Rankings & recognition
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Triple Crown accreditation - School of Business and Economics
Only 1% of business schools worldwide have been honoured with the ‘Triple Crown’ of accreditations. The Maastricht University School of Business and Economics is one of them. The accreditations are awarded by the American AACSB, the British AMBA and the European-wide EQUIS. Have a look at what the international accreditation boards had to say about us:
“Problem-based learning (PBL) is a major strength of the school and is highly appreciated by all stakeholders.”- AACSB (USA)*
Innovative teaching: : “PBL is very effective for giving their students the skills needed to function effectively in their professional life. Students, alumni as well as employers emphasized that PBL is one of the major strengths of the school in its educational programs.”*
Focus on Ethics, Responsibility and Sustainability: “A strong strategy regarding ethics, responsibility and sustainability, and a real strength of Faculty on such matters, both in terms of focal areas in teaching and research and in terms of diversity and inclusion in faculty management systems.” **
*These quotes are from the latest AASCB report from February 2022. ** EQUIS report from 2021
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Global Supply Chain Management and Change received the highest possible score in the Master's Keuzegids 2023
In the Keuzegids Masters 2023, the Global Supply Chain Management and Change master programme has been rated with the highest scores by our students on all five evaluation criteria. A remarkable achievement as only 13 of all 1200 master programmes in the Netherlands managed to achieve this excellent score!
Criteria Score Contents ++ Teaching staff ++ Examination ++ Career preparation ++ Atmosphere ++ -
Global Supply Chain Management and Change is rated as the best in their discipline
In the EW Best Studies 2022 ranking (formerly Elsevier), the Global Supply Chain Management and Change programme was awarded with a gold medal. Our students rated this programme with high satisfactory scores, making the programme score significantly better than other master programmes within the relevant discipline.
The EW Best Studies 2022 ranking is based on EW's own analysis of judgements from 286,000 students, taken from the National Student Enquete 2022. Bronze, silver and gold medals were awarded to 340 individual undergraduate and graduate programmes.
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Our students rated the School of Business and Economics among the top 49 leading Positive Impact Schools
Our students rated the Maastricht University School of Business and Economics as a Level 4 Transforming School in the Positive Impact Rating 2024. A Level 4 business school is acknowledged as having a positive impact culture, embedded in governance and systems, with visible results progress in many impact dimensions.
For the Positive Impact Rating (PIR) students from around the world assessed their business schools on how they perceive their positive impact in the world. With this rating, PIR aims to measure how business schools contribute to solving societal challenges. The School of Business and Economics will use this rating as a tool to help us continue to increase our positive impact and become a pioneering force for change!
'Moving up in the PIR is a testament to our School’s collective commitment to societal and sustainability challenges. I would like to thank our students for their valuable feedback and will continue to strive for positive impactful change, guided by our global minds and local roots.' - Mariëlle Heijltjes, Dean at Maastricht University School of Business and Economics
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UM is the 10th best Young University in the world
Maastricht University ranked 10th place in the 2024 Times Higher Education (THE) 'Young Universities' ranking for best young universities in the world. UM is proud that its efforts, including in the fields of education and research, have been rewarded in this ranking.
In the 2021 QS 'Top 50 Under 50' (best universities in the world under 50 years old), UM rose from 23rd to 19th place.
These special rankings for young universities are published to give an indication as to which universities are expected in the future to become the top universities worldwide.
Go to the 2024 THE 'Young Universities Ranking'
Go to the 2021 QS 'Top 50 under 50'
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