Student review [#4200]
at Maastricht University - UM

I am a second-year student at Maastricht University, following the European Studies program.

First of all, the program and the courses are really well developed. You get a lot of free time, but your schedule changes every period.

Maastricht University follows the PBL program, which does not function as I had in mind. Although there are group meetings for every course, which forces you to do your work and readings on time, some courses do not fit the PBL setting which makes it hard to form a group discussion.

Maastricht University has a very international community, which is one of the things I really like. You meet a lot of people from different countries and cultures. For European Studies, this is very beneficial because everyone can provide information about their own country during PBL.

Overall, studying at Maastricht University is very enjoyable and interesting, but feedback on exams and communication between students and professors can be improved. Often, feedback on exams and assignments are in the form of scans, with feedback written on them. However, this is hardly readable and planning a meeting with tutors/professors can be hard.