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
OKP Netherlands Scholarship Programme Short course See text scholarship See text scholarship Deadline has passed
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		 Deadline has passed
Candriam Scholarship Bachelor & Master SBE See text scholarship Deadline has passed
Noord-Limburg Region Scholarship Master FHML - SBE See text scholarship Deadline has passed
Prof. Jo Ritzen Scholarship Bachelor LAW French Deadline has passed
UFL Jan de Limpens Scholarship Master SBE-BISS - FSE-BBM - FSE-SB See text scholarship Deadline has passed
Civil Society Leadership Awards Master FASoS - FHML - FSE  See text scholarship

To be defined​
Fulbright / Maastricht University Award Master All See below 1 Deadline has passed
Maastricht Scholarship by Stichting Kannunik Salden/Nieuwenhof Bachelor University College Maastricht See below 3 Deadline has passed
NN Future Matters Scholarship

Master

 See text scholarship See text scholarship Deadline has passed
UCM Tuition fee waiver Bachelor University College Maastricht EU/EEA Deadline has passed
UM Holland-High
Potential Scholarship		 Master Participating master’s
programmes		 Non-EU/EEA

Deadline has passed
Orange Tulip Scholarship

Master

 Participating master's
programmes		 Brazilian, Indian, Indonesian,
Korean, Mexican,
Russian, South African, Vietnamese		 Deadline has passed
StuNed Master Scholarship Programme Master All Indonesian Deadline has passed

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 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).