Scholarships

Overview of scholarships offered at Maastricht University. Select the scholarship of your choice for more information about this scholarship.

For a complete overview of scholarships available in the Netherlands, please visit Study in Holland. Current UM students looking to fund their studies abroad are recommended to check Studying abroad.

Important information before you start your application
Please be aware that the scholarships below are highly competitive, there will be many applications for just a few scholarships! Therefore, to make sure investing your valuable time pays off:

  • You will have to apply for a study programme at UM before applying for a scholarship;
  • Check if you match the Nationality required for the scholarship;
  • Check whether your study programme is participating in the scholarship;
  • Be aware that if the scholarship covers only the tuition fees, you are able to finance your own living expenses (rent, food and insurances) for the duration of your studies.

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Overview of scholarships offered at Maastricht University

Scholarship Bachelor / Master Faculty/Study programme* Nationality** Application deadline for
academic year 2021/22
Fulbright / Maastricht University Award Master All See below 1 13 October 2020​
UCM Scholarship Bachelor University College
Maastricht		 non-EU/EEA 5 January 2021
UFL Elisabeth Strouven scholarship Master FHML - Master Global Health Non-EU/EEA 31 January 2021
UM Holland-High
Potential Scholarship		 Master Not available yet Non-EU/EEA

1 February 2021​
UCM Tuition fee waiver Bachelor University College Maastricht EU/EEA 1 March 2021​
Maastricht Scholarship by Stichting Kannunik Salden/Nieuwenhof Bachelor University College
Maastricht		 See below 3 1 March 2021
UM Holland 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 May 2021
Orange Tulip Scholarship Master All Brazilian, Chinese,
Indian, Indonesian,
Korean, Mexican,
Russian, South African, Vietnamese		 Opens in November 2020
StuNed Master Scholarship Programme Master All Indonesian Opens in January 2021​
NN Future Matters Scholarship Master See text scholarship See text scholarship Opens in January 2021​
OKP Netherlands Scholarship Programme Master, Short course See text scholarship See text scholarship Opens in February 2021
Noord-Limburg Region Scholarship Master FHML - SBE See text scholarship Opens in February 2021​
Prof. Jo Ritzen Scholarship Bachelor LAW French Opens in February 2021
UFL Jan de Limpens Scholarship Master SBE-BISS - FSE-BBM - FSE-SB See text scholarship Opens in February 2021​
Civil Society Leadership Awards Master FASoS - FHML - FSE  See text scholarship

To be defined​

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

  • International Centre for Integrated assessment and Sustainable development (ICIS)
  • Maastricht Graduate School of Governance (MGSoG)
FSE

Faculty of Science and Engineering:

  • Department of Data Science and Knowledge Engineering (DKE)
  • 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 hold a passport from an emerging country in South America, Africa or Asia.
  3. Applicants should be born and raised in Maastricht.
  4. Applicants live and/or were born and raised in Amstenrade, Bingelrade, Brunssum, Doenrade, Jabeek, Merkelbeek, Oirsbeek, Schinveld and Sittard (places in Sittard before the municipal merger with Geleen).