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The Radboud University Nijmegen, formerly called Catholic University of Nijmegen is the university of the Dutch city of Nijmegen. Currently, more than 17,000 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 Radboud, a Catholic bishop and scientist who lived around 900. Until 31 August, 2004, the official (Dutch) name was Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen (KUN), which means Catholic University of Nijmegen.
Location
The university buildings are scattered around a leafy campus called Heyendaal, named after and incorporating the eponymous manor. The abundance of building sites characterises 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:
- Anthropology
- Arabic language and culture
- Astronomy
- Biology
- Business Administration
- Business Communication
- Cognitive Science
- Chemistry
- Classics
- Communication Science
- Computer Science
- Dutch language and culture
- Economics
- English language and culture
- French language and culture
- German language and culture
- History
- Law
- Mathematics
- Medicine
- Molecular Life Sciences
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Political Science
- Public Administration
- Psychology
- Sociology
- Spanish language and culture
- Theology
- Urban Geography & Planning
Discoveries and inventions
The computer science department at RU created the Clean programming language.
Famous alumni
- Dries van Agt Former prime minister of the Netherlands
- Louis Beel Former prime minister of the Netherlands
- Jo Cals Former prime minister of the Netherlands
- Thom de Graaf Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Administrative Reform
- Agnes Kant Socialist Politician
- Victor Marijnen Former prime Minister of the Netherlands
- Hans van Mierlo Former minister and senator
- Mark Retera Cartoonist
- Adrianus Cardinal Simonis Cardinal
- Rita Verdonk Minister
- Erik Denessen Detective
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
- Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre
- Nijmegen Centre for Border Research
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