UWC Maastricht currently has approximately 850 students between the ages of 2 and 18. In the last two years the UWC Maastricht community has been complemented by more than 100 international boarding students selected by a worldwide network of about 160 national committees based on personal merit and potential, irrespective of their religion, cultural, political or financial background.[2] The students graduate with the International Baccalaureate diploma, a worldwide accepted university entrance qualification. The college has often attained the highest IB average score amongst IB schools in the Netherlands, with an average of 34 points in 2012.