Scholarships

Maastricht University (UM) offers scholarships to students from all over the world to give them the opportunity to develop into active, globally oriented thinkers who are ready to make a positive contribution to their communities. 

UM’s high-quality, innovative education based on small-scale Problem-Based Learning (PBL) in an international and intercultural setting prepares students for this purpose.

As an open and accessible academic community, UM offers several scholarships to support top-performing undergraduate and graduate students with personal development potential who are experiencing financial difficulties in pursuing a degree at UM. UM scholarship students serve as important ambassadors of the university during and after their studies.

Assessment criteria

When you apply for a UM scholarship, you will be assessed based on: 

  • academic excellence
  • extracurricular engagement
  • active citizenship
  • financial need 

As the number of scholarships is limited, the selection process is highly competitive. 

Before you apply

Before applying for a UM scholarship, please take into account the following to avoid being disqualified from the application process:

  • You have to apply for a UM study programme before applying for a scholarship.
  • You are only allowed to apply for one UM scholarship; multiple applications will be disqualified.
  • Check if your nationality is eligible for the scholarship.
  • Check if your UM faculty/study programme is eligible for the scholarship.
  • If the scholarship covers only tuition fees, make sure you can finance your living expenses (rent, food and insurances) for the complete duration of your studies.

If you have any questions regarding scholarships, please contact our Scholarship Office at scholarships@maastrichtuniversity.nl

Find a scholarship

You can find out which scholarships you qualify for by searching through the tables below or by using our scholarship guide. With the scholarship guide, you answer a number of questions ‘yes’ or ‘no’ and then are shown a list of the scholarships you are eligible to apply for. Please keep in mind that you can only apply for one scholarship.

Overview of UM scholarships

ScholarshipBachelor / MasterFaculty/Study programme*Nationality**Application deadline for
academic year 2025/26
Maastricht University NL-High Potential ScholarshipMasterParticipating master’s
programmes
Non-EU/EEAUp to and including 1 February 2025, 23:59 CET
UM Brightlands Talent ScholarshipMasterParticipating master’s
programmes
Non-EU/EEAUp to and including 1 February 2025, 23:59 CET
UM Global Studies ScholarshipBachelorGlobal StudiesNon-EU/EEA from the Global SouthUp to and including 1 February 2025, 23:59 CET

External scholarships

In addition to UM scholarships, students can apply for scholarships from other organisations to the expenses related to their studies at UM. An overview of these scholarships is listed below. 

ScholarshipBachelor / MasterFaculty/Study programme*Nationality**Application deadline for
academic year 2025/26
Master Public Policy (MPP) ScholarshipMasterUNU-MERIT and SBENon-EU/EEA countries and SwitzerlandClosed
Candriam ScholarshipMasterSBEEU/EEA, Switzerland or SurinamClosed
China Scholarship Council (CSC)MasterPublic Policy and Human DevelopmentPeople’s Republic of ChinaClosed
LKPU Management Consulting ScholarshipMasterSBEGermanClosed
Noord-Limburg Region ScholarshipMasterFHML - SBENL, see below 4**Closed
Prof. Jo Ritzen ScholarshipBachelorLAWBelgium, Luxumbourgian, FrenchClosed
UM First Generation Students (FGS) ScholarshipBachelorParticipating bachelor's
programmes
DutchClosed
Stichting De Ridder ScholarshipBachelorAllNL, see below 1**Closed
Stichting Mia Keulaerds ScholarshipBachelorAllNL, see below 2**Closed
Fulbright / Maastricht University AwardMasterAllSee below 3**Applications open
UCM/MSP tuition fee waiverBachelorUniversity College Maastricht

Maastricht Science Programme
EU/EEAApplications open in October 2024

Faculty/Study programme*

Allall faculties
FASoSFaculty of Arts and Social Sciences
FHMLFaculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences
LAWFaculty of Law
FPNFaculty of Psychology and Neuroscience
SBE

School of Business and Economics

  • Maastricht Sustainability Institute (MSI)
  • Maastricht Graduate School of Governance (MGSoG, part of UNU-MERIT)
FSE

Faculty of Science and Engineering:

  • Department of Advanced Computing Sciences (DACS)
  • Sciences (SCI)
  • University College Maastricht (UCM)
  • University College Venlo (UCV)

Nationality**

  1. Applicants must have the Dutch nationality and live in one of these municipalities: Maastricht, Eijsden-Margraten, Gulpen-Wittem, Valkenburg a/d Geul, Meerssen, Vaals.
  2. Applicants should be born and live in the Parkstad Region (Heerlen, Kerkrade, Landgraaf, Brunssum, Simpelveld, Voerendaal, Beekdaelen.
  3. Applicants must be enrolled as students at U.S. higher education institutions.
  4. Applicants should be born and raised in the Noord-Limburg region (residents of the municipalities of Venlo, Horst aan de Maas, Venray, Peel en Maas, Beesel, Gennep, Mook en Middelaar and Bergen).