Scholarships

It is Maastricht University’s (UM) mission to offer students from all over the world the opportunity to develop into active, globally oriented thinkers that are ready to make a positive contribution to their societies.

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 that are experiencing financial difficulties to pursue a degree at UM. UM scholarship students function as important ambassadors of the university during and after their studies.UM scholarship students are selected on the basis of their academic excellence, extracurricular engagement, active citizenship and financial need. As the number of scholarships is limited, the selection process is highly competitive. 

Before applying for a UM scholarship, please take into account the factors summed up below. Read these carefully, to make sure that the valuable time you invest in applying pays off:

  • You will have to apply for a study programme at UM before applying for a scholarship;
  • You are only allowed to apply for one UM scholarship, multiple applications will be disqualified;
  • Verify if your nationality is eligible for the scholarship;
  • Verify whether your study programme is participating in the scholarship;
  • Ensure that if the scholarship covers only the tuition fees, you are able to finance your own living expenses (rent, food and insurances) for the complete duration of your studies.

For questions regarding scholarships please contact our Scholarship Officers via scholarships[at]maastrichtuniversity[dot]nl

UM International Services Desk
scholarships[at]maastrichtuniversity[dot]nl

Overview of UM scholarships

Scholarship Bachelor / Master Faculty/Study programme* Nationality** Application deadline for
academic year 2022/23
UM Holland-High
Potential Scholarship		 Master  Participating master’s
programmes		 Non-EU/EEA Applications closed

UM Brightlands Talent Scholarship

 Master Participating master’s
programmes		 Non-EU/EEA Applications closed
UM Academic Achievement Scholarship Master

Participating master’s
programmes

 Non-EU/EEA countries and Switzerland Applications closed

UM Global Studies Scholarship

 Bachelor Global Studies Non-EU/EEA from the Global South Applications closed
UM Euregion Refugee Scholarship Master All, except MA Medicine
and MA Physician-Clinical Investigator		 Refugee living in Euregion
with residence
permit in Belgium
or Germany		 1 June 2022

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. 

Scholarship Bachelor / Master Faculty/Study programme* Nationality** Application deadline for
academic year 2022/23
Candriam Scholarship Master SBE EU/EEA, Switzerland or Surinam Applications closed
Noord-Limburg Region Scholarship Master FHML - SBE NL Applications closed
Prof. Jo Ritzen Scholarship Bachelor LAW Belgium, Luxumbourgian, French Applications closed
UFL Jan de Limpens Scholarship Master SBE-BISS - FSE-BBM - FSE-SB NL Applications closed
UM First Generation Students (FGS) Scholarship Bachelor Participating bachelor's
programmes		 Dutch Applications closed
Fulbright / Maastricht University Award Master All See below 1 Opens in October 2021 
Maastricht Scholarship by Stichting Kannunik Salden/Nieuwenhof Bachelor University College Maastricht NL, see below 3 Opens in October 2021
UCM Tuition fee waiver Bachelor University College Maastricht EU/EEA Opens in October 2021
Orange Tulip Scholarship

Master

 All, Participating master's
programmes		 Indian, Indonesian,
Korean,South African, Vietnamese		 Applications closed

Faculty/Study programme*

All all faculties
FASoS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
FHML Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences
LAW Faculty of Law
FPN Faculty 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 Data Science and Knowledge Engineering (DKE)
  • Sciences (SCI)
  • University College Maastricht (UCM)
  • University College Venlo (UCV)

Nationality**

  1. Applicants must be enrolled as students at U.S. higher education institutions.
  2. Applicants should be born and raised in Maastricht.
  • I wanted to further my knowledge internationally and specialize. The UM Holland-High Potential Scholarship allowed me to do that in a premier university in Europe
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    Jewel Dela Cruz / Philippines
  • The scholarship makes it possible for me to get closer to my dream of being a global change maker
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    Olajide Olugbade / Nigeria