Maastricht University

Maastricht University (UM) is the most international university in the Netherlands and, with 16,300 students and 4,300 employees, is still growing. The university stands out for its innovative education model, international character and multidisciplinary approach to research and education. The Faculty of Science and Engineering (FSE) is the incubator and home of several outstanding departments and prestigious institutions in education and research such as the Aachen Maastricht Institute for Biobased Materials (AMIBM). It is a cross-border cooperation between Maastricht University, RWTH Aachen and Fraunhofer IME acting on the missing link between fundamental and applied research, and the market in the field of biobased materials. Via an integrated, interdisciplinary research program novel, innovative, sustainable and socio-economically viable strategies AMIBM focuses on advanced biobased technical and biomedical materials.