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13 Mar
TEFAF UM events at The European Fine Arts Fair

15 Mar
20 Mar
The Freedom to Stay Studium Generale | Lecture

24 Mar

News and stories

Dr Pomme Theunissen: “Women are as good at entrepreneurship as men. They just do it differently.”

Men and women alike are good entrepreneurs. Yet in 2022, only 36% of Dutch entrepreneurs were women. Dr Pomme Theunissen, who grew up in an entrepreneurial family and is now a researcher at the School of Business and Economics, wanted to know why.
Pomme Theunissen

UM activities at TEFAF

From 15 to 20 March, The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF) will take place in Maastricht. Take a look at the activities organised by Maastricht University at TEFAF.
TEFAF Maastricht long shot

Judith Sluimer receives NWO Vici grant

Judith Sluimer received a Vici grant from the NWO on 28 February 2025. Of the 43 researchers who received one, she was the only one from Maastricht University.
Judith Sluimer3

Investing in higher education in Heerlen benefits the economy and wellbeing

The Municipality of Heerlen, Maastricht University, and Zuyd University of Applied Sciences aim to develop and strengthen Heerlen as an educational city, contributing to the broader wellbeing of Heerlen and its surrounding areas.
Ondertekening

Can Limburgish survive and thrive?

The dialects of Limburg are widely spoken but threatened by demographic and sociocultural developments. Leonie Cornips and Esther van Loo about why dialects are important.
Leonie Cornips en Esther van Loon

The rise of service robots

Robots are on an unstoppable march in healthcare, restaurants, airports and shops. The various research projects at the Maastricht Center for Robots focus on the interaction between service robots and humans.
UMagazine