As the year wraps up, we want to share a quick update and some heartwarming news from our community. UWC Maastricht will be closed for the holidays from 14 December until 5 January, and we're excited to welcome everyone back refreshed and ready for the...
Balsam, a 17-year-old student from Sudan, has been at UWC Maastricht for just three months, but she explained that her experience has already been life-changing. Arriving at UWC, Balsam found more than just a school – she found a family, as she describes it. Surrounded...
We are excited to share that Ajay Hirani, Theory of Knowledge and Film teacher at UWC Maastricht, has received the Outstanding Educator Award from the University of Chicago. This recognition, awarded following a nomination from his former UWCM student Aidan Hollinger-Miles, honors teachers who make a...
Our Year 12 and Year 13 students brought science to life with the annual Let Science Talk Conference! This student-led event is all about inspiring our community to explore science’s role in solving real-world challenges and sparking a deeper interest in the subject. Through workshops and...
Our Y12 Career-related Programme students (Business and Sustainability) joined forces with Y13 Geography students for a meat-ing at MosaMeat, a Maastricht-based company leading the way in lab-grown meat innovation. Renowned for creating the world’s first hamburger grown from animal cells in 2013, Mosa Meat is transforming...
The holiday season is coming up! UWC Maastricht aims to make this season a little brighter for everyone, together with our proud sponsor DHL. UWCM students worked on the Shoebox Initiative. This brings essentials, such as school supplies, toys and gifts to children who may not...
We’re on the cover! UWC Maastricht is thrilled to be featured in Ondernemen in Limburg Magazine! Inside, our Director of Advancement Sandra van den Tillaard shares the story behind our Female Empowerment Project, generously funded by Karima from Medtronic who also offers her insights in the...
UWC Maastricht welcomed the International Baccalaureate accreditation team to our campus for the final step in achieving full accreditation for the Primary Years Programme (PYP). This milestone is essential to our goal of providing a consistent curriculum, shared language, and unified learner profile from our primary...
Exciting news from our colleagues at UWC Netherlands! They've launched a series of inspiring podcasts featuring UWC alumni, including a former Member of Parliament, a TV presenter and a theater director, all sharing how UWC has shaped their lives. But that’s not all! To bring in...
At UWC Maastricht, we’re all about empowering students to take the lead! More than 100 students kicked off the year by joining a dynamic workshop, guided by expert facilitators from Yongbloed. Focused on leadership and community building, the session equipped our students with the skills to...
