Search term

Now@UM

Search term

Now@UM

  • Bikeshed

    Give your bike a second life!

    Now that the academic year has started again, it's time to clean up our bicycle parkings. We have been tagging bikes during the summer months that are eligible to be donated to the Bicycle Bank (Fietsbank Maastricht). The Bicycle Bank is dedicated to helping people who are unable to purchase a bicycle.

    If you have left your bike in one of the UM bicycle parkings during the summer months, pick it up. In the last week of September, the labelled bikes will be collected by the Bicycle Bank.

    Want to donate your bike in the meantime? Here's how:
    Drop it off at any time at @um.sports, Tapijn A or Randwyck UNS50 (the exact location will be indicated by red and white #posifiets signs).
    The bicycle handed in must be labelled to indicate that it can be disposed of. You can collect this label from various UM receptions (information in Dutch).

  • In the spotlight

    • Riccardo Notarangelo
      • UM and student life

      Rugby – A Passion that Complements your Career

      SBE alumnus Riccardo Notarangelo works as a Project Researcher at the University of Vaasa in Finland. In this article, he shares how his studies and experience at SBE and his love for rugby contributed to him going to where he went and ending up where he is.

      Read more
    • Bas van Hooren on treadmills
      • Quality of life

      Is running on the treadmill as effective as running outside?

      The Washington Post talked to experts about treadmill workouts, and how to make the most of them. They published an article discussing research of Bas van Hooren and his research team of the department of Nutrition and Movement Sciences on running on a treadmill vs running outdoors.

      Read more

UM news

Government commissioner Mariette Hamer discusses sexual safety

Earthquake Morocco

Collaboration Maastricht & Radboud: ambitions are taking shape

More in UM news

Featured

“Academic and support staff can learn a lot from each other”

Closing the international classroom?

Rugby – A Passion that Complements your Career

More in Featured

UM in the press

Fossil subsidies undermine climate policy

A better understanding of taste and mouthfeel

Obligation for energy label C for offices seems to have desired effect

More in UM in the press

Students going the extra mile

Sustainable, inclusive and Sicilian

Putting things into perspectives

Frits, clinical epidemiologist at VieCuri Medical Centre

More in Students going the extra mile

Events

More event items

Photo gallery

INKOM

INKOM 2023 – an overview

Once again, Workgroup INKOM realised a fantastic introduction week full of exciting events, where participants got to know Maastricht and their fellow students.
 
Prospective students could join cultural workshops, city walks, an open-air cinema and workouts at the University Sports Centre (USC). On Wednesday, John Tana took the stage, and on Tuesday and Friday, the programme ended with a smashing party at the MECC, with performances by various artists such as Lucas & Steve. A great start to student life!

Photos by Nils Backes

Video: New therapy to combat demyelinating and neurodegenerative disorders

In this video, PhD’er Melissa Schepers (Maastricht University, Hasselt University, EURON) tells about her research to find treatment for progressive MS and other neurodegenerative disorders, about the impact of this research, her drive, the collaboration within MHeNs and what steps she expects in near future.  

This video is part of the video series 'Get to know MHeNs in 5 studies', by the School for Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNs).

Featured

  • Ukraine – info and support
    • Staff & faculty

    War in Ukraine - info and support

    We are shocked and deeply saddened by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. We are supporting our students and staff from the region and welcome any aid initiatives launched from within our community. Maastricht University is trying to contribute all it can.

    Read more
  • aardbving
    • Learning & innovation

    Earthquake Syria and Turkey

    As a UM community, we are deeply saddened by the severe earthquakes in Turkey and Syria that have caused countless casualties. In our community too, students, staff and alumni are living in deep concern for family and friends in the affected areas. We sympathise strongly with them and are happy to offer any support we can.

    Read more
  • International classroom at Maastricht University
    • Learning & innovation

    UM and the political debate on internationalisation

    Internationalisation of education, and specifically the intake of international students, is a hot topic in Dutch politics. This will also be the case in early 2023. As the most international university in the country, UM follows developments closely and, in the interest of the university and the region. Below you will find all relevant information surrounding the topic.

    Read more

Theme: UM & ...

Europa

UM & Europe

Maastricht University is the European university of the Netherlands. Plenty of reasons for to launch a several stories, news items and to publish an overview of all of our 'UM and Europe' information.

Read more
Tapijn tuin

UM & sustainability

Sustainability has long been a core value of Maastricht University, and it will be increasingly important in the near future. On this page you can read news, stories, press releases, and more.

Read more
UM wellbeing

UM & wellbeing

Maastricht University devotes a great deal of attention to the wellbeing of its students and staff. Read more about 'UM & wellbeing' news, stories, press releases, videos and background information.

Read more

UMagazine

The UMagazine offers insight into the key developments and achievements in education and research at Maastricht University. The magazine is printed three times a year, in February, June and October.

The June edition includes a portrait of Liesbeth Lijnzaad, endowed professor of the Practice of International Law. She was the first woman in the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs to be appointed Legal Adviser, the chief civil servant in its International Law department. She relished negotiating between parties at a global level. Now she serves as a neutral arbiter in another international legal setting, as a judge at the Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in Hamburg. Here she discusses the secret to successful negotiation, a feminist interpretation of international law, and the Scout Movement.

This year saw the start of the new and improved English-language track of the bachelor’s in Medicine. Programme coordinator Sylvia Heeneman explains the changes. 

Graduates Husam Abdelqader and Mane Minasyan talk about finding jobs in Maastricht partly thanks to the honours programme FSE@work. The programme makes an important contribution to the retention of international students in the region.

Fred Zijlstra, professor of Work and Organisational Psychology, is set to retire this year. How does he look back on his career? What is his take on current developments in his field? And how can we, as a society, best organise work—now and in the future? “We have to change the work, not the workers.”

For her PhD Lea Beiermann, supervised by Cyrus Mody, studied the role of amateur microscopists in the 19th century—an excellent example of citizen science.

This time, Soul Kitchen offers a peek into the kitchen of Alice Pan, born in the United States to Taiwanese parents. Drawing on her holistic view of life, she embraces the Ayurvedic style of cooking. And alumni Carolin Muschalik and Lukas Figge packed their bags for a global adventure, contributing to sustainability projects around the world.

Read about all this and more in the June issue of UMagazine!

UMagazine Jun 2023 cover

You can download the latest edition of the UMagazine (PDF) here.

The next issue will be published on 12 October 2023