News

  • After having participated in the national Warm-Sweater-Day for several years, Maastricht University has decided to organise a Warm-Sweater-Week this year, from 11 to 15 February.

  • Like last year, UM’s Executive Board has allocated €75,000 available to support initiatives that support diversity and inclusivity.

  • Siemen Brinksma started as a researcher at UM for the ENLEB project. In December he ended his valuable research and left for a world tour.

  • Carla Greubel, Master's student ESST won the 2018 Thesis Award.

  • Lea Smidt, alumni MSc European Studies winner of the UM 2018 Thesis Award and the Daniel Heinsius Prize for the best MA thesis in political science.

  • CeROArt published a special issue: Four Study Days on Contemporary Art. It presents in the form of articles and reports the contributions of the days Around Nicolas Schöffer (Paris, C2RMF) and Vandalism and Art (June 2017, organised by SRAL in collaboration with Bonnefantenmuseum, CeROArt and MACCH)...

  • This year, the MAASTRO clinic in Maastricht is starting to use proton therapy - the promising new form of radiation treatment for cancer. The ‘what and why’ are no longer in question. Irradiation with protons instead of with photons can make a big difference for some types of cancer. The biggest...

  • Maastricht University has its own international maths competition: the Mathematical Modelling competition Maastricht (MMM). The event for high school students has been going strong since 1995.

  • Early Stage Researcher Nina Quabeck writes report on the NACCA Symposium 2018