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MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY
BASIC INFORMATION:
BRIEF HISTORY:
Located in Maastricht, Netherlands
The motto is Leading Is Learning
22 383 students, including 12 534 international
Student: faculty ratio is approx. 9:1
Officially established in 1976 to expand the medical training facilities due to a lack of medical professionals
Founded by Sjeng Tans, a political leader in the province of Limburg, after the decision of the Dutch government
DEGREE PROGRAMMES:
BACHELOR'S DEGREE PROGRAMMES:
UM offers an array of 22 programmes in English, only 6 in Dutch
The programmes include Brain Science, Circular Engineering, Medicine, Psychology, Maastricht Science Programme
The application deadline varies in different programmes
MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAMMES:
46 programmes available in English, 6 in Dutch
Incl. 15 programmes in Medicine&Health, 13 in Natural Sciences&Mathematics
Programmes with specialisations: Biomedical Science, Human Movement Sciences, Psychology, Research Master in Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience
ALUMNI:
SOME FAMOUS ALUMNI:
More than 92 000 alumni
55% are Dutch
158 different nationalities in total
Approx. 61% living in the Netherlands
Julia Shaw (German psychologist and science writer)
Hanna Novosad (Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine, activist)
Mailis Reps (Estonian politician)
Kartika Liotard (member of the European Parliament)
Sandra Escher (Dutch psychiatrist and researcher)
Jean Peters (Dutch biochemist, Professor at the Biozentrum of the Uni of Basel, Switzerland)
CAMPUS INFO:
The UM itself does not offer housing on campus
Maastricht Housing is the official housing agency that provides mediation between UM students and landlords, thereby supporting students and official employees in finding qualitative and affordable housing (student rooms, alternative housing)
Maastricht University’s Student Services Centre (SSC) helps students with a wide range of issues related to studying and student life (application, registration, legal advice, psychologist)
Wide variety of sports, social activities
Good healthy and inexpensive food in the UNI restaurants on campus
Bike rentals, shops, museums, theatres...
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