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Three Vidi grants for FHML researchers

Three researchers at the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences (FHML) are granted a Vidi by the Dutch Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). The researchers are Aurélie Carlier (MERLN), Bart Spronck (CARIM) and Nicole Leibold (MHeNs).
FHML Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Medical student Lore is the youngest female candidate for the Dutch Parliament

Lore Eckelmans studies Medicine and is the youngest female candidate in the upcoming parliamentary elections. What is it like for her to sit in lectures in the morning and then spend the afternoon campaigning in The Hague?
Lore Eckelmans

University Fund Limburg: bridging academia and society for 60 years

The University Fund Limburg was founded on 8 November 1965, originally under the name Stichting Wetenschappelijk Onderwijs Limburg. Now, 60 years later, the Fund looks back on a rich history — and forward with strong ambition.
Chair of UFL and governor of Limburg Emile Roemer and UFL director Bouwien Janssen

ERASMUS+ - free movement of ideas and skills

Under ERASMUS+, the European Commission's mobility programme for education and training, UM sends and receives more students than any other Dutch university. President Rianne Letschert on her own ERASMUS experience.
Rianne Letschert

Sweeteners help maintain weight loss after dieting

An international study in which Maastricht University participated, shows that overweight people who want to lose weight successfully are better off supplementing their healthy diet with sweeteners than with foods containing sugar products.
Person adding synthetic sweeteners to his tea

Recap: Weekend of Science 2025 (Weekend van de Wetenschap)

During the Weekend of Science 2025 (Weekend van de Wetenschap) on Saturday 4 October, the faculties of Maastricht University (UM) and partners in Maastricht and Venlo opened their doors to everyone curious about what science really is.
Weekend van de wetenschap at Maastricht University