Universiteit Maastricht
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| Motto | International and Innovative |
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| Established | 1976 |
| Type | Problem-based learning |
| Rector | prof.mr. G.P.M.F. (Gerard) Mols |
| Faculty | 3,000 |
| Students | 11,463 |
| Location | Maastricht, The Netherlands |
| Website | http://www.unimaas.nl |
Universiteit Maastricht (abbreviation: UM) (or in the English language: Maastricht University<ref>http://www.unimaas.nl/default.asp?template=portal.htm&id=I71QIMO031OWVC27547M&taal=en</ref>), 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 is set to participate in the renowned case competitions at McGill University and the University of Southern California (USC) at the beginning of 2006.
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).
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[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 assosiated 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)
[edit] External links
- Universiteit Maastricht
- Observant University newspaper, with weekly English section.
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