Maastricht University - UM (reviews)

Pretty badly organized for first year students and a very high failing rate as you can only fail 2 out of 12 classes, which is pretty outrageous as in an exam you need per example a 27/40 to pass the class.
Problem based learning seemed exciting but it was a totally disappointing learning method for most of the classes like qm1, qm2 and more. 8 year suspension from tje uni is also outrageous. Pick your study with careful consideration

UM embraces diversity of their students, keeping a high standard of research based education. UM offers multidisciplinary approach to education, with an emphasis on problem based learning to allow students to become leaders of their own learning. With highly accomplished and published researchers as course coordinators aided with group tutors, students are ensured to recovered the most enriched and inclusive education within whatever field. The inclusivity of English and Dutch courses allows Maastricht University to cultivate a rich academic environment allowing it to become the top university for several courses. Interested? Join UM on our open days or check out the summer school programmes to get a taste of life in Maastricht!

The program is indeed international, with most of the students coming from Western Europe (rather than all around the globe).
Students of this program are worldly, educated, and driven to be change-makers in the world. The professors in my experience are knowledgeable, helpful and good-natured. I like the problem-based learning style that the university is famous for, and the class material is very stimulating, interdisciplinary and relevant to the modern world.
The foreign language track of the program is pretty bad, with classes being only online and just once a week. The program is in its second-ever year so some of the structure of the program and the Skills track have some kinks and need to be reworked.

In the local town, Maastricht, those from a city bigger than a village will most likely find it underwhelming. It’s usually pretty expensive, and finding housing is as impossible as most of the Netherlands and the local Dutch population is reasonably hostile to international students.

One of the most advertised features of the university, it is very pressuring and does not deliver the promised results – everything still has to be learned in the same manner as everywhere else – but here no tutorials are to be missed and PBL is supposed to be a key to successful graduation. Doing twice the work, therefore dividing the attention and time resources, without other options for students struggling with this method – then you are on your own.