Research quality
The quality of research at Maastricht University (UM) is subject to strict standards. Each six years, the research carried out within the faculties and research units at UM is assessed by an external review committee (ERC) applying methods and criteria described by the Strategy Evaluation Protocol (SEP). The SEP is established by KNAW (The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences), NWO (The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research) and UNL (association of universities in the Netherlands), and is used to assess all research conducted at Dutch public organizations, such as universities and institutes of NWO and KNAW.
Evaluation reports
You can access the most recent research quality evaluation reports below. Please note: some of the reports are available in Dutch only.
Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences (FHML)
CAPHRI – Care and Public Health Research Institute
Summary self-evaluation (2017-2022)
Case studies (2017-2022)
ERC assessment report (2017-2022)
Position document (2017-2022)
CARIM – Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht
Self-evaluation (2013-2018)
Case studies (2013-2018)
ERC assessment report (2013-2018)
Position document (2013-2018)
GROW – Research Institute for Oncology and Reproduction
Summary self-evaluation (2018-2023)
Case studies (2018-2023)
MERLN – Institute for Technology-Inspired Regenerative Medicine
Summary self-evaluation (2014-2020)
Case studies (2014-2020)
ERC assessment report (2014-2020)
Position document (2014-2020)
MHeNs – Mental Health and Neuroscience Research Institute
Summary self-evaluation (2015-2020)
Case studies (2015-2020)
ERC assessment report (2015-2020)
Position document (2015-2020)
NUTRIM – Institute for Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism
Summary self-evaluation (2015-2020)
Case studies (2015-2020)
ERC assessment report (2015-2020)
Position document (2015-2020)
SHE – School of Health Professions Education
Summary self-evaluation (2018-2023)
Case studies (2018-2023)
Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience (FPN)
ERC assesment report (2017-2022 )
Summary self-evaluation (2017-2022)
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASoS)
Self-evaluation report formal assessment 2017-2022
Assessment Report Research Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences 2017-2022
Response CvB research assessment report FASoS 2017-2022
Faculty of Law (FL)
Self-evaluation LAW Maastricht 2016-2021
Report research assessment committee 2016-2021
Reaction to CvB regarding research assessment LAW 2016-2021
School of Business and Economics (SBE)
Self-assessment report of research 2015-2020
Final report Economics and Business Research Review 2015-2020
Faculty of Science and Engineering (FSE)
Self-Evaluation on Research 2015-2020 Department of Data Science and Knowledge Engineering (DACS)
Report Research review Computer Science (2015-2020) (DACS)
Nikhef Evaluation 2017-2020
Final SEP Report Evaluation 2017-2022 NWO Institute and partnership Nikhef (GWFP)