Maastricht University - UM
speciality: International Business

I would recommend Maastricht university to everyone who wants to experience an international and intercultural environment. Something I find fascinating is the PBL, you won’t find such approach anywhere else. It really helped me to become more confident, aware of my own strengths and weaknesses, but also a good listener. It gives you the opportunity to share your thoughts and ideas, but embracing different perspectives and becoming more inclusive and open minded.
Another thing I’d like to highlight is the sustainability aspect. UM’s commitment to sustainability is something tangible in every aspect. Buildings that have been built with recycled materials, recycled cups, lots of vegan options at the mensa, and so on.
Overall, professors are friendly, willing to help students whenever possible and, from my experience, most of the time also a source of encouragement and inspiration.

One thing about Maastricht University is that it has extremely high standards when it comes to the learning level. They make sure that they equip their students with valuable knowledge and skills which will help them perform well at other institutions and in their work life. The reason for the success can partly be attributed to how they utilized their famous Problem-Based Learning (PBL). It is where the students are responsible fore their own learning and get to facilitate and lead the class. By having full ownership for a topic, you get more insight of it and also learn to plan for the lesson which brings about valuable skills. On top of that, it gives you the opportunity to be creative and think a bit outside of the box which I personally found engaging. Although, I will admit that it would be nice to have an expert input from an actual professor from time to time. And the amount of content that needs to be prepared ahead of each class can be overwhelming at times. But that comes back to the high standards set by the University in general.