The European university of the Netherlands

With the signing of the Barcelona Declaration during the Open Science Festival Limburg, Maastricht University pushes for greater openness, autonomy, and collaboration in research. Why are Open Science and research information so important?

Maastricht researchers Prof. Dr. Hylke Dijkstra and Dr. Mariëlle Wijermars have received a €6.6 million research grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO) to study knowledge security in the Netherlands and Europe. They will lead a national consortium.

Researcher Aurélie Carlier uses specialised computer models to investigate how men and women process medication differently. In 2025, she received both an award and a grant in recognition of her work.

Graduates of higher professional education still generally fit well into the job market. However, their labour market position is slightly less favorable than it was a year ago, according to our Research Center for Education and the Labour Market (ROA).

The current Dutch Compulsory Education Act (leerplichtwet) allows for exceptions that raise questions in practice. Recently, children's rights researcher Marieke Hopman discussed the act and the child's right to education in the Dutch programme BOOS.

Psychiatrist Dyllis van Dijk defended her PhD dissertation on outpatient depression care in October, but the questions she investigated — waiting times, dropout rates and treatment planning — are more topical than ever.