The Maastricht Graduate School of Governance is one of the first institutes within Europe that trains students to combine a high level of academic scholarship with leadership in order to strengthen democratic governance in domestic and international organisations. The graduates are educated to analyse contemporary public policy issues and by doing so, to pave the road for innovative developments in the world today.

Keywords for the School and its programmes are: multidisciplinary, international expertise and a personal approach. With students from approximately 25 nationalities and teaching in English, the School offers a worldwide setting in which training is provided in small classes with emphasis on teamwork and active participation.

So what can students expect?

* In-depth knowledge

* Papers and presentations

* Skills trainings and practica

* Challenging but fun

* Approximately four contact hours per day

We offer both internationally recognised PhD and master's programmes in fields such as governance and policy analysis, social policy protection and economic policy research. The Maastricht Graduate School of Governance unites the excellence of the faculties of Maastricht Universityand the input of top scholars from other universities and research institutes. Complementory information on our School and detailed information on our programmes can be found at http://www.governance.unimaas.nl/

We kindly invite you to share this information with potential students or others who might be interested in our School and projects.

The application deadlines for the master's programmes are

For starting in February:

For students who require a visa: 15 November

For students who do not require a visa: 1 January

For starting in September:

For students who require a visa: 15 June

For students who do not require a visa: 1 August

The application deadlines for the PhD programmes are:

For the ESPP programme: 1 February every year

For the GAPA programme: 1 February every year

For the GPAC² programme: 1 November every year

If you have further questions, please do not hesitate to contact our Student Affairs Office via info-gov@governance.unimaas.nl