The Pre-Kindergarten Curriculum (2-4 year-olds) includes a range of learning experiences in the five key aspects of children's development and learning.

The Primary Curriculum (4-11 year-olds) is composed of a variety of subjects areas with access to some dependent on English fluency levels.

The IB-Middle Years Program (11-16 year-olds) encourages students to embrace and understand the connections between traditional school subjects and the real world, and to become critical and reflective thinkers.

To 16-18 year-olds, the School offers the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (IBDP) curriculum. Alongside standard courses, UWC Maastricht offers Dutch, Spanish, German, Italian, Arabic, World Arts and Cultures, Global Politics, Visual Arts, Music.

UWC Maastricht is committed to fostering social entrepreneurship among students and staff providing them with tools and attitudes needed to start projects and make them sustainable. Participation in the Youth Social Entrepreneurship (YSE) Program is compulsory for all first year students of the IB Diploma Program.

In the first IBDP year, students design, plan and carry out a local Project Week providing service to the local communities of Maastricht. Moreover, all IBDP students are encouraged to organize an optional Project Week in Europe during their study breaks focusing on service, creativity, action and exploration in general.

The annual two-day Theory of Knowledge (TOK) Conference provides students with the opportunity to engage critically with the world around them together with prestigious keynote speakers.

During the four-day International Peace Conference, peacemakers, challengers, advocates, and experts from around the world share their knowledge and inspire through lectures. Students who have experienced the absence of peace or have personal ties to various forms of conflict offer unique insights and solution-based discussions.

Maastricht Model United Nations Conference (MaasMUN) and TEDxYouth@Maastricht are two other annual events which are entirely student led.

The campus was built in 2015 into a park-like environment, in the north-east of Maastricht city centre. The site is surrounded by sport fields, an English-style nature reserve and new housing. In order to access the campus, one crosses over a bridge that is only accessible to pedestrians and cyclists.

UWC Maastricht is located in Maastricht, an internationally oriented city, in the sunniest and southernmost part of the Netherlands. The city center is only 10 minutes bike ride away.

Day student applications for Pre-Kindergarten, Primary and Secondary must meet the requirements of the Dutch Law on International Education. Residential students are recruited through UWC's national committee system. For more information, visit website