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UM Education Days 2025 Join in, learn, and get inspired!

11 Jun
12 Jun

News and stories

Programme INKOM 2025 released

INKOM, the annual introductory week for new students of Maastricht University, Zuyd University of Applied Sciences and VISTA College, will take place this year from Monday 18 August through Thursday 21 August.
Inkom letters

YERUN turns 10 - a decade of purposeful partnership

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Young European Research Universities Network (YERUN), a growing coalition of dynamic, forward-looking institutions with a shared mission: strengthening the voice of young universities in Europe.
YERUN illustration artwork

Riki Janssen receives UM Medallion of Honour

At her farewell after 29 years as editor-in-chief of the university magazine Observant, Riki Janssen was surprised with the Maastricht University Medal of Honour.
Riki Janssen receives the UM medaillon of honour

Construction Brightlands Circular Space officially started

The construction of Brightlands Circular Space has officially started today in Limburg. This innovation site for the plastics of the future is an initiative of Brightlands Chemelot Campus, Maastricht University and TNO.
Corporate people in hard hats standing at construction site

Alumna Nina Gormanns is living her dream (job)

Originally from Mönchengladbach, Germany, Nina Gormanns would never have guessed that studying in the Netherlands would lead her to meet her husband while on exchange in Singapore, and then eventually settle in Canada.
Nina Gormanns

New insight into the role of brain changes in psychiatric disorders

The findings of a recent study by Maastricht University and Amsterdam UMC help scientists to understand how brain changes, behaviour and psychiatric conditions are interconnected.
Graphic image of a brain.