Noord-Limburg Region Scholarship

The Noord-Limburg Region – consisting of the Dutch municipalities of Venlo, Horst aan de Maas, Venray, Peel en Maas, Beesel, Gennep, Mook en Middelaar en Bergen – is responsible for implementing Quality of Life as a component in the Greenport Venlo programmes as well as the ‘Talent’ programme as a component of the Region Deal Noord-Limburg.

The primary motivation behind Quality of Life is to develop a high-quality living and working environment that inspires young, highly educated and highly skilled workers to continue to live and work in the Noord-Limburg region. The main objective of the Talent programme is to structurally strengthen the innovative power of professional and research practice from an infrastructure where education, professional practice and government work together on solutions for current issues and issues in the future, and to attract, train and retain talent for the North Limburg Region.

The challenge is to expand the higher education package and develop a competitive labour market with sufficiently qualified personnel at the secondary vocational, higher vocational and university levels. For these reasons, the Noord-Limburg Region is offering scholarships to Maastricht University students for a two-year master's in Health Food Innovation Management offered by the UM Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences (FHML) at Campus Venlo and the master's programme in Global Supply Chain Management and Change at the UM School of Business and Economics (SBE).

Who is eligible?

The Noord-Limburg Region Scholarship will focus on the master's programme in Global Supply Chain Management and Change at the Maastricht University School of Business and Economics (SBE) and the two-year master’s programme in Health Food Innovation Management of the Maastricht University Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life sciences (FHML). The Global Supply Chain Management and Change master is a one-year master's programme entirely taught in English at Maastricht University, Campus Venlo. Applicants must have been admitted to the Global Supply Chain Management and Change master programme starting in September 2024. 

The Health Food Innovation Management master is a two-year master programme entirely taught in English at Maastricht University, Campus Venlo. Applicants must have been admitted to the two-year master’s programme in Health Food Innovation Management starting in September 2024.

The scholarships are available for students from the Noord-Limburg region (residents of the municipalities of Venlo, Horst aan de Maas, Venray, Peel en Maas, Beesel, Gennep, Mook en Middelaar and Bergen). 

This scholarship provides an opportunity to experience the Problem-Based Learning educational model at Maastricht University, but also gives the scholarship recipient the opportunity to learn from other cultures by becoming a part of Maastricht University’s international academic community.

Are you interested in supply chain management processes and how they can be improved? Are you a creative thinker who can innovate to achieve a competitive edge? Do you aspire to set up your own business, or make a real difference to a company that wants to compete in a dynamic, international marketplace? If so, Global Supply Chain Management and Change, offered at Maastricht University Campus in Venlo, is the programme to drive your entrepreneurial ambitions.

Are you interested in and do you have affinity for the innovative developments concerning Health food with respect to business or health care? Do you have a specific interest in nutrition and health? Are you interested in how a health-food product goes from being just an idea to being launched on the market? How you can create food that is beneficial to our health and enjoyable, while also being industrially profitable? Then Health Food Innovation and Management could be just the programme for you.

Application deadline

The application deadline is closed

Duration of the Noord-Limburg Region scholarship

  • 12 months for the Global Supply Chain Management and Change programme
  • 24 months for the Health Food Innovation Management programme

Amount of the scholarship

The scholarship covers the tuition fees and additional costs of the master’s programme at the total amount of € 2,500 per academic year. The period of the scholarship starts and ends on the dates indicated in the award letter.

The Noord-Limburg Region Scholarship 2024-2025

Tuition fee refund*€ 2,530
Or at cost
Arranged and paid for by the
Scholarship Office
Expenses/study materials*€ 291.00Arranged and paid for by
the Scholarship Office at
the beginning of the academic
year

*These amounts are subject to change for each academic year

Application procedure

Step 1: Apply for admissions to the master’s programme in Global Supply Chain Management or Health Food Innovation Management at Maastricht University via Studielink. 

Step 2: Application to the scholarship:

Step 1Register for a master's
programme via 
Studielink.nl  
Step 2Fill out the application
form (applications are closed)

Selection procedure

Step 1: The faculty will review and rank the application requests. The Noord-Limburg Region, in consultation with the University Fund Limburg, will make the final decision.

Step 2: Applicants will be informed about the selection outcome as soon as possible, but the soonest in July 2024.

Step 3: The candidates who are awarded the scholarship will receive an award letter; they must sign and return this letter to the UM International Services Desk to accept the scholarship.

For the scholarship assessment, the Scholarship Committee takes all elements of the application into account, including the level of previous study programmes, academic excellence, motivation, status of the home institution, the connection with the prior study programme, future career plans and the references.