Aminata Cairo
Aminata Cairo is an independent consultant and the former Lector of Inclusive Education at The Hague University of Applied Sciences (2017 – 2020), the first and only research professor in the Netherlands of African descent. Born and raised in the Netherlands to Surinamese parents, she left for the US to pursue her college education. She obtained Master’s Degrees in Clinical Psychology and Medical Anthropology and a Ph.D. in Medical Anthropology. As an international woman of color she experienced firsthand the challenges of diversity and inclusion. In her applied anthropological work with students, education and community organizations she has continually strived to promote inclusion at both the academic and the community level. She received the International Education Faculty Achievement Award and the Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian award at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in 2013 for her efforts. In 2016 she received the Honorary Order of the Palm, a state decoration by the Government of Suriname for her contribution in culture.
Aminata Cairo
Anna Kristina Hultgren
Anna Kristina Hultgren holds a DPhil in Sociolinguistics (Oxford, 2009) and an MA in English and French Language (Copenhagen, 1999). Kristina is currently Senior Lecturer in English Language and Applied Linguistics at The Open University, UK, and Future Leaders Fellow at UK Research and Innovation. Since 2020, she is leading a seven-year interdisciplinary project funded with £1.1 million by the UK Research and Innovation on English as a Medium of Instruction. With collaborators at six European universities, the project seeks to apply theories, methodologies and concepts from political science to arrive at a deeper understanding of why universities increasingly teach in English. Prior to this, Kristina’s been involved, as PI and Co-I, in seven externally funded research projects on the role and status of English in the world, particularly in education, and has researched contexts as diverse as Denmark, Sweden, UK, Ghana, India, Hong Kong, the Philippines and Nepal. Kristina serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of English-Medium Instruction and the Journal of English for Research Publication Purposes and the Routledge Studies in English-Medium Instruction. She has authored numerous research articles and book chapters and edited and co-edited several books and journal special issues.
Anna Kristina Hultgren
Philippe Van Parijs
Philippe Van Parijs is a guest professor at the Universities of Louvain and Leuven and a Robert Schuman Fellow at the European University Institute (Florence). He was the founding director of Louvain’s Hoover Chair of Economic and Social Ethics from 1991 to 2016, and a regular visiting professor at Harvard University from 2004 to 2008 and at the University of Oxford from 2011 to 2015.
He is a member of Belgium’s Royal Academy of Sciences and a Fellow of the British Academy. He was awarded the Francqui Prize in 2001 and the Arkprijs voor het Vrije Woord in 2011. He is one of the founders of the Basic Income Earth Network and chairs its Advisory Board. He is (with Alex Housen and Nell Foster) the coordinator of the Marnix Plan for a Multilingual Brussels and (with Paul De Grauwe) of the Re-Bel initiative (“Rethinking Belgium’s institutions in the European context”). An opinion piece he published in May 2012 under the title «Picnic the Streets» triggered the civil disobedience movement that led to the pedestrianization of Brussels’ central lanes.
His books include Evolutionary Explanation in the Social Sciences (Rowman & Littlefield, 1981), Qu’est-ce qu’une société juste? (Seuil, 1991), Marxism Recycled (Cambridge U.P., 1993), Real Freedom for All (Oxford U.P. 1995), What’s Wrong with a Free Lunch? (Beacon Press, 2001), Just Democracy. The Rawls-Machiavelli Programme (ECPR 2011), Linguistic Justice for Europe and for the World (Oxford U.P. 2011), After the Storm. How to Save Democracy in Europe (Lannoo 2015, ed. with L. van Middelaar), Basic Income. A radical proposal for a free society and a sane economy (Harvard U.P. 2017, with Y. Vanderborght) and Belgium. Une utopie pour notre temps/ Belgium. Een utopie voor onze tijd (Académie royale de Belgique/ Polis, 2018).
Philippe Van Parijs
The theme of this year's Opening of the Academic Year of Maastricht University is: 'After the storm - how corona could change universities'. This year no large-scale event in the Theater aan het Vrijthof, but a combination of online and live.
Join us on 31 August 15:30 hours. You can register for the livestream here, after registration you will receive an email at the end of August with the link to watch the event online. We are looking forward to meeting you online, for any questions, please contact us by email.
Please fill out your information below to register.
Registration livestream Opening Academic Year
We are delighted to invite you to the Opening of the Academic Year 2020/21. This year no large-scale event due to corona-measures, but a combination of online and live. Please join us for the live-event in the new 'Tapijnkazerne'.
Date: Monday 31 August
Location: Tapijnkazerne 11, 6211 ME Maastricht
Time: 15:30 - 16:30 hours, followed by drinks
Registration for the opening of the academic year is now closed. If you have any questions about registering, please contact: opening@maastrichtuniversity.nl
PLEASE NOTE!
