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

 

Click here to find out for which scholarship you might be eligible!

Overview of UM scholarships

Scholarship Bachelor / Master Faculty/Study programme* Nationality** Application deadline for
academic year 2023/24
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 1 May 2023, 23:59 CET

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 2023, 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. 

Scholarship Bachelor / Master Faculty/Study programme* Nationality** Application deadline for
academic year 2023/24

MPP Scholarship

 Master UNU-MERIT and SBE Non-EU/EEA countries and Switzerland Applications closed 
Candriam Scholarship Master SBE EU/EEA, Switzerland or Surinam Application deadline:  1 May 2023
Noord-Limburg Region Scholarship Master FHML - SBE NL Application deadline:  1 May 2023
Prof. Jo Ritzen Scholarship Bachelor LAW Belgium, Luxumbourgian, French Application deadline:  1 May 2023
UM First Generation Students (FGS) Scholarship Bachelor Participating bachelor's
programmes		 Dutch Application deadline:  1 May 2023

Stichting De Ridder Scholarship

 Bachelor All NL, see below 1** Application deadline:  1 May 2023

Stichting Mia Keulaerds Scholarship

 Bachelor All NL, see below 2** Application deadline:  1 May 2023
Fulbright / Maastricht University Award Master All See below 3** Applications closed 
Maastricht Scholarship by Stichting Kannunik Salden/Nieuwenhof Bachelor University College Maastricht NL, see below 4** Applications open on 1 February 2023
UCM Tuition fee waiver Bachelor University College Maastricht EU/EEA -
Orange Tulip Scholarship

Master

 Participating master's
programmes		 Indian, Indonesian Applications are open up to and including 1 April 2023

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 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 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