University of Groningen
Also known as Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, RUG, Academia Groningana, Groningen University, rug.nl, Rijksuniversiteit te Groningen, Groningen State University, State University of Groningen
university in the Netherlands
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The University of Groningen is a university located in the Netherlands, in the northern city of Groningen. It is one of the country's established higher education institutions where students pursue academic degrees and research across various fields of study.
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Wikidata facts
- Employees
- 6100
- Official website
- www.rug.nl
- Image
- RijksUniversiteit Groningen - University of Groningen.jpg
- Students count
- 34000
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- inception
- 1614-00-00
- Commons category
- Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
- IPv6 routing prefix
- 2001:610:1a08::/48
- social media followers
- 325
- API endpoint URL
- signon.rug.nl/nidp/saml2/metadata
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The University of Groningen (abbreviated as UG; Dutch: Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, abbreviated as RUG) is a public research university of more than 30,000 students in the city of Groningen, Netherlands. Founded in 1614, the university is the second oldest in the country (after Leiden).
The University of Groningen has eleven faculties, nine graduate schools, 27 research centres and institutes, and more than 175-degree programmes. The university's alumni and faculty include Johann Bernoulli, Aletta Jacobs, four Nobel Prize winners, nine Spinoza Prize winners, one Stevin Prize winner, various members of the Dutch royal family, several politicians, the first president of the European Central Bank, and a secretary general of NATO.