The event will be held with corona safety precautions. Please keep a distance of 1.5 metres. If you or someone you have been in contact with have flu-like symptoms, please stay at home.
This invitation is strictly personal and non-transferable.
If you're unable to attend the event but would like to view the event online, please register here.
Registration Opening Academic Year 2020/21
In this Zoom-interview, Prof. Philippe Lambin, speaks about the research of his Department of Precision Medicine, that obtained over three million euros of research funding in the past half year. How did they manage that, in times of corona? Lambin shares his experiences, vision and tips.
The master’s programmes in Artificial Intelligence, Data Science for Decision Making and Biomedical Sciences are partner programmes of Maastricht University. They are formally taught by the tUL or Transnationale Universiteit Limburg.
What does that mean for you as a student? Below you can find a list of frequently asked questions regarding the tUL and its programmes.
But first, what is the Transnationale Universiteit Limburg (tUL)?
As you may have guessed, tUL translates to 'transnational university of Limburg'. Launched in 2001, the tUL is a unique collaboration between two universities in two countries, namely Hasselt University (Belgium) and Maastricht University (the Netherlands).
As tUL, these universities have collaboratively launched new educational programmes as well as research projects. The MSc Artificial Intelligence, MSc Data Science for Decision Making and MSc Biomedical Sciences are such programmes. However, all three programmes are fully taught at Maastricht University.
General questions about the Transnationale Universiteit Limburg (tUL)
- Which programmes offered at Maastricht University are tUL programmes?
The tUL programmes offered at Maastricht University include:
MSc Artificial Intelligence
MSc Biomedical Sciences
MSc Data Science for Decision Making
- Will I be registered as a student of tUL or of Maastricht University?
You will be registered as a master's student of Maastricht University.
- What will my diploma say after I graduate?
You will receive a Maastricht University diploma, which looks just like other UM diplomas, on behalf of the transnational University Limburg. Both logos of Maastricht University and Hasselt University will be featured on your diploma. Furthermore, in your diploma supplement - which contains the details of your degree - both Maastricht University and the transnational University Limburg are listed as the awarding institutions and as the institutions administering studies.
- Where are the master's programmes in Artificial Intelligence, Biomedical Sciences and Data Science for Decision Making taught?
All three master's programmes are fully taught and developed at Maastricht University's campus. Artificial Intelligence and Data Science for Decision Making are part of the Faculty of Science and Engineering. Biomedical Sciences is part of the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences.
Questions regarding admission and registration at tUL/UM
- Where can I find the tUL programmes on Studielink?
The tUL programmes are listed under the institute Transnationale Universiteit Limburg and not under the institute Maastricht University.
- Why can’t I find the master’s programme MSc Artificial Intelligence, MSc Data Science for Decision Making and/or MSc Biomedical Sciences on study platforms?
These programmes are listed under the institute Transnationale Universiteit Limburg and not under the institute Maastricht University.
- How do I apply for the programme in Studielink?
Step 1: Go to studielink.nl
Step 2: Create an account
Step 3: Search for the institute Transnationale Universiteit Limburg (not Maastricht University) and choose your programme of choice
Step 4: Upload your documents
Step 5: Maastricht University will further process your application and will keep you informed via e-mail
You can find more information about the registration process here:
MSc Artificial Intelligence
MSc Biomedical Sciences
MSc Data Science for Decision Making
Contact
In case you have any further questions regarding Transnationale Universiteit Limburg (tUL) and our master's programmes, please don't hesitate to contact our admissions officers:
MSc Artificial Intelligence & MSc Data Science for Decision Making
dacs-admissions@maastrichtuniversity.nl
MSc Biomedical Sciences
Masteradmission-fhml@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Looking forward to the 2020-2021 academic year
In light of the corona crisis, we would like to keep you updated on how we plan to shape education at Campus Venlo.
