Faculty of Science and Engineering
The Faculty of Science and Engineering (FSE) is home to several outstanding departments in education and research. Students and scientists contribute to education programmes at the bachelor's, master's and PhD levels and take part in innovative research in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
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Municipality of Heerlen, Parkstad Urban Region and UM invest 6 million in collaboration
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Heerlen grants a one-time contribution of €1,478,050 to Maastricht University as part of the Regio Deal application
Creating added value with biobased and circular materials
On March 20, 2025, experts from the agricultural and chemical worlds gathered at the Brightlands Chemelot Campus in Ge
Maastricht will host the 2026 World Conference on Computational Intelligence
In 2026, three major conferences on computational intelligence will convene in Maastricht simultaneously.
To Pluto in one day - Secondary school students present their research at UM
What happens when secondary school students get university-level supervision for their profielwerkstuk?
How I rely on my university-taught writing skills, now that I use ChatGPT as my daily assistant at work: perspective of a recent graduate
How does a recent graduate transition from using AI tools with caution at university to embracing them at work?
Sense the Science
Beyond the bang: how Maastricht scientists helped win the Breakthrough Prize
- Sense the Science
This year's Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics was awarded to the 17,500 scientists working on the Large Hadron Collider, including researchers from Maastricht University’s Faculty of Science and Engineering. They contribute to major experiments exploring the universe’s deepest mysteries: ALICE and LHCb.
Food Forests: A source of inspiration for future food supply
- Sense the Science
This story is about more than food forests, bumblebees, birdsong, and biodiversity. It shows how a shared interest in sustainability and nature makes collaboration at FSE effortless.
Mirror Magic: wine glasses, every flavour of ice cream, and other challenges for the design of the Einstein Telescope mirrors.
- Sense the Science
When you think of a telescope, stargazing comes to mind, but the underground Einstein Telescope is different. It is all about engineering and technology. Jessica Steinlechner and Alex Amato reveal a portion of the magic they perform on only one component of the telescope: its mirrors.
Plastic-eating people do not like biodegradable polymers
- Sense the Science
Cola bottles and microplastics are two examples of plastics that frequently end up in the environment, which we then consume. Why? Simply because biodegradable alternatives have a hard time entering the market. Simon Schick at AMIBM investigated why this is the case.
