Education at UM can be resumed on January 6.
Update #3: cyber attack at UM
Maastricht University is making every effort to minimize the impact of the cyber attack on education, research and on students and staff.


Maastricht scholars successfully fight forced marriage and marital captivity
- UM in the press
For the research group led by Susan Rutten, professor of Islamic Family Law in a European Context at Maastricht University (UM), in recen

“We must break the taboo around endometriosis”
Doctor and researcher Esther van Barneveld is developing an app for patients with endometriosis. This will lead to better treatment.

Dutch smokers more aware of risks since launch of photo health warnings
- UM in the press
Since the introduction of photos on the packaging of tobacco products in 2016, Dutch smokers have become more aware of the harmful effect

Look beyond the thermometer
Interview with Kirsten Peetoom, winner of the Catharina Pijls prize 2019.

UM: sharpest rise in the number of female professors
- Corporate
- Researchers
- Students
The percentage of female professors in Maastricht now stands at 29.7%, earning UM a shared second place in the Women Professors Monitor 2
