University of Groningen
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Institution Overview
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- About the Institution
- University of Groningen, also known as Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, is a public research university located in Groningen, Netherlands.
- It is one of the Netherlands’ oldest universities and is known for broad academic education, international research, and strong global ranking performance.
- The university has 11 faculties, more than 32,500 students, and offers 45 bachelor’s programmes and 120 master’s degree programmes.
- Institution Type
Public Research University
- Establishment Year
- 1614
- Educational Focus
- Arts and humanities
- Law
- Economics and business
- Behavioural and social sciences
- Medical sciences
- Science and engineering
- Spatial sciences
- Philosophy
- Religion, culture and society
- Liberal arts and sciences
- Interdisciplinary research and education
- Accreditations
- Dutch public university status: Recognized public research university in the Netherlands
- NVAO Institutional Audit: Result: Positive / Positief
- NVAO Decision Date: 9 January 2025
- Programme-level accreditation: Programmes are assessed under the Dutch/Flemish higher education accreditation system
- Rankings
- ARWU Shanghai Ranking 2025: 73rd worldwide
- Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026: 82nd worldwide
- U.S. News Best Global Universities 2025–2026: 75th worldwide
- UI GreenMetric World University Ranking 2025: 6th worldwide
- QS World University Rankings 2026: =147 worldwide
- Highlights
- Founded in 1614.
- Public research university in Groningen, Netherlands. 11 faculties, including one in Leeuwarden. 32,500 students, with 26% international students.
- 8,500 international students.
- 45 bachelor’s programmes.
- 120 master’s degree programmes, mostly English-taught.
- More than 120 nationalities.
- More than 200,000 alumni.
- 4 thematic schools: Energy, Health, Sustainability and ICT.
- Nobel Prize recognition for Ben Feringa listed among excellent prizes and grants.