Maastricht University
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| Motto | Based in Europe, focused on the world. Maastricht University is a stimulating environment. Where research and teaching are complementary. Where innovation is our focus. Where talent can flourish. A truly student oriented research university. |
| Established | 1976[1] |
| Type | Public |
| Endowment | €328 million[2] |
| President | Jo Ritzen |
| Rector | Gerard Mols |
| Faculty | 1,885[2] |
| Staff | 3,538[2] |
| Students | 13,117[2] |
| Location |  Maastricht, Netherlands |
| Former names | Rijksuniversiteit Limburg, Universiteit Maastricht |
| Affiliations | EUA, VSNU |
| Website | www.maastrichtuniversity.nl |
Maastricht University (officially abbreviated as UM)[3] is a public university in Maastricht, the Netherlands. Founded in 1976, the university is the second youngest in the Netherlands. The university's founding name was Rijksuniversiteit Limburg and was changed into Universiteit Maastricht in 1996. Since 2008 the name is Maastricht University, which the university claims will emphasize the international character.[1]
Maastricht University has over 13,000 students, 39% of whom are foreign students, and over 3,500 employees.[2] About half of the bachelor's programmes are fully offered in English, while the other half is taught in Dutch. Most of the master's and PhD programmes are in English.
[edit] Rankings
- The Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) university ranking: place 111 in 2007 and again in 2008; 172 in 2006. Ranked 40 in Europe in 2008. In the category foreign students, Maastricht University scored 99/100, placing it 5th in Europe (cf. Harvard 91/100).
- The Russian based Global University Ranking, which combines methodology of several rankings, placed Maastricht among top 100 universities in the world in 2009.[4]
- Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OC&W): In 2004, Maastricht University was ranked first (of all Dutch Universities) in a report on quality of education (press release). In 2005, the university came in first again. From 2006 onwards, the ministry no longer publishes a ranking list.
- Keuzegids Hoger Onderwijs: In 2006, eight of the twelve bachelor programmes were designated as best programme in the Netherlands by students (European Studies, Economics, Econometrics, International Business, Psychology, Medicine, Health Sciences and Molecular Life Sciences). From the other four programmes, three came in second place.
- Dutch Magazine Elsevier: At the beginning of the academic year 2005-2006 the university was once again ranked number one in the Netherlands by the Dutch publication Elsevier. In 2007 many degrees were again recognized as best in the Netherlands with exceptional grades given to the international opportunities in the International Business and Economics degrees.
- German Magazine Wirtschaftswoche: In 2005, the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration was regarded better than the same faculty at Oxford University (website).
- Financial Times: In 2008 the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (FEBA) participated in the Financial Times’ ranking for Masters in Management programmes for the first time and its International Business programme scores a 25th place in the top 40 of European institutes that offer such programmes: website. The programme even made the 4th place on the list "Best in International Business" and 3rd in the category "Value for Money" website.
- Its undergraduate degrees in International Business and Economics were ranked 1st in the Netherlands in the 2008 Elsevier ranking Announcement
[edit] Faculties and schools
[edit] Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences offers two bachelor programmes, seven undergraduate minors, eight postgraduate programmes, and has a Graduate School for Ph.D. students. These programmes are:
- B.A. degree programmes: Arts and Culture, European Studies
- Minor: Arts and Culture, Crucial Differences, European Studies, Globalisation and Diversity, Governing Europe, Law and Policy Making, Living with the Life Sciences
- M.A. degree programmes: Analysing Europe, European Studies, European Public Affairs, Arts and Heritage: Policy, Management and Education; European Studies on Society, Science and Technology; Arts and Sciences, Media Culture,
- M.Phil degree programmes: Cultures of Arts, Science and Technology
- Ph.D. degree programmes: Arts and Social Sciences
[edit] Maastricht University School of Business and Economics
The Maastricht University School of Business and Economics is currently accredited by EQUIS (press release), AACSB (press release) and Association of MBAs (AMBA). This Triple Crown accreditation has only been achieved by 28 other business schools, including RSM Erasmus University, INSEAD, IMD, FGV(Brazil), and the London Business School. Students from the Maastricht University School of Business and Economics have also successfully participated in the case competitions at McGill University (MMICC) and the University of Southern California (USC) in 2006 (website). In 2007, the university was once again invited and participated at CBS Case Competition ([2]).
