Maastricht University Campus Venlo is a satellite campus of

Maastricht University Maastricht University (abbreviated as UM; nl, Universiteit Maastricht) is a public research university in Maastricht, Netherlands. Founded in 1976, it is the second youngest of the thirteen Dutch universities. In 2021, 22,383 students studied at ...

located in

Venlo Venlo () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the southeastern Netherlands, close to the border with Germany. It is situated in the province of Limburg (Netherland ...

, approximately 80 km north of

Maastricht Maastricht ( , , ; li, Mestreech ; french: Maestricht ; es, Mastrique ) is a city and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. It is the capital and largest city of the province of Limburg. Maastricht is located on both sides of the ...

History

Maastricht University opened a front-office in Venlo in 1999 to strengthen the knowledge economy of the North

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region. Based in the

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of Venlo, Campus Venlo developed successful activities like a

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programme and the TEAM Venlo project. Due to the successful experiences from these projects, the decision was made to expand the Campus. In 2009, the Campus moved to the building of

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, to house its two new Master's programmes, Global Supply Chain Management and Change, and Health Food Innovation Management. Campus Venlo expanded the Campus with a bachelor's programme in September 2015. To accommodate the growing number of students, the Campus moved on 10 October to its new location on Nassaustraat.

Location

The Maastricht University Campus Venlo is located on the edge of the Venlo City Centre. The location is close to the

Venlo railway station Venlo railway station is located in Venlo, the Netherlands. It is situated on the Maastricht–Venlo railway, the Viersen–Venlo railway, the Venlo–Eindhoven railway and the Nijmegen–Venlo railway. The first station in Venlo was opened on ...

, the

Limburgs Museum Limburgish ( li, Limburgs or ; nl, Limburgs ; german: Limburgisch ; french: Limbourgeois ), also called Limburgan, Limburgian, or Limburgic, is a West Germanic language spoken in the Dutch and Belgian provinces of Limburg and in the neig ...

Museum van Bommel van Dam Museum van Bommel van Dam is a Dutch museum of modern art in Venlo in the southeast Netherlands. The museum belongs to the German/Dutch cooperation Crossart, a partnership between 7 German museums in Westfalen and 4 Dutch museums in Gelderland ...

, and CityCinema Venlo. The campus building "Raad van Arbeid" hosts 28 individual studios located on the first and second floor of the building.

Education

Maastricht University offers two Master's programmes in Venlo, Global Supply Chain Management and Change, and Health Food Innovation Management and a Bachelor's programme University College Venlo. All programmes are offered exclusively in English.

University College Venlo

In November 2013,

, the municipality of

, and the Province of Limburg announced their plans to open a Bachelor's programme in September 2014, University College Venlo (UCV). This

liberal arts college A liberal arts college or liberal arts institution of higher education is a college with an emphasis on undergraduate study in liberal arts and sciences. Such colleges aim to impart a broad general knowledge and develop general intellectual capac ...

will allow students to obtain a

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or a

Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four years ...

within three years. The course content of UCV will be strongly related to the strengths of the region

agribusiness Agribusiness is the industry, enterprises, and the field of study of value chains in agriculture and in the bio-economy, in which case it is also called bio-business or bio-enterprise. The primary goal of agribusiness is to maximize profit w ...

, health food

innovation Innovation is the practical implementation of ideas that result in the introduction of new goods or services or improvement in offering goods or services. ISO TC 279 in the standard ISO 56000:2020 defines innovation as "a new or changed entity ...

logistics Logistics is generally the detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation. In a general business sense, logistics manages the flow of goods between the point of origin and the point of consumption to meet the requirements of ...

, and

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. Students are challenged to develop an

and

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mindset within this

academic An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary education, secondary or tertiary education, tertiary higher education, higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membershi ...

setting. The bachelor's programme welcomed its first students in September 2015. The Bachelor's offers two enrolment moments, being September and February

Global Supply Chain Management and Change

The Global Supply Chain Management and Change Master's programme is a one-year programme offered by the Maastricht University, School of Business and Economics.

Health Food Innovation Management

The Master Health Food Innovation Management lasts two years, and is offered by Maastricht University, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences.

Student life

Venlo provides student sports, student discounts, and social activities.

References

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