Maastricht University, Faculty of Science and Engineering
BA/BSc in University College Venlo
Maastricht, Netherlands
Bachelor's degree
DURATION
3 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
01 Sep 2026
TUITION FEES
EUR 2,601 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* statutory fee | € 18,300 institutional fee
Key Summary
At University College Venlo (UCV), you have the opportunity to focus on health, nutrition, and business in an interdisciplinary manner. You design your own curriculum by choosing from a broad range of courses from the Social sciences (e.g. psychology, sociology, economics, health management, public health, or law) and Life sciences (e.g. biology, chemistry, informatics, and physiology). For example, you can study the topic of Nutritional Pharmacotherapy (medicine 2.0) together with Social Psychology.
With the help of your personal academic advisor, you build a tailor-made bachelor's program, perfectly adapted to the master’s program or professional position you aim for.
Why this program?
Does consumption of fatty fish really make you smarter? Can food be used as medicine? Why is it so difficult to change our behavior, despite our best intentions to live more healthily? What are and how can we develop sustainable supply chains?
At University College Venlo , you can study such questions and many more related to Health, Nutrition, and Business in a close-knit interdisciplinary matter in a lively academic community with students and staff from all over the world. The diversity of cultural backgrounds and perspectives enlivens small-group discussions and enriches your academic experience.
Fast facts
- For highly motivated students with a passion for health, nutrition, and business
- Freedom to design your own curriculum
- 3-year, full-time bachelor's, taught in English
- Selective admissions process, starts in September and February
- Weekly: 12-14 contact hours, 28 hours self-study
- Graduate with a BSc or BA degree
- On-campus student studios
Core courses
- Period more course data
- Concentration: Social Sciences
- Concentration: Sciences
- Brain and Action
- Humanities
Projects
- Deep Reading
- Project Management
Skills
- Argumentation
- Clinical Lab Skills
- Lab Skills 2
- Integrated Assessment
Capstone
UCM has been ranked as a #2 Liberal Arts and Sciences program in the Dutch University Guide: Keuzegids 2023 with a score of 86 points making it a top-rated program.
University College Venlo graduates have gone to a wide variety of professional careers, in both the Netherlands and abroad, including:
- Marketeer in the food industry at companies such as Nestlé or Tony's Chocolonely
- Advisor at a 3D food printing company
- Psychologists in a hospital
- Smart food developer at TNO
- Policymaker at the World Health Organisation
- Entrepreneur with the Sustainable Food Fund
- Legal food claims advisor for quality labels such as Eko, Bio, and Demeter
University College Venlo students will be in contact with professionals and entrepreneurs in the Venlo region. If you are interested in starting up your own company, our focus on teaching you how to innovate and turn knowledge into marketable ideas will help strengthen your sense of entrepreneurship.