Maastricht university's stats about being so international are extremely deceiving. You should rather look into going to a more reputable university, that likely offers a lower workload. If this was oxbridge, I'd understand, but maastricht is a second class university, and not worth this much work. This causes students to have mental and physical health issues, and many of the students in my class started taking study drugs to manage the pressure. But the fact is that to keep up with the workload at the masters level we have to work 80-100+ hours a week. I know students frequently say this, and when I think back to me saying this during my bachelor I have to laugh. one of our professors was so busy that we had to cancel 3 out of 9 tutorials with him. I assume the biggest problem is that many of the professors here are way to over worked, and many of them have responsibilities other than teaching and research. While I have to excuse some, because they're amazing and lovely people, that just seem very stressed, it is still extremely frustrating to barely ever get a response, have your professors forget who you are even after you've talked to them dozens of times (and no, it's not the size of this university, my old uni was way bigger and professors still managed to remember their students). Professors don't seem to give a **** about you. This is just another example of the ineptness of the administration at this university. When we complained to the board of examiners they said "THERE IS NO OTHER WAY THAN DOING IT THE WAY WE'RE DOING IT" - I must have dreamed all the times I've taken exams at my old university and high school, and examiners managed to have everyone start at the same time, and give us all the time they promised us. Still everyone has to stop writing at the same time. Evne when exams start on time, students who sit in the front row get the exams first and get to start writing, while those sitting in the back have to wait a good 3 minutes before they also get to start. Exams frequently start late because of poor organisation, but no extra time is awarded. Talking about exams, rules here are random and retarded again. My co-year went to get her dyslexia tested AGAIN which set her back several hundred euros. ADHD or Dyslexia) for the exams, it took me and two other people from my year almost 8 weeks of back and forth to get any kind of support, because they did not want to accept doctors certificates from other countries (even though they were in English). Forget trying to apply for any kind of disability support (e.g. I did bring my letter of enrolment and passport, to show that I did study at UM, but was not let into the library, "BECAUE ONLY THE STUDENT CARD PROVES THAT YOU ARE WHO YOU SAY YOU ARE". During the exam period the library is overcrowded, su students have to show their student card to prove they're studying at UM. Remember how I didn't get my student card. The have so many random rules, and bureaucracy, that no-one can remember, so things are extremely slow, and nothing ever works and staff are afraid to make decisions because they're not sure if they're complying with the rules. They wouldn't sign the forms I needed to apply to financial support from my country (because for some reason that was against their policy), they wouldn't give me my student card, even though I asked for it 3 times a month for over 6 months, their communication is slow and rarely answers your questions, and many other instances that almost drove me and other students to tears in frustration. But after I had accepted my spot the troubles started. At first their administration seemed quick and efficient - their admissions office is really good at quickly signing up students. Here are some of the many reasons for why I, and many of my co-years hate it here: 1. Unfortunately, this excitement subsided after my first week at Maastricht. From the administration, to the professors (note some of the professors are really lovely and really try), to their facilities, to their examination procedure, almost everything sucks! Maastricht had been my first choice university for my masters since my first year as a bachelor student, so I was super excited when I got accepted. To anyone considering applying to Maastricht university, DON'T! This university is an absolute horror show.
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