Radboud University Nijmegen
| Radboud University Nijmegen | |
| Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen | |
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| Latin name | none |
| Motto | In Dei Nomine Feliciter (May we proceed with happiness in God's name.) |
| Established | 1923 |
| School type | Public, general |
| Rector magnificus | Prof. dr. C.W.P.M. Blom |
| Location | Nijmegen, The Netherlands |
| Enrollment | 16,351 students (2003) |
| Faculty | unknown (2003) |
| Member | EUA |
| Homepage | 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 16.000 undergraduates and postgraduates attend the university, which is about 8 % of all university students in the Netherlands.
It was founded in 1923 as a result of the emancipation process of the Catholics in the south of the Netherlands. Its Catholic identity is still reflected by the obligatory philosophy course.
The university has been renamed Radboud University Nijmegen (RU) in 2004, after Saint Radbod, a Catholic bishop and scientist who lived around 900. Until 31 August, 2004, the official (Dutch) name was Katholieke Universiteit van Nijmegen (KUN), which means Catholic University of Nijmegen.
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Location
The university buildings are scattered around a leafy campus called Heyendaal. The abundance of building sites characterise the university's desire to modernise its campus. Building projects include new halls of residence, a sports centre (completed in 2003) and several modern 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 that can be studied:
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Molecular Life Sciences
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Computer science
- Medicine
- Philosophy
- Theology
- Anthropology
- Sociology
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Cognitive Science
- Economics
- Classics
- many languages
Discoveries and inventions
The computer science department at RU created the Clean programming language.
People
Dries van Agt Prime minister of the Netherlands
Louis Beel Prime minister of the Netherlands
Jo Cals Prime minister of the Netherlands
Thom de Graaf Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Administrative
Agnes Kant Socialist Politician
Victor Marijnen Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Hans van Mierlo Minister
Mark Retera Cartoonist
Adrianus Cardinal Simonis Cardinal
Rita Verdonk Minister
External links
- Official Site
- Faculty of Theology
- Faculty of Philosophy
- Faculty of Arts
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- Faculty of Management
- Faculty of Science
- University Medical Centre St Radboud.