Maastricht University

Maastricht University

Universiteit Maastricht
Former names	Rijksuniversiteit Limburg
Motto in English	Leading in Learning
Type	Public[1]
Established	9 January 1976[2]
Endowment	€521 million annual income[3]
President	Rianne Letschert
Rector	Pamela Habibović
Academic staff	2,539 (2023) [3]
Administrative staff	1,964 (2023) [3]
Students	22,976 (2023) [3]
Location	Maastricht , the Netherlands
Colours	Dark blue and white[4]
Affiliations	EUA, VSNU, AMBA, EQUIS, AACSB, WUN, YERUN
Website	maastrichtuniversity.nl

Maastricht University (abbreviated as UM;^[5] Dutch: Universiteit Maastricht^[6]) is a public research university in Maastricht, the Netherlands. Founded in 1976, it is the second youngest of the thirteen Dutch universities.

In 2023, 22,976 students studied at Maastricht University, 59% of whom were students from outside of the Netherlands, with over 4,000 employees.^[3] About half of the bachelor's programmes are fully offered in English, while the other half is taught wholly or partly in Dutch. Most of the master's and doctoral programmes are in English. Besides traditional programmes, Maastricht University also has three honours liberal arts colleges: University College Maastricht and the Maastricht Science Programme in the same liberal arts tradition. The satellite University College Venlo opened in 2015.