Applicants are invited to apply for the Maastricht University Holland-High Potential Scholarship. The Maastricht University (UM) Scholarship program offers 24 full scholarships of €29.000 (including tuition fee waiver and monthly stipend) each academic year for highly talented students from outside the European Union (EU) who have been admitted to a Master’s program at UM.
This Scholarship to study in Europe consists of both the High Potential Scholarship (funded by the Maastricht University Scholarship Fund), and the Holland Scholarship, which is financed by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science in conjunction with Dutch universities and universities of applied sciences. It is aimed at international students from outside the EU/EEA who wish to follow a full degree program in the Netherlands.
Founded in 1976, Maastricht University (UM) is the most international university in the Netherlands and uses Dutch and English as language of instruction. However, Most of the master’s and doctoral programs are in English. The university has more than 18,000 students and 4,400 employees and offers high-quality research and study programs. UM has quickly built up a solid reputation that make it one of the best young universities in the world.
Below is the list of Master’s programmes that are eligible for the UM-Holland High Potential Scholarship 2021-2022:
Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences
MA Art, Literature and Society ;
MA Arts and Heritage: Policy, Management and Education ;
MA Arts and Culture: spec. Politics and Society ;
MA European Public Affairs ;
MA European Studies on Society, Science and Technology ;
MA European Studies: spec. Europe in a Globalizing World ;
MA European Studies: spec. European Politics and International Relations ;
MA European Studies: spec. European Public Policy and Administration ;
MA Globalization and Development Studies ;
Research Master Cultures of Arts, Science and Technology ;
Research Master European Studies ;
MA Media Studies: Digital Cultures .
Faculty of Law
LLM European Law School: spec. European Law & Market Integration ;
LLM European Law School: spec. European Public Law & Governance ;
LLM European Law School: spec. General programme ;
LLM Forensics, Criminology and Law ;
LLM Globalisation and Law: spec. Corporate and Commercial Law ;
LLM Globalisation and Law: spec. General programme ;
LLM Globalisation and Law: spec. Human Rights ;
LLM Globalisation and Law: spec. International Trade and Investment Law ;
LLM International and European Tax Law: spec. International and European Tax Law ;
LLM International and European Tax Law: spec. Customs and International Supply Chain Taxation ;
LLM International and European Tax Law: spec. Tax and Technology ;
LLM Advanced Master in Intellectual Property Law and Knowledge Management ;
MSc Advanced Master in Intellectual Property Law and Knowledge Management .
Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences
MSc Biomedical Sciences ;
MSc Epidemiology ;
MSc Global Health ;
MSc Governance and Leadership in European Public Health ;
MSc Health Education and Promotion ;
MSc Healthcare Policy, Innovation and Management ;
MSc Human Movement Sciences: spec. Health and Rehabilitation ;
MSc Human Movement Sciences: spec. Sports and Nutrition ;
MSc Work, Health and Career.
Faculty of Science and Engineering (Will be announced soon)
Faculty of Psychology & Neuroscience
MSc Forensic Psychology ;
MSc Psychology: spec. Cognitive Neuroscience ;
MSc Psychology: spec. Development Psychology ;
MSc Psychology: spec. Health and Social Psychology ;
MSc Psychology: spec. Neuropsychology ;
MSc Psychology: spec. Legal Psychology ;
MSc Psychology: spec. Work and Organisational Psychology ;
Research Master Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience: spec. Cognitive Neuroscience ;
Research Master Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience: spec. Drug Development and ;
Neurohealth ;
Research Master Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience: spec. Fundamental Neuroscience ;
Research Master Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience: spec. Neuropsychology ;
Research Master Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience: spec. Psychopathology .
School of Business and Economics
MSc Business Intelligence and Smart Services ;
MSc Economics ;
MSc Economics and Strategy in Emerging Markets ;
MSc Financial Economics ;
MSc IB/Entrepreneurship and SME Management ;
MSc IB/Information Management and Business Intelligence ;
MSc IB/Sustainable Finance ;
MGSoG: MSc Public Policy and Human Development ;
MSI: MSc Sustainability Science, Policy and Society .
Maastricht University Holland-High Potential Scholarship Eligibility
To apply for this scholarship, applicants must satisfy the following eligibility criteria:
hold nationality in a country outside the EU/EEA and meet the requirements for obtaining an entry visa and residence permit for the Netherlands.
do not hold a double nationality from a EU/EEA country.
have applied for admission to a full-time Master’s programme at Maastricht University for the 2021-2022 academic year.
meet the specific admission requirements of the UM Master’s programme to which you have applied.
have never participated in a degree-seeking higher education programme in the Netherlands. Students who have completed exchange programmes in the Netherlands are welcome to apply.
are not older than 35 years of age on 1 September 2021.
have obtained excellent results during your prior education programmes.
Once you have submitted your application via Studielink, you will receive a student ID number for Maastricht University. You will need a student number in order to complete and submit the Scholarship Application Form (see Step 2 below).
Step 2
Please fill in the application form corresponding to your program.
Note: except for the first application form, applicants need to log in with their UM account in order to be able to fill the form.
Step 3
You will have to contact the referee you provided in your application form and ask them to submit their reference letter per email to [email protected] by midnight on 1 February 2021 (Central European Time). Do not forget to provide your referee with the scholarship reference letter guidelines.
Required Documents
Curriculum vitae (should not be longer than 2 A4 pages).
Letter of motivation.
Proof of academic excellence
Your University transcript that explicitly states your grade point average or class ranking (i.e. first class honours) for your entire study programme; or,
A letter signed by your institution’s Head of Department or Registrar stating that you are one of the top 20 students in the graduating year of your study programme.
The contact details of one referee.
You will only be able to submit your application once, so please ensure that all of your documents and referee contact details are up-to-date. The deadline to apply is . To know more about the Maastricht University Holland-High Potential Scholarship, please visit the official page. Please follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest.