Radboud University Nijmegen

Coordinates: 51.8216° N 5.8656° E

Radboud University Nijmegen
Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
Latin: Universitas Noviomagensis
Motto:	In Dei Nomine Feliciter
Established	1923
Type:	Public
Endowment:	€ 472.800.000[1]
President:	Bas Kortmann [2]
Faculty:	5,500
Staff:	4,309 [3]
Students:	17,650[4]
Location	Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Affiliations:	EUA
Website:	www.ru.nl

The Radboud University Nijmegen, formerly called Catholic University of Nijmegen is the university of the Dutch city of Nijmegen. Currently, more than 17,000 undergraduates and postgraduates attend the university, about 8 % of all university students in the Netherlands. The university was founded in 1923 as a result of the emancipation process of the Catholics in the Netherlands. The university has been renamed Radboud University Nijmegen (RU) in 2004, after the Radboud foundation which had the goal of stimulating Roman Catholic higher education and funded the university until WW I[5]. The foundation was named after Saint Radboud, a Catholic bishop and scholar who lived around 900. Until 31 August, 2004, the official (Dutch) name was Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen (Catholic University of Nijmegen). The university's medical department is linked to the University Medical Center St Radboud which is a large teaching hospital, also located on the Heyendaal campus.

Location

The university buildings are scattered around the leafy Heyendaal campus, incorporating the eponymous manor. The abundance of building sites characterises the university's drive to modernise its campus. Building projects include new halls of residence, a sports centre (completed in 2003) and several science buildings. The university campus is located right next to the Nijmegen Heyendaal railway station. Frequent shuttle buses connect the university to the Central Station and city centre.

Available courses

Some of the subjects offered by the university:

• American Studies
• Anthropology
• Arabic language and culture (uncertain due to budget problems)
• Artificial Intelligence
• Astronomy
• Biology
• Business Administration
• Business Communication
• Cognitive Science
• Chemistry
• Classics
• Communication Science
• Computer Science
• Cultural Studies
• Dentistry
• Dutch language and culture
• Economics
• English language and culture
• French language and culture
• German language and culture
• Human Geography & Spatial Planning
• History
• Information Science
• Language and Speech Technology[6]
• Law
• Linguistics
• Mathematics
• Medicine
• Molecular Life Sciences
• Philosophy
• Physics
• Political Science
• Public Administration
• Psychology
• Sociology
• Spanish language and culture
• Speech-Language Pathology
• Theology

Discoveries and inventions

The computer science department at RU created the Clean programming language.

Famous alumni

• Dries van Agt Former prime minister of the Netherlands
• Louis Beel Former prime minister of the Netherlands
• Jo Cals Former prime minister of the Netherlands
• Sidney Dekker Professor in Human Factors and Aviation Lund University, Sweden
• Thom de Graaf Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Administrative Reform, current mayor of Nijmegen
• Agnes Kant Socialist Politician
• Victor Marijnen Former prime Minister of the Netherlands
• Hans van Mierlo Former minister and senator
• Mark Retera Cartoonist
• Adrianus Johannes Simonis Cardinal Archbishop of Utrecht
• Frans van der Hoff Co-founder of Stichting Max Havelaar
• Rita Verdonk Current independent Member of parliament and former Minister for Immigration and Integration
• Gerd Leers Current Mayor of Maastricht

External links

• Official Site
  • English version
• Faculty of Theology
• Faculty of Philosophy
• Faculty of Arts
• Faculty of Law
• Faculty of Social Sciences
• Faculty of Management
• Faculty of Science
• Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre
• Nijmegen Centre for Border Research
• Social Geography