Master in Biobased Materials

Our planet is facing incredible challenges. Whole ecosystems are changing and collapsing because of the way we consume and the materials we use in our daily lives. The continuous use of fossil fuels and non-degradable materials is driving climate change at an accelerating rate. However, these challenges also offer tremendous opportunities to make our planet more sustainable and evolve as a society into a circular economy. With the master Biobased Materials, you can play a pioneering role in this green revolution.

You’ll learn how biology provides the building blocks and processes to produce earth-friendly materials that are easily recycled after use, as part of a circular economy. We’ll teach you about advanced functional materials, and how we can develop these from biological resources. Our programme will prepare you for a fascinating career in the research, development, production, and application of earth-friendly materials made from various biological resources.

The Faculty of Science and Engineering (FSE) is the incubator and home of several outstanding departments and prestigious institutions in education and research. Our scientists and scholars contribute to international education programmes at the bachelor's, master's and PhD levels and take part in innovative research in the fields of humanities, education, governance, sustainability, data science and natural science.

The Faculty of Science and Engineering includes the following Departments:

• University College Maastricht
• University College Venlo
• Maastricht Science Programme (MSP)
• Department of Data Science and Knowledge Engineering (SKE)
• Institute of Data Science (IDS)
• Maastricht Centre for Systems Biology (MaCSBio)
• Aachen-Maastricht Institute for Biobased Materials (AMIBM)
• Department of Biobased Materials (BBM)
• Business Engineering
• International Centre for Integrated Assessment and Sustainability (ICIS)
• Maastricht Graduate School of Governance (MGSoG) - UNU-MERIT
• Top Institute for Evidence Based Education Research (TIER)
• Foundation Programme (FP)