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Maastricht University, MA, European Studies

Maastricht University
 Netherlands

Entry requirements

You are expected to have prior knowledge of contemporary European history, the integration process, and institutions of the European Union. Some previous insight into theories and methods of social and political science is essential. You are eligible for admission if you have a bachelor's degree from a European Studies programme, or from a relevant academic field, and/or have followed some modules on European Union. Relevant fields are for example: political science, international relations, law, economics, history, cultural studies. Excellent students with a relevant University of Applied Sciences degree (e.g. HBO/ Hochschule), or an academic BA or BSc Bachelor in a field that does not grant direct admission into this programme, can follow a Pre-master year. Once successfully completed, this will then guarantee you access to the master’s programme European Studies. IELTS test: minimum score overall 6.5 and writing minimum score 6.5 TOEFL test: overall, internet-based minimum score 90 and writing minimum score 25 TOEFL test: overall, paper-based minimum score 575 TOEFL test: overall, computer-based minimum score 232 A Cambridge certificate: C or higher for the CAE (Certificate in Advanced English).

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Location

Most of the university's departments are on the west bank of the River Meuse, or Maas, that runs through central Maastricht, and a 20-minute walk from Maastricht Central Station. There are also faculties at Randwyck campus, a three-minute train journey from central Maastricht.


Maastricht can be reached from Amsterdam, Brussels, Charleroi, Düsseldorf and Cologne airports, and by train and bus. The public transport network across the Netherlands is quick, clean and efficient. Getting around by bus is easy but most students’ cycle.


The university’s arts, humanities and social sciences faculties are located in Maastricht’s city centre, west of the river Meuse. Most of the university’s inner city properties have official monumental status. As many of these buildings were facing abandonment at the time of their acquirement, the development of an urban university campus has contributed to the preservation and liveliness of Maastricht’s historic city centre.