Utrecht University
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| motto | Sol Iustitiae Illustra Nos (Sun of Justice, enlighten us!) |
| founding | March 26, 1636 |
| place | Utrecht , Netherlands |
| Rector | Henk Kummeling |
| Students | 30,344 (2011) |
| Employee | 6,700 |
| Annual budget | € 790 million (2016) |
| Networks | IAU , LERU |
| Website | www.uu.nl |
The University of Utrecht ( Dutch : Universiteit Utrecht - UU , formerly Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht - RUU ) is the second largest university in the Netherlands and is based in Utrecht . In 2016 it had around 30,000 students and 6,700 employees.
history
The University of Utrecht was founded on March 26, 1636 and is the fourth oldest university in the country after the University of Leiden , the (now defunct) University of Franeker and the University of Groningen . The Utrecht City Library, founded in 1584, became the Utrecht University Library when the university was founded , the largest of its kind in the Netherlands. The university is a member of the League of European Research Universities LERU and the Utrecht Network .
Faculties
There are seven faculties (lower: faculteiten ):
- Faculty of Natural Sciences ( Bètawetenschappen )
- Department of Biology
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Department of Computer Science
- Department of Physics and Astronomy ( Natural Science )
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Mathematics ( Science )
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine ( Diergeneeskunde )
- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
- Dier department, Wetenschap en Maatschappij
- Livestock Department
- Horse husbandry department
- Department of Pet Husbandry
- Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology
- Department of Pathology
- Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences (IRAS)
- Faculty of Humanities ( Geesteswetenschappen )
- Theology in cooperation with the Faculty of Theology and Religion at Tilburg University
- Literary studies
- philosophy
- Faculty of Geosciences ( Geowetenschappen )
- Department of Earth Sciences
- Department of Physical Geography
- Department of Innovation and Environmental Sciences
- Department of Social Geography and Urbanism
- Faculty of Law , Economics , Public Administration and Organization
- law Sciences
- Utrecht School of Economics (USE)
- Utrechtse School voor Bestuurs- en Organizatiewetenschap (USBO)
- Faculty of Social Sciences ( Sociale Wetenschappen )
- Department of Sociology
- Department of Education and School Education
- Department of Psychology
- University Medical Center Utrecht (UMC Utrecht)
- Perinatology and Gynecology
- Radiology , Radiotherapy and Nucleaire Genesology
- neurology
- Perioperative Zorg en Spoedeisende Hulp
- Biomedical Genetics
- Julius Centrum voor Gezondheidswetenschappen and Eerstelijnsgeneeskunde
- Children's clinic
- Internal medicine and dermatology
- Laboratoria and pharmacy
- Hart Long Centrum Utrecht
- Heel-competent specialisms
- Intensive Care Center
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Interdisciplinary :
- IVLOS
- University College Utrecht
- Roosevelt Academy
- Ethics institute
- Biomedical Academy Center
Rectors
see: List of Rectors of the University of Utrecht
Graduates
Several later Nobel Prize winners can be found among the university's graduates :
- Gerardus' t Hooft (* 1946), Physics (1999)
- Wilhelm Röntgen (1845–1923), Physics (1901)
- Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (1852–1911), chemistry (1901)
- Martinus JG Veltman (* 1931), Physics (1999)
- Nicolaas Bloembergen (1920–2017), Physics (1981)
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ List of IAU Members. In: iau-aiu.net. International Association of Universities, accessed August 8, 2019 .
- ^ Utrecht University, Facts & figures . Utrecht University. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
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