Maastricht University

I just graduated and I can say: If you value education do not choose Maastricht University. I have ten years' experience in industry and can say that the teaching quality is by far the worst I have ever experienced inside or outside of the university system. Problem based learning (PBL) is a clever business model designed to reduce the costs associated with employing qualified tutors. Instead, when attending Maastricht you will predominantly learn from disinterested and unqualified individuals who are hired direct from their Masters programmes. I have given two stars because it is almost impossible for the overall unviersity experience to not be positive due to the social ties you will build during your tenure. However, this is not something the insitution can take credit for and I would advise any student - especially internationals - who are seriously interested in learning to avoid Maastricht University.

RUN FAST！ I strongly advise international students NOT to choose this school. The entire curriculum is poorly designed and lacks direction. Exams are excessively difficult, yet there is no real guidance, no past examples, and lectures or tutorials are rarely useful. The so-called PBL system is just unstructured group talk where students learn almost nothing; most people rely on old notes from previous years to survive the exams. The university also prohibits external internships, which is particularly unfair to non-EU students who need an official three-party agreement for the internship. This School is quick to collect tuition fees but completely ignores student feedback or complaints. Thesis support is equally disappointing: some students have to fund their own experiments. Although the university promotes itself as international, the environment feels far from inclusive; some staff are dismissive and unsupportive toward international students. Overall, this school feels more like a business that takes money than an academic institution that truly supports learning. If you are an international student, there are far better universities for the same cost.

Had a fantastic time in Maastricht this weekend. Great old city with plenty to do, see and eat. Also if you're a big fan if André Rieu, then I can highly recommend his show in Maastricht which is his home city.

I Like this university. Anybody can help me to know about admission procedure for foreign students. Basically living in India currently , have done my bachelor's from one of top universities of India and want to pursue masters from here. Any kind soul please throw light on the answers to my question. Love from my side 😇🩵

Very nice University and well known in the Netherlands and in the world!

If you want to study anything STEM related, go to literally any other university, trust me. It lacks organization and professors that can actually teach and explain properly. The exams are very difficult, but that wouldn't be a problem if we had study materials- which we don't. So, friendly advice, if you value your mental health, don't come here :). The city is amazing, the university, on the other hand.... isn't.

The Executive MBA was a very valuable experience for me. I learned a lot about different aspects of business, and I also had the opportunity to network with other finance professionals. The faculty were great, and they really helped me to understand the material.

Don’t go there if you plan to study. I am a student of 4 years at the fpn faculty and this is my last straw. The BA cursus is 3 years but lots of students (me included) had to take another year because we are ALL burned out. They expect us to be perfect and meet all deadlines though they can’t even publish results on time. You’ll have (at best) to wait a month for exam results meanwhile other universities take a week. When they publish results you cannot be sure whether or not those are valid as it happened that they messed up more than once (hello action course coordinators) but WE are supposed to be perfect. When they actually publish the true results, you get less than ten days to study for the resit, course coordinators won’t even fake empathy, they be telling you it’s enough days to be ready for the resit (although you actually have other exams to prepare at the same time). Happened too that they actually mess up the platform used for taking the exam, making it a practice exam and then putting a resit on the 29th of July. You cannot take breaks here. I’ll have to take the resit on my vacations, the ones I was dreaming the whole year about. The only upside is the presence of academic advisors, they are the few people left there with basic human empathy and they are angels. If you care about yourself and your mental health then don’t come study here. Can’t wait to change universities for the master. I don’t know if this is the case for all faculties but if you plan to study psychology go somewhere else