Reich University of Groningen

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Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
RUG
logo
motto werken aan de border van het weten ( working on the limits of knowledge )
founding 23 August 1614
Sponsorship state
place Groningen , the Netherlands
President Jouke de Vries
Students 29,407 (September 1, 2013)
Employee 5717
including professors 479
Networks Coimbra Group , IAU
Website www.rug.nl

The University of Groningen ( Dutch Rijksuniversiteit Groningen ), RUG for short , is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands . It was founded on August 23, 1614 in Groningen . Until 1876 the language of instruction was Latin . The first rector was Ubbo Emmius .

Today, around 30,000 students are enrolled in the bachelor 's and master' s courses in the nine faculties (as of 2016), and a further 775 are working towards a doctorate . Annually they leave about 2,500 with an academic degree. The University of Groningen is the third largest university in the Netherlands after the universities in Amsterdam and Utrecht . The University Library of Groningen is the second largest university library in the Netherlands after the one in Leiden . The University of Groningen is one of two Dutch members of the Coimbra group alongside the University of Leiden .

Main building of the University of Groningen

The university's motto is: “werken aan de border van het weten” (working on the limits of knowledge ).

The university participates in the ERASMUS scholarship program. Since 1994 the Reichsuniversität has been working as an external cooperation partner with several German universities in the association of North German universities to improve teaching and research.

In 2007 the university was counted among the so-called Excellence Group of the 56 best universities in Europe by the Center for Higher Education . With English-language courses and 61% foreign doctoral students (the highest proportion of all universities in the Excellence Group ), the University of Groningen has a comparatively high degree of internationalization.

Key figures

  • 29,407 students (September 1, 2013)
  • 6,630 freshmen (September 1, 2013)
  • 5,238 FTE employees (including UMCG)
  • 479 professors (including UMCG)
  • 1,500 PhD (including UMCG)
  • 45 Bachelor courses, 146 Master courses
  • 83 English-language master’s programs, including 15 double degree programs and eight Erasmus Mundus programs
  • 23 English-language bachelor courses
  • 14 research master’s courses
  • 10 faculties, 9 graduate schools
  • 614 million euros in sales
  • The RUG holds 66th place in the "Academic Ranking of World Universities".

Famous Graduates

Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials
Zernike complex

Politician

scientist

Other

  • Prince Bernhard Jr., economics, graduate 1995
  • Wim van Es , archeology
  • Willem Glasbergen , Archeology and Art History
  • Prince Maurits, economics, graduate 1995
  • Princess Marilène, Business Administration, 1994
  • Richard van Rijssen , Diplomat, Legal Philosophy and Civil Law, 1979
  • Epke Zonderland , apparatus gymnast and first Olympic medal in men's gymnastics for the Netherlands

See also

Web links

Commons : Reichsuniversität Groningen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

Coordinates: 53 ° 13 '9.3 "  N , 6 ° 33' 46.9"  E