maastricht university applies pbl in all of its programmes with the aim to generate students that are independent entrepreneurial problemsolvers the university employs various versions of pbl as an educational model simulating a researchoriented working environment that gives students skills that they will take with them into their careers for example the maastricht faculty of health medicine and life sciences was one of the first universities in europe to implement pbl as the dominant educational strategy in medical education the school of business and economics at maastricht university has been using pbl in all of its degree programmes for over years