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Everyone | 20 August 2020 As of Monday 17 August, the GGD Zuid Limburg offers students and employees who have arrived in Maastricht from a country or region with code orange or red the opportunity to have themselves tested for COVID-19. They can do this even if they have no complaints. A special test location has been set up in Maastricht. This new test location is also open to students and staff who exhibit complaints and therefore need to be tested. How do I register for a test?You can make an appointment for a test from Friday 14 August via the telephone number of the GGD Zuid-Limburg Corona Information Line: 088 880 50 05; Available 7 days a week from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. When registering for a test, state that you are a student or employee of Maastricht University, whether or not you have complaints, from which orange / red risk area you come, and when you have arrived in the Netherlands. Where is the test location?The test location is located in parking garage P-5 of the MECC. The entrance is at Paul-Henri Spaaklaan 9. You can go there by bike or on foot, not by car |
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Prospective students | 13 July 2020 You can now register for the Introduction Days, which will take place from Monday 24 – Friday 28 August. On the following websites, you can see the preliminary programme. The websites will be updated as soon as more information is available. Please register before the 15th of August. |
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On campus educationEveryone | 09 July 2020 We have an update regarding our education in period 1 and 2. Not only tutorials but also skills will take place on campus! If you are not able to come to campus due to COVID-19 please let us know, supported by a brief explanation via mail. Please note: Due to the COVID-19 situation, we unfortunately have limited study spaces available on our campus and thus, not all students can be facilitated on our campus at the same time. When you have tutorials or skills, we welcome you on campus. On the days you have no education, please study elsewhere unless you have limited access to internet facilities. |
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2020-2021 Looking forward to 2020-2021Everyone | 23 June 2020 In light of the corona crisis, we would like to keep you updated on how we plan to shape education at Maastricht University (UM) University College Venlo (UCV). The first semester of 2020-2021, is going to be a mix of in person and online education for students who are in Venlo. Some students will initially join us exclusively online, and come to Venlo once they are able to. The specifics - for instance how many hours you can expect on campus - will become clear in the coming weeks. We'll keep you posted via this blog. |
Alie de Boer
Assistant professor, Campus Venlo
Corona-proofing Campus Venlo
Although education last took place at our Campus Venlo building in March, I've been on site almost every day. There's a few reasons for that: construction work on various areas never stopped (more about that later) and we're also working on implementing and testing the necessary health measures.
So far, we have figured out and indicated the maximum room capacities, outfitted every entrance with hand sanitizer, figured out seating plans, assigned walking directions in hallways, opened up unidirectional staircases and more - all to ensure we comply with the latest rules and regulations. You can see some pictures of our progress at the bottom of this page. Although no one knows exactly which measures will apply in September, we will continue to ensure that our building stays up to date and safe.
Rogier Gerardu
Project Manager Campus Venlo
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Save the date: Introduction DaysProspective students | 23 June 2020 The Introduction Days on our campus will take place from Monday 24 - Friday 28 August 2020. We are currently in the process of changing the setup of our introduction days to make them corona proof. It’s very likely that a big part of the activities will take place online. Despite this, we will make sure that you'll have the opportunity to get to know the university, the campus and your fellow students. By participating, you will have the best start to your new adventure! Make sure you join us. For now, block in your agenda the following date(s):
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On this page you can find information about parking for people with a physicial disability, accessibility for wheel chair users, accessible toilets and what to do in case of an evacuation.
Access to the building
The building is relatively accessible for people with a physical disability. The entrance doors open automatically.
Parking spaces
The parking lot has parking spaces for people with a physical disability. Please use the official permit (blue card) and place it visible on your dashboard.
Elevators and stairs
At the back of the building there’s an elevator. All stair wells have armrests.
Rooms not accessible with a wheel chair
All floors are accessible by elevator.
Toilets
On the ground floor there’s an accessible toilet. Follow the blue square signs.
Evacuation
In an emergency the lifts will not be in use. If you need help to evacuate via the stairs, assistance is available: our Emergency Response Officers will help you exit via the stairwell.
If the fire alarm is activated in an emergency:
- Make your way to the nearest fire exit stairwell
- Tell others you need help so they can alert those managing the evacuation
- If there is a telephone at your refuge area, use it to call 1333; otherwise dial +31 (0)43 3875566 on your mobile phone to inform Central Services of your location
- Stay in the stairwell refuge area until the evacuation team arrives.
Floor plans
If you want to receive a floor plan, send an email to: info-crisp@maastrichtuniversity.nl.
Cybercriminals are sending out millions of emails a day to steal money (spam) or to obtain usernames, passwords or other sensitive information in a practice known as phishing. ICTS does its utmost to block such email messages automatically in advance, but criminals keep inventing new tricks and they are becoming smarter and more professional. All end users will therefore also have to remain alert at all times. Replying to an email or clicking on a link can have serious consequences.
Here are a few tips:
- Consider whether you would expect an email message from this particular sender or with this particular content.
- Check the real sender's address by hovering your mouse over it (without clicking on it), or by tapping the link a little longer on an iPad.
- Many cyber criminals use a (Hotmail, Gmail or other) sender address that may look familiar, but is in fact fake. Typical example: colleague's name followed by digit 'at' hotmail.com.
- Pay special attention to email messages purporting to come from a manager or supervisor, with unexpected but otherwise 'innocent' questions. The first such question often only serves to gain your trust.
- Servicedesk ICTS, your bank or insurance company will never ask you for your password or other sensitive information by email.
- When in doubt, please ask the sender for confirmation by phone, or by sending them an app message or an email to the address you have in your own address book.
- In case of obvious spam, don't click on "unsubscribe" - this will only serve to let the scammers know that your address is active. Instead, just delete the message.
- When in doubt, ask your local support staff for advice or forward suspicious messages to servicedesk-icts@maastrichtuniversity.nl
You’re the big fish!
Cartoon: Ruben L. Oppenheimer