UM granted EUR 2.4m for international scholarships programme

The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs last week granted a MATRA subsidy to the tune of EUR 2.4m to the University of Maastricht.

The MATRA subsidy will allow students from the former Eastern European countries to receive scholarships for a one-year Master course at the UM.

The subsidy will be divided between a Master of Public Health (EUR 1,2m) and three Masters in European Studies - European Studies, European Public Affairs and Analysing Europe (totalling EUR 1,2m).

The UM expects that about 30 to 40 students per faculty will benefit from the scholarships in 2006/2007 and 2007/2008. Students from the new European Union member states and EU candidate countries, as well as from a number of Eastern and Southern neighbouring countries, will be eligible for the scholarships.

The scholarships will cover not only tuition fees and travel and accommodation costs but also a special development and social programme for the students. The UM Business School will be in charge of the special programmes for the European Studies Masters. The Netherlands School of Public and Occupational Health in Amsterdam will partly organise the special programme for the Master in Public Health.

Source: University of Maastricht, 13 April 2006