University College Maastricht

University College Maastricht (abbreviated as, and informally UCM) is an English language, internationally oriented, liberal arts and sciences college housed in the 15th century Nieuwenhof monastery in Maastricht, the Netherlands. Founded in 2002, it is the second of its kind in the Netherlands. The college is part of Maastricht University (Dutch: Universiteit Maastricht) and offers an honours programme with a high workload for motivated students... More

University College Maastricht (abbreviated as, and informally UCM) is an English language, internationally oriented, liberal arts and sciences college housed in the 15th century Nieuwenhof monastery in Maastricht, the Netherlands. Founded in 2002, it is the second of its kind in the Netherlands. The college is part of Maastricht University (Dutch: Universiteit Maastricht) and offers an honours programme with a high workload for motivated students. In 2012, UCM was ranked the best university college in the Netherlands by the Dutch University Guide (Keuzegids Hoger Onderwijs). Maastricht University, of which UCM is part, was founded in 1976, making it one of the youngest universities in the Netherlands, and currently has about 12,000 students and more than 3,000 employees. University College Maastricht itself opened in September 2002, before moving to a new location in 2006, and currently has over 600 students. Education at University College Maastricht, providing Bachelor of Arts and...

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