[edit] Maastricht University School of Governance
The young and prestigious Maastricht Graduate School of Governance was formally founded in September 2004 by the University Board of the Maastricht University in light of the growing needs for highly-trained specialists in public policy analysis and government with a truly global perspective. The School has positioned itself to be a leading academic centre based in Europe in the area of 'thought-leadership' as it applies to global governance and international public policy. The internationally focused School combines the academic resources of the faculties of Maastricht University and those of several foreign partners in order to guarantee multi-disciplinary top-academic training providing a truly unique global perspective. The School only provides formal degree programs at the postgraduate level, these include Masters and Phd courses.
[edit] Faculty of Law
The Maastricht Law Faculty offers bachelor (LLB) and master programmes (LLM) in both English and Dutch. It is renowned internationally for its European Law School, an English-taught programme that focuses on European, international and comparative law. Using practice-oriented teaching in small-scale groups, the Maastricht Law Faculty satisfies the labour market’s increasing demand for lawyers who are trained to solve European and cross-border legal problems.
LLB: Dutch Law; Tax Law; European Law School.
LLM: European Law School, Globalisation and Law; International Laws; Tax Law (including International and European Tax Law); Forensics, Criminology and Administration of Justice; Dutch Law; Law and Labour.
Advanced (postgraduate) Master programmes: Advanced Master in Intellectual Property Law and Knowledge Management (LLM/MSc); Advanced Master in International and European Economic Law (LLM).
[edit] Faculty of Humanities and Sciences
- University College Maastricht
- ICIS
- Knowledge Engineering
- Maastricht Graduate School of Governance
[edit] Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences
The Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences started January 1, 2007. The faculty was the result of a merger between the Faculty of Health Sciences and the Faculty of Medicine. The Faculty of Medicine was the first Faculty to be established at Maastricht University. The University was officially established on the 9th of January 1976, although the first medical students began their studies in September 1974. The Maastricht Faculty of Medicine was the second in the world to apply the Problem-Based Learning method. The other Faculties of Maastricht University, i.e. Arts and Culture, Economics and Business Administration, General Sciences, Health Sciences, Law, and Psychology adopted educational systems and research organisations akin to that of the Faculty of Medicine. The Faculty developed into a community with a staff of around 1200 (academics, administrative and support staff), and approximately 1950 medical students. Since 1992 staff and students are based at the complex of buildings of the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Faculty of Psychology, and the University Hospital (Academic Hospital Maastricht) which opened in 1991.
The Faculty of Health Sciences offered a broad range of disciplines that made the faculty unique. Not only in the Netherlands, but also in Europe. The format allowed students to integrate their discipline and research work into all areas related to society, sickness and health. By way of research and specific (undergraduate and postgraduate) education, the Faculty of Health Sciences contributed to quality improvement in health care.
[edit] Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience
[edit] Maastricht Centre for Entrepreneurship
The Maastricht Centre for Entrepreneurship was founded in 2008. It’s main goal is to promote entrepreneurship among students, employees, researchers and Alumni of the Maastricht University. The first initiative for the Centre was taken in 2007 with the foundation of the Robert Noortman Chair. The activities of the Centre are aimed at all phases of entrepreneurship, from exciting students (INSPIRE) educating them (EDUCATE) and helping them found their own company (CREATE) till academic education of existent entrepreneurs and businesses (GROW). In order to do so the Centre organizes activities and themes in 4 clusters.http://www.mc4e.nl/
[edit] Main research schools
- CaRe Netherlands School of Primary Care Research
- CARIM http://carim.unimaas.nl (Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht) Heart and Vascular diseases
- EPP Research School Experimental Psychopathology
- EURON EUROpean Graduate School of Neuroscience
- Ius Commune [3]
- METEOR Maastricht Research School of Economics of Technology and Organisations
The UM participates in the following research schools:
- Huizinga Institute UM participation in the research institute CWS
- ICO UM participation in the research Institute of Medical Education
- iBME integrated Biomedical Engineering. Co-operation with the University of Twente.
