Catholic University of Nijmegen
| Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen | |
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| Latin: Universitas Radbodiana Noviomagensis | |
| Motto | In Dei nomine feliciter |
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Motto in English
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Happily in God's name |
| Type | private (publicly funded) |
| Established | 17 October 1923 |
| Affiliation | Roman Catholic |
| Rector | Han van Krieken |
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Academic staff
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2,915 |
| Students | 19,904 |
| Location | Nijmegen, Netherlands |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colors |
[Carmine Red] White |
| Affiliations |
EUA FIUC/FUCE (IFCU) |
| Website | www |
| University rankings | |
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| Global | |
| ARWU | 118 (2016) |
| Times | 125 (2015) |
| QS | 177 (2015) |
| Europe | |
| Times | 127 |
Radboud University Nijmegen (abbreviated as RU, Dutch: Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, formerly Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen) is a public university with a strong focus on research located in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. It was established on 17 October 1923 and is situated in the oldest city of the Netherlands. The RU has seven faculties and enrolls over 19,900 students. It was internationally ranked 156th by the QS World University Rankings.
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 (Catholic University of Nijmegen) and started out with 27 professors and 189 students. It 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 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 22 February 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 of Utrecht, a bishop who lived around 900.
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