Health Sciences
Study the impact of biological, psychological and environmental factors on health. Specialise in prevention, policy, biology, mental health or technology and find your passion in health sciences.

Study the impact of biological, psychological and environmental factors on health. Specialise in prevention, policy, biology, mental health or technology and find your passion in health sciences.
Explore health and healthcare from a European perspective and discover how the EU shapes policies and addresses issues like ageing populations and cross-border epidemics. Take the first step towards an impactful career in healthcare across Europe.
Delve into the human body, diseases, and medication. Learn how to improve health from molecules to cells, to organs and the human body as a whole. After graduation, a world of opportunities awaits in biotech, pharma, or research.
Maurice Zeegers is not only professor of Complex Genetics and Epidemiology, but also scientific director of the Maastricht research school CAPHRI (Care and Public Health Research Institute). And during these corona times, he also functions as research partner of the WHO Evidence Collaborative. A...
Prof. Jochen Cals is a versatile man; general practitioner (GP) in Sittard and researcher at the Department of Family Medicine. He gave his inaugural lecture on 28 June.
Monique Notermans and Meike Kerkhofs-Welkenhuizen witnessed the vision behind a modern library come to life.
PhD candidate Jella van de Laak on how a genetically modified bacterium fights solid cancer tumours at their oxygen-deprived core.
Earlier this year Jos Kleinjans, professor of Environmental Health Sciences at Maastricht University (UM), received the final word on a multi-year, multi-million-euro contribution to his brainchild, the Brightlands e-Infrastructure for Neurohealth (BReIN for short). This research institute will open...
On March 8th 2017, students from the Master programmes Healthcare Policy, Innovation and Management and Governance and Leadership in European Public Health had the opportunity to take part in a one-day Career Event.