- SIKS UM participation in the Department of Knowledge Engineering
- School for Human Rights Research [www.law.uu.nl/English/orm/]
- VLAG Nutrition, food Technology, Agro-biotechnology and Health
- WTMC Netherlands Graduate School of Science, Technology and Modern Culture
[edit] Research institutes[5]
- CAPHRI Care and Public Health Research Institute
- CARIM Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht
- CWS Arts and Culture Research
- EPP Experimental Psychopathology
- GROW Research Institute Growth & Development
- H&G Maastricht Brain & Behaviour Institute.
- ICIS International Centre for Integrative Studies
- IGIR Institute for Globalisation and International Regulation
- MARC - Maastricht Accounting, Auditing & Information Management Research
- Maastricht Centre for Human Rights
- METRO Maastricht European Institute for Transnational Law Research
- METEOR Maastricht Research Institute/School of Economics and Organizations
- Montesquieu Institute (Centre for European Parliamentary History and Constitutional Development)
- NUTRIM Nutrition and Toxicology Research Institute Maastricht
- ROA Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market
- UNU-MERIT (Maastricht Economic and social Research and training centre on Innovation and Technology), UNU-MERIT is also part of the United Nations University
There are faculty research units and associated institutes (research website)
[edit] Notable Professors
- Wiebe Bijker: Professor of Technology and Society, member of the KNAW (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences) and together with Trevor Pinch the founder of Social Construction of Technology (SCOT)
- Franz Palm: Professor of Econometrics, member of the KNAW (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences)
- Maurits Allessie: Professor of Physiology, member of the KNAW (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences)
- Andre Knottnerus: Professor of General Practice, member of the KNAW (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences), President of the Health Council of the Netherlands
- Luc Soete: Professor of General Economics, Director of research institute UNU-MERIT (which is also part of the United Nations University), member of the group of key thinkers for the Lisbon Strategy
- Geert Hofstede: Emeritus Professor of Organizational Anthropology and International Management. Founder of Institute for Research on Intercultural Cooperation (IRIC)
- John Hagedoorn: Professor of Strategy and International Business and professorial fellow with the United Nations University - MERIT
- Theo van Boven: Professor Emeritus of International Law, Former UN Director for human rights and UN Special Rapporteur for Torture
- Rainer Goebel: Professor of Neurocognition, Director of the Maastricht Brain Imaging centre, Winner of the German Heinz-Maier-Leibnitz award for cognitive sciences in 1993
- Peter Van den Bossche: Professor of International Economic Law; Head of Department, International & European Law; Director, Institute for Globalisation & International Regulation (IGIR); Formerly, Counsellor to the WTO Appellate Body and Acting Director, WTO Appellate Body Secretariat. Commencing 12 December 2009, Van den Bossche has been appointed for a 4 year term to the 7-member Appellate Body of the WTO. [6].
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Belangrijke UM-data" (in Dutch). Maastricht University. 2009-01-21. http://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/web/Main1/OverDeUM/GeschiedenisUniversiteitMaastricht/BelangrijkeUMdata.htm. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
- ^ a b c d e "Statistics". Maastricht University. 2008-08-25. http://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/web/Main/AboutUM/FactsFigures/Statistics.htm. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
- ^ "About UM". Maastricht University. 2008-07-01. http://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/web/Main/AboutUM.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ^ http://www.globaluniversitiesranking.org/images/banners/top-100(eng).pdf
- ^ Research Institutes - UM research - Research - Universiteit Maastricht
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