History
Maastricht University, of which UCM is part, was founded in 1976, making it one of the youngest universities in the Netherlands, and currently has about 12,000 students and more than 3,000 employees. University College Maastricht itself opened in September 2002, before moving to a new location in 2006, and currently has over 600 students.
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