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Location:
Europe,
Holland, Groningen
Category:
University
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Description:
View of the square in front
of the university’s ‘Academiegebouw’,
found in the city centre of
Groningen.
Location Information:
The
University of Groningen (Dutch:
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen),
located in the city of Groningen,
was founded in 1614. It is the
second oldest university in the
Netherlands as well as one of it
largest. Since its inception more
than 100,000 students have
graduated. It is a member of the
Coimbra Group.
The University of Groningen has 9
faculties, 9 Graduate Schools, 27
research centres and institutes, and
more than 175 degree programmes. The
University of Groningen (Dutch:
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, RUG) is
organized in nine faculties that
offer programmes and courses in the
fields of Humanities, Social
Sciences, Law, Economics and
Business, Spatial Sciences, Life
Sciences, and Natural Sciences and
Technology. Each faculty (cf.,
College in the USA or School in
Europe) is a formal grouping of
academic degree programmes, schools
and institutes, discipline areas,
research centres, and/or any
combination of these drawn together
for educational purposes. Each
faculty offers Bachelor's, Master's,
PhD, and Exchange programmes, while
some also offer short certificate
courses.
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