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Maastricht University

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Maastricht University
MottoLeading in Learning
TypeProblem-based learning
Established1976
ChairmanJo Ritzen
Rectorprof.mr. G.P.M.F. (Gerard) Mols
Academic staff
3,000
Students12,080
Location
Maastricht
,
Netherlands
AffiliationsEUA, VSNU
Websitemaastrichtuniversity.nl

Universiteit Maastricht (abbreviation: UM) (or in the English language: Maastricht University[1]), founded in 1976, 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 some 12,000 students, 37% of whom are foreign students, and 3000 employees. 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.

Rankings

  • The Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) university ranking: place 111 in 2007 and again in 2008; 172 in 2006. Ranked 40 in Europe in 2008. In the category foreign students, Maastricht University scored 99/100, placing it 5th in Europe (cf. Harvard 91/100).
  • 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 Elsevier: 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. In 2007 many degrees were again recognized as best in the Netherlands with exceptional grades given to the international opportunities in the International Business and Economics degrees.
  • Financial Times: In 2008 the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (FEBA) participated in the Financial Times’ ranking for Masters in Management programmes for the first time and its International Business programme scores a 25th place in the top 40 of European institutes that offer such programmes: website. The programme even made the 4th place on the list "Best in International Business" and 3rd in the category "Value for Money" website.
  • Its undergraduate degrees in International Business and Economics were ranked 1st in the Netherlands in the 2008 Elsevier ranking Announcement

Faculties

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

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:

  • B.A. degree programmes: Arts and Culture, European Studies
  • Minor: Arts and Culture, Crucial Differences, European Studies, Globalisation and Diversity, Governing Europe, Law and Policy Making, Living with the Life Sciences
  • M.A. degree programmes: Analysing Europe, European Studies, European Public Affairs, Arts and Heritage: Policy, Management and Education; European Studies on Society, Science and Technology; Arts and Sciences, Media Culture,
  • M.Phil degree programmes: Cultures of Arts, Science and Technology
  • Ph.D. degree programmes: Arts and Social Sciences

Faculty of Economics and Business Administration / Business School

The Faculty of Economics and Business Administration is currently accredited by EQUIS (press release), AACSB (press release) and Association of MBAs (AMBA). This Triple Crown accreditation has only been achieved by 28 other business schools, including RSM Erasmus University, 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 participated at CBS Case Competition ([2]).

The Faculty of Economics and Business Administration is also the home of the Universiteit Maastricht Business School.

Faculty of Law

The Maastricht Law Faculty offers bachelor (LLB) and master programmes (LLM) in both English and Dutch. It is renowned internationally for its European Law School, an English-taught programme that focuses on European, international and comparative law. Using practice-oriented teaching in small-scale groups, the Maastricht Law Faculty satisfies the labour market’s increasing demand for lawyers who are trained to solve European and cross-border legal problems.

LLB: Dutch Law; Tax Law; European Law School.
LLM: European Law School, Globalisation and Law; International Laws; Intellectual Property Law and Knowledge Management (LLM/MSc); Magister Iuris Communis; Tax Law (including International and European Tax Law); Forensics, Criminology and Administration of Justice; Dutch Law; Law and Labour.


Maastricht Graduate School of Governance

Main article: Maastricht Graduate School of Governance

The Maastricht Graduate School of Governance was founded in September 2004 by the University Board of the Maastricht University, in light of the growing needs for specialists in public policy analysis. The School combines the academic resources of the faculties of Maastricht University and those of several foreign partners in order to guarantee multi-disciplinary top-academic training.

University College Maastricht

Main article: University College Maastricht

University College Maastricht is a liberal arts college, providing Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees, which take three years to complete. Whereas in a traditional academic undergraduate programme all the courses are laid out and predetermined for students, at UCM the concept of choice is central. UCM offers students a broad range of courses to choose from, covering all scientific disciplines. The students can choose from three different concentrations: Humanities, Social Sciences and Life Sciences. Apart from the regular courses students also take skill training and complete academic projects. As a result students have the opportunity to develop their own academic preferences and talents and acquire all the expertise and skills to enter a high-quality Master program. The College provides intensive guidance to help students make the right choices. Its students have gone on to study at some of the most prestigious universities in Europe and the US: Eindhoven University of Technology, Columbia University, Georgetown University, University College London, Oxford University, University College Dublin, the University of Paris-Sorbonne, and the London School of Economics.

Faculty Health, Medicine and Life Sciences (FHML

Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience

Main research schools

  • CaRe Netherlands School of Primary Care Research
  • CARIM http://carim.unimaas.nl (Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht) Heart and Vascular diseases
  • EPP Research School Experimental Psychopathology
  • EURON EUROpean Graduate School of Neuroscience
  • Ius Commune [3]
  • 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 [www.law.uu.nl/English/orm/]
  • VLAG Nutrition, food Technology, Agro-biotechnology and Health
  • WTMC Netherlands Graduate School of Science, Technology and Modern Culture

Research institutes[2]

  • 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
  • IGIR Institute for Globalisation and International Regulation
  • MARC - Maastricht Accounting, Auditing & Information Management Research
  • MICC Maastricht ICT Competence Center (former: 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
  • Montesquieu Institute (Centre for European Parliamentary History and Constitutional Development)
  • 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)

Notable Professors

References

  1. ^ Maastricht University - Universiteit Maastricht
  2. ^ Research Institutes - UM research - Research - Universiteit Maastricht
  3. ^ [1]

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