'''Universiteit , is the second youngest university in the
Netherlands , and consistently ranks among the top universities in The Netherlands in terms of education.
Maastricht University has about 11.500 students and 3000 employees, 30% of whom are foreign students. The university is renowned for its
Problem-based Learning method as an innovative way of teaching. About half of the bachelors programmes are fully offered in English, while the other half is taught in Dutch. Most of the postgraduate programmes are in English.
- Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OC&W): In 2004, Maastricht University was ranked first (of all Dutch Universities) in a report on quality of education ( press release ). In 2005, the university came in first again. From 2006 onwards, the ministry no longer publishes a ranking list.
- Keuzegids Hoger Onderwijs: In 2006, eight of the twelve bachelor programmes were designated as best programme in the Netherlands by students (European Studies, Economics, Econometrics, International Business, Psychology, Medicine, Health Sciences and Molecular Life Sciences). From the other four programmes, three came in second place.
- Dutch Magazine Elservier: At the beginning of the academic year 2005-2006 the university was once again ranked number one in the Netherlands by the Dutch publication Elsevier.
- German Magazine ''Wirtschaftswoche'': In 2005, the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration was regarded better than the same faculty at Oxford University ( website ).
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences offers two bachelor programmes, seven undergraduate minors, eight postgraduate programmes, and has a Graduate School for Ph.D. students.
These programmes are:
- Arts and Culture (B.A.)
- European Studies (B.A.)
- Arts and Culture (minor)
- Crucial Differences (minor)
- European Studies (minor)
- Globalisation and Diversity (minor)
- Governing Europe (minor)
- Law and Policy Making (minor)
- Living with the Life Sciences (minor)
- Analysing Europe (M.A.)
- European Studies (M.A.)
- European Public Affairs (M.A.)
- Arts and Heritage: Policy, Management and Education (M.A.)
- European Studies on Society, Science and Technology (M.A.)
- Arts and Sciences (M.A.)
- Media Culture (M.A.)
- Cultures of Arts, Science and Technology (M.Phil.)
- Arts and Social Sciences (Ph.D.)
The Faculty of Economics and Business Administration is currently accredited by has only been achieved by 28 other business schools, including INSEAD, IMD and the London Business School. Students from the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration have also successfully participated in the case competitions at
McGill University (
MMICC ) and the
University Of Southern California (USC) in 2006 (
website ). In 2007, the university was once again invited and partipated at CBS Case Competition ([http://www.casecompetition.com]).
The Faculty of Economics and Business Administration is also the home of the
Universiteit Maastricht Business School .
- CaRe Netherlands School of Primary Care Research
- EPP Experimental Psychopathology
- EURON EUROpean Graduate School of Neuroscience
- Heart and Vascular diseases
- Ius Commune
- METEOR Maastricht Research School of Economics of Technology and Organisations
The UM participates in the following research schools:
- Huizinga Institute UM participation in the research institute CWS
- ICO UM participation in the research Institute of Medical Education
- iBME integrated Biomedical Engineering. Co-operation with the University of Twente.
- SIKS UM participation in the research institute MICC
- School for Human Rights Research {Link without Title}
- VLAG Nutrition, food Technology, Agro-biotechnology and Health
- WTMC Netherlands Graduate School of Science, Technology and Modern Culture
- CAPHRI Care and Public Health Research Institute
- CARIM Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht
- CWS Arts and Culture Research
- EPP Experimental Psychopathology
- GROW Research Institute Growth & Development
- H&G Maastricht Brain & Behaviour Institute.
- ICIS International Centre for Integrative Studies
- IKAT Institute for Knowledge and Agent Technology
- Maastricht Centre for Human Rights
- METRO Maastricht European Institute for Transnational Law Research
- METEOR Maastricht Research Institute/School of Economics and Organizations
- NUTRIM Nutrition and Toxicology Research Institute Maastricht
- ROA Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market
- UNU-MERIT (Maastricht Economic and social Research and training centre on Innovation and Technology), UNU-MERIT is also part of the United Nations University
There are faculty research units and associated institutes (
research website )
