Universiteit Maastricht (Maastricht University), founded in 1976, is the second youngest university in the Netherlands. It has about 11.500 students and 3000 employees at the moment, 30% of whom are not Dutch.
About half of the courses offered are in Dutch, the other half in English, such as Business Administration (International Business) at the Faculty of Economics, (European Studies) at the Faculty of Arts and Culture and all the course at the University College Maastricht.
The university is known for its Problem-based learning method as an alternative way of teaching, working with discussions and open-ended problems. In the year 2004 Universiteit Maastricht was ranked first (of all Dutch Universities) in a research report on quality published by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OC&W) (press release). In 2005, the Faculty of Economics was regarded better than the same faculty at Oxford University by the influential German business magazine Wirtschaftswoche(website). At the beginning of the academic year 2005-2006 the university was once again ranked no. 1 in the Netherlands by the Dutch publication Elsevier.
The University is set to participate in the renowned case competitions at McGill University and the University of Southern California (USC) at the beginning of 2006.
Various other publications have also rated the university to be the best in the Netherlands. The University is currently accredited by both EQUIS (press release) and AACSB (press release), a rare feat among European universities.

Tourism Management - One year course, offered by the Hotel Management School Maastricht and the Maastricht University.
Amsterdam Maastricht Summer University - Offers courses in cultural studies, law, economics, and information science. Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Meta Description: [ The Amsterdam-Maastricht Summer University (AMSU) organises academic summer courses in the Netherlands in various fields. ]
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration - Maastricht University - Information for students and prospective students, and details about staff and programs.
Infonomics - Economics for the Information Economy - Home of the Bachelor/Master programmes - The official webpage of the Infonomics study programme, a branch of Economics tackling the changes caused by the transition to an information economy. The site provides information on the programme for prospective students and a designated Alumni area.
Meta Description: [ The official webpage of the Infonomics study programme, a branch of Economics tackling the changes caused by the transition to an information economy. The site provides information on the programme for prospective students and a designated alumni area. ]
Maastricht University - General information about this university.
Meta Description: [ Welkom op de website van Universiteit Maastricht ]
The Infonomia Society - Maastricht - The official webpage of the Infonomia Society, Maastricht. The purpose of this organisation is to bundle the different additional activities undertaken by the various people connected to the Infonomics institute as well as the study programme.
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