Radboud University Nijmegen

Radboud University Nijmegen
Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
Latin: Universitatis Radbodianae Noviomagensis
Motto	In Dei nomine feliciter
Motto in English	Happily in God's name
Established	October 17th, 1923
Type	private (publicly funded)
Religious affiliation	Roman Catholic[2][3]
Rector	Bas Kortmann[4]
Academic staff	1,577[5]
Students	19,137[5]
Location	Nijmegen, Netherlands
Campus	Urban
Colors	Red      White
Affiliations	IRUN, EUA, FIUC/FUCE
Website	www.ru.nl/english%20www.ru.nl/english

Radboud University Nijmegen (Dutch: Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, formerly Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen) is a public university with a strong focus on research located in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Established since 10-17-1923 and situated in the oldest city of the Netherlands, it has seven faculties and enrolls over 19,130 students. Radboud was internationally ranked by QS World University Rankings,^[6] and placed at 136th.

History

The first Nijmegen University was founded in 1655 and terminated around 1680. The Radboud University Nijmegen was established in 1923 as the Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen, or Catholic University of Nijmegen, and started out with 27 professors and 189 students. The university was founded because the Roman Catholic community wanted its own university. At the time, Roman Catholics in the Netherlands were disadvantaged and occupied almost no higher posts in government. After fierce competition with the cities of Den Bosch, Tilburg, The Hague and Maastricht, Nijmegen was chosen as the city to house the university. The subsequent Second World War hit the university hard. Many prominent members were lost, among them professors Robert Regout and Titus Brandsma. They were deported to Dachau concentration camp. In 1943, rector Hermesdorf refused to cooperate with the Germans. On February 22, 1944, the university lost many buildings in a bombardment. Classes resumed in March 1945. Since then, student numbers rose steadily from 3,000 in 1960 to 15,000 in 1980.

In 2004, the university changed its name to Radboud University Nijmegen, after Saint Radboud, a bishop who lived around 900.^[7]

Campus

The university's medical department is linked to the St Radboud University Medical Center, a large teaching hospital located on the Heyendaal campus along with the other university buildings such as the Huygensgebouw which contains the Natural Sciences. The Erasmus Tower and the Erasmusgebouw which contain the Faculty of Arts are situated at the south end of the campus next to the sportscenter (USC). Recent building projects included new on-campus residence halls, the sports center and several science buildings. The new Grotiusgebouw is recently built and will offer more room to the Faculty of Law. The university campus is located next to Heyendaal train station. Frequent shuttle buses connect the university to Nijmegen Central Station and the city centre.

Radboud University is noted for its green campus, often listed among the most attractive in the Netherlands.^[8]

Academics

Education

Radboud University Nijmegen has seven faculties and enrolls over 19.130 students in 107 study programs (40 Bachelor's and 67 Master's programs).^[9]

The University offers 28 international Master’s programs taught in English within five different fields: Man & Society, Man & Health, Man & Culture, Policy & Organization and Nature & Science. All Bachelor's programs are in Dutch. All Master’s programs have been internationally accredited by the Accreditation Organization of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO).

International Master's programs

All English-taught Master’s programmes are research-based programmes. They are taught within the Faculties of Arts, Law, Social Sciences, Medical Sciences, Sciences and Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies, besides the Interfaculty Research school and the Nijmegen School of Management.^[10]

(Master's in italic are specialisations)

Research

Radboud University Nijmegen is home to several research institutions, including Institute for Management Research (IMR), NanoLab Nijmegen, Donders Centre for Cognition and the Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging. Faculty members Anne Cutler (1999), Henk Barendregt (2002), Peter Hagoort (2005), and Theo Rasing (2008) won the Spinozapremie. Visiting professor Sir Andre Geim and former Ph.D. student Sir Konstantin Novoselov were awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics.

University Ranking

The QS World University Rankings ranked the university 138th in the world in 2011.^[11] The university scored 45th in a 2012 ranking of European research universities.^{[nb 1]}

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was designed at the time of the founding of the university by the goldsmith workshop of the Brom family in Utrecht. The lower part is the coat of arms of the Catholic Church in the Netherlands. The dove is the symbol of the Holy Spirit. The shield is surmounted by the crown of Charlemagne. Underneath is the motto "In Dei Nomine Feliciter."^[15]

Notable alumni

• Dries van Agt, 1955 (LLM), former Prime Minister of the Netherlands
• Louis Beel, 1928 (LLM), former Prime Minister of the Netherlands
• Jo Cals, 1940 (LLM), former Prime Minister of the Netherlands
• Wim Crusio, 1984 (PhD), neurobehavioral geneticist
• Jos Engelen, 1973, physicist
• Thom de Graaf, 1981 (LLM), former mayor of Nijmegen
• Agnes Kant, 1989 (MSc), 1997 (PhD), former leader of the Socialist Party
• Jos van der Lans, 1981 (MA), former member of the House of Representatives
• Gerd Leers, 1976 (MSc), former mayor of Maastricht, current Minister for Immigration and Asylum Affairs
• Victor Marijnen, 1941 (LLM), former Prime Minister of the Netherlands
• Hans van Mierlo, 1960 (LLM), former Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Sir Konstantin Novoselov, awarded 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics
• Rita Verdonk, 1983 (MA), former member of the House of Representatives

Notable faculty

• Christine Moormann, Latinist
• Catharina Halkes, first feminist theologian to be a professor in the Netherlands
• Renate Loll, physicist
• Hans van Abeelen, first Dutch behavior geneticist
• Jan van der Watt, expert in Johannine literature, General editor of Review of Biblical Literature
• Jos van der Meer, professor of General Internal Medicine
• Kees Versteegh, professor emeritus of Middle Eastern studies, also alumnus

See also

• Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen, a University of Applied Sciences located in Nijmegen and Arnhem.
• List of early modern universities in Europe

Notes

References

1. ↑ [url=http://www.researchranking.org/?action=ranking title=European Research Ranking 2012]
2. ↑ Een bijzondere universiteit
3. ↑ FIUC/FUCE
4. ↑ Biography of Bas Kortmann
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Topuniversities.com profile
6. ↑ "All Study Destinations". Top Universities. Retrieved 2013-07-21. 
7. ↑ History of the Radboud University Nijmegen
8. ↑ "Facilities on the campus - Working at Radboud University". Ru.nl. Retrieved 2013-07-21. 
9. ↑ Bachelor's and Master's programs at Radboud University Nijmegen
10. ↑ Overview of Master's programmes and specialisations
11. ↑ "QS World University Rankings 2011 Results". 
12. ↑ "Academic Ranking of World Universities: Global". Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. 2013. Retrieved October 3, 2013. 
13. ↑ "Top 400 – The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2013–2014". The Times Higher Education. 2013. Retrieved October 2, 2013. 
14. ↑ "Top European universities". The Times Higher Education. 2012. Retrieved October 7, 2012. 
15. ↑ Judith van Beukering (red.) 80 jaar KU Nijmegen - 80 objecten. Tachtig jaar Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen in voorwerpen van wetenschap, geschiedenis en kunst (Nijmegen 2003) 15.

External links

• Official website
  • English version
  • International Master's programmes