Universiteit Maastricht

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Universiteit Maastricht


Motto	International and Innovative
Established	1976
Type	Problem-based learning
Rector	prof.mr. G.P.M.F. (Gerard) Mols
Chairman	Jo Ritzen
Faculty	3,000
Students	11,463
Location	Maastricht, The Netherlands
Affiliations	EUA, VSNU
Website	http://www.unimaas.nl

Universiteit Maastricht (abbreviation: UM) (or in the English language: Maastricht University^[1]), founded in 1976, is the second youngest university in the Netherlands. It has about 11.500 students and 3000 employees at the moment, 30% of whom are not Dutch.

The university is known for its Problem-based learning method as an alternative way of teaching, working with discussions and open-ended problems. In the year 2004 Universiteit Maastricht was ranked first (of all Dutch Universities) in a research report on quality published by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OC&W) (press release). In 2005, the Faculty of Economics was regarded better than the same faculty at Oxford University by the influential German business magazine Wirtschaftswoche (website). At the beginning of the academic year 2005-2006 the university was once again ranked no. 1 in the Netherlands by the Dutch publication Elsevier.
The University successfully participated in the renowned case competitions at McGill University (MMICC) and the University of Southern California (USC) at the beginning of 2006. (website) In 2007, the university was once again invited and partipated at CBS Case Competition. ([1]) Various other publications have also rated the university to be the best in the Netherlands. The Faculty of Economics and Business Administration is currently accredited by both EQUIS (press release) and AACSB (press release), a rare feat among European universities.

About half of the courses offered are in Dutch, the other half in English, such as Business Administration (International Business) at the Faculty of Economics, European Studies at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and all the course at the University College Maastricht. The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is currently building a joint programme with the three arts academies of Maastricht, the Conservatorium Maastricht (Academy of Music) Toneelacademie Maastricht (Academy of Dramatic Arts) and the Academie Beeldende Kunsten Maastricht (Academy of Fine Arts).

1 Faculties
2 Research Schools and institutes
- 2.1 Main research schools
- 2.2 Research institutes
3 Notable Professors
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Faculties

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
Faculty of General Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Medicine
Faculty of Psychology
Faculty of Life Sciences
Universiteit Maastricht Business School
Maastricht Graduate School of Governance (MGSoG)
University College Maastricht

[edit] Research Schools and institutes

[edit] Main research schools

CaRe Netherlands School of Primary Care Research
EPP Experimental Psychopathology
EURON EUROpean Graduate School of Neuroscience
Heart and Vascular diseases
Ius Commune
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 research institute IKAT
School for Human Rights Research
VLAG Nutrition, food Technology, Agro-biotechnology and Health
WTMC Netherlands Graduate School of Science, Technology and Modern Culture

[edit] Research institutes

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 Integrated assessment & Sustainable development
IKAT Institute for Knowledge and Agent Technology
Maastricht Centre for Human Rights
METRO Maastricht European Institute for Transnational Law Research
METEOR Maastricht Research Institute/School of Economics and Organizations
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

[edit] References

^ http://www.unimaas.nl/default.asp?template=portal.htm&id=I71QIMO031OWVC27547M&taal=en

[edit] External links

Universiteit Maastricht
Observant University newspaper, with weekly English section.
UNU-MERIT
Universiteit Maastricht for foreign students on iAgora - Reviews by former Erasmus and other international students in Maastricht on iAgora.