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Academy Building, University of Groningen

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    March 28, 2019

    The University or rather the University of Groningen is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands.
    Here was taught until about 1876 exclusively in Latin and was founded in 1614 in.
    Today, about 30,000 students are enrolled in the bachelor and master programs of the nine faculties (as of 2016), and another 775 are working on a doctorate. Every year, they leave about 2,500 with an academic degree. The University of Groningen is the third largest university in the Netherlands after the Universities of Amsterdam and Utrecht. The Groningen University Library is the second largest university library in the Netherlands after Leiden. The University of Groningen is one of two Dutch members of the Coimbra Group besides Leiden University.
    More at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichsuniversität_Groningen

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      April 19, 2025

      University of Groningen: Founded in 1614
      The University of Groningen, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (RUG), has a rich academic tradition dating back to 1614. Geographically, the university is rooted in the northern part of the Netherlands, a region very close to the heart.

      RUG is a research university with a global outlook, deeply rooted in Groningen, the city of talent. For four hundred years, quality has been its top priority – and with success: The university is currently ranked among or just below the top 100 in several influential rankings.
      The university collaborates with several renowned foreign universities, including Uppsala, Göttingen, and Ghent. With its 27,000 students and 5,500 staff members from home and abroad, the University of Groningen is very popular. Talent is nurtured, enabling the university to bridge the gap between science and society.
      (Source: uni-nordverbund.de/en/studieren/studienorte/universitaet-groningen/)

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        April 19, 2025

        History of the University
        The University of Groningen has a long academic tradition dating back to 1614, making it the oldest university in the Netherlands after Leiden. Many highly talented people in various disciplines have studied or worked at the university over its 400 years of existence, including a Nobel Prize winner, the first female student and lecturer in the Netherlands, the first Dutch astronaut, and the first President of the European Bank. They share their academic roots with more than 100,000 other people who have attended the University of Groningen as students, lecturers, or researchers.
        (Source: uni-nordverbund.de/en/studieren/studienorte/universitaet-groningen/)

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