Admission & Registration

If you would like to study at Maastricht University (UM), you'll have to send in your application via Studielink. UM will then check whether your prior education meets UM’s admission requirements and notify you of the outcome. If you meet the requirements, you are ‘eligible for admission’.

This does not always mean that you will be admitted as well, because some programmes have extra requirements. Some bachelor's programmes have a set number of students and you will have to go through a decentralised selection procedure to procure a place. If you satisfy all of the requirements, you can be admitted. Once you have been admitted, you can register and become a student at Maastricht University.

Questions about admission and registration?

Student Service Centre
study[at]maastrichtuniversity[dot]nl
 +31 43 388 5388

Registering for a bachelor's programme

As a prospective bachelor’s student, you first register via Studielink. Studielink registration is required for all regular programmes. The exact course of the application procedure depends on the type of programme. For a programme with open admission, you will need to do a matching procedure. For a programme with decentralised selection you will follow a placing procedure.

Registering for a master's programme

You register for a master's programme via Studielink. That is the case for all standard programmes. The admissions procedure, admission requirements and the application deadlines can differ per programme.

Cancelling your application

What if you have applied for a programme at Maastricht University (UM) but you change your mind? Then you need to cancel your application before 1 September via Studielink.