Choosing the world

The university has strong connections with the North of the Netherlands, expressed by active involvement in the region. From this central position in Europe, the world is within our reach. An international outlook is essential, therefore the university does more than just welcome a large student population: it maintains long-term parnerships with foreign universities with similar high standards, participates in international networks and incoporates international themes in its programmes. The university offers a variety of programmes with English as the language of instructions, as well as Double Degree and Exchange programmes, which open the door to a valuable international experience. The university is co-operating with universities in several developing countries, thereby contributing to the further development of academic teaching and research world-wide.

• over 3,500 international students from 115 countries
• 83 English-taught Master's degree programmes, of which 15 are Double Degree programmes
• 8 English-taught Bachelor's degree programmes

Our strategic partners include:

• Europe: Uppsala University, Sweden; Ghent University, Belgium; University of Göttingen, Germany
• Indonesia: Universitas Gadja Mada, University of Indonesia, ITB
• China: University of Beijing, Tsinghua University; Fudan University
• Japan: Osaka University
• Latin America: UNAM, Mexico

