It is an honorary doctorate, not quite the same. As I understand it, it is not connected to a discipline. See http://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/web/Main1/SiteWide/SiteWide11/MaastrichtU... for a bit more details - he was nominated by the student members of the University Council.
Best, Lodewijk
2015-01-08 19:05 GMT+01:00 Federico Leva (Nemo) nemowiki@gmail.com:
Romaine Wiki, 08/01/2015 18:12:
Universiteit Maastricht (UM) reikt een eredoctoraat uit aan Frans
Timmermans en de oprichter van Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales.
Doctorate in what discipline?
Nemo
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