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Internships and volunteering

Internships and volunteering are fantastic ways to gain work experience in your field of study or to expand your skill set outside of this. Here, we’ll cover the information needed to get started on building your C.V!

Internships

If you’re looking for an internship, the first point of contact should be your faculty. Most faculties will have an internship office or a study advisor who can help you with information on the practicalities and requirements. They might also have a vacancy board listing all internship positions related to your university or specifically offered to students of your university by different businesses.

For Maastricht University in general, start your internship search on the university’s dedicated pages internships and the UM Employability Portal . Students at Zuyd University should contact their faculty to inquire about internship opportunities.

Step on the Box

mymaastricht has collaborated with this company that connects young people with organisations to create impactful campaigns developed with real clients through an Inhouse Sprintday Challenge. During these challenges, you will have the opportunity to see inside a company and work on a real-life business case. You will act as a young consultant in the office for a day. It’s a unique opportunity for students to get to know different companies, gain practical experience, and network with other like-minded students, managers, and employees from various companies for possible future career purposes. Students can create their profile online at https://steponthebox.com/

Requirements

The requirements to conduct a (paid) internship are the same as those to pursue employment in the Netherlands. The link will take you to our dedicated page where we cover everything you need to know.

Also, please remember that if you are conducting a paid internship, you will need to take out Dutch basic health insurance .

Volunteering

We all know that volunteering is important to give back to the community we live in. We really believe that by doing voluntary work, you are converting your concern with societal issues into action showing you’re a responsible person and that you can take initiative. All qualities a future employer will highly appreciate. Thankfully, there are plenty of volunteering opportunities in Maastricht. Here are some links to get you started:

Match for Brighter Futures gives university students the opportunity to volunteer and provide tutoring to middle-school children who have grown up with fewer opportunities. Applications are accepted throughout the year but please be aware that this is a Dutch-speaking position.
You can also look for English-speaking volunteering opportunities on the Civic Engagement Portal
Take a look at vacancy websites in the Overview Career Links
Serve the City helps people in adverse circumstances through sports, games, music and much more by organizing meaningful opportunities for you as a volunteer to be involved in your own city
The United Nations Student Association Maastricht also offers various volunteering opportunities

There are many more organisations you can volunteer with, you can go to our community page to find them!

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On this page: - What is the research internship? - Who can do the research internship? - Duration of the research internship - Requirements to start the research internship - Aims of the research internship

What is the research internship?

In all of the master programmes you are required to devote a substantial time to a research internship. Under the supervision of two supervisors you have to plan, conduct and analyse the results of your own research project. In the final stage of the master programme, you are required to write a report on your research in a master thesis . Aims of the research internship >>

Who can do the research internship?

The research internship is a mandatory element of all FPN master programmes. It may be conducted at the UM or at another university .

Duration of the research internship

Requirements to start the research internship.

The research internship can only be started when the requirements are fullfilled. See the scheme below. The first step is to write a backup plan, which is needed when you fill out the online application form . See 'Timelines and deadlines' for more information.

Aims of the research internship

Students of the master programmes of the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience at Maastricht University, are required to conduct a research internship that involves planning, conducting, and analyzing the results of a research project. This work will result in an individually written master thesis.

Planning In this research project, the student gets acquainted to the empirical cycle of research. The student formulates a research question. The research question must be a scientific question that can be answered with the research project. Research projects can be both qualitative and quantitative in nature. Conducting The extent of the internship should be in proportion to the amount of credits (EC) 1 EC = 28 hours. The number of participants is preferably related to the power calculation in the research. The number of participants should be scientifically valuable yet also practically doable within the time frame of the internship. The research proposal plays an important part here: in this proposal (which must be assessed by both supervisors prior to the data collection) the estimated number of participants will be specified and can be discussed. It is possible to conduct a study with a team of other internship students. This can facilitate data collection. However, the master thesis is always individually written.

Analyzing Statistics should be in concordance with the research design: students must be able to answer the research question/ hypotheses with corresponding, adequate statistical methods.