Why Groningen?
- Top-quality teaching
- Pioneering research
- Vibrant student city
About the University
Innovative, research-driven and rooted in the number-one knowledge hub of the Northern Netherlands, the University of Groningen is an internationally oriented university with 30,000 students. Quality has been our top priority for over four hundred years, and with great success: the University is currently in or around the top 100 in several influential ranking lists.
News
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February 22, 2016Intelligibility of Germanic languages underestimated
Dutch school pupils learn foreign Germanic languages much more easily when teaching is based on understanding a language rather than speaking and writing it. This method could enable...
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February 19, 2016Human stem cells repair salivary gland damaged by radiotherapy
For the first time ever, researchers at the University Medical Center Groningen have managed to repair a salivary gland in a mouse using human stem cells. This could be an important...
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February 18, 2016Signing of agreement for University of Groningen/Campus Fryslân
On Wednesday 17 February, an agreement on establishing the University of Groningen/Campus Fryslân and its core activities was signed by the University of Groningen, the municipality...
In Focus
Prof. Mladen Popović
NWO-FWO has awarded him a EUR 500,000 grant for his research on the Dead Sea Scrolls.
