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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).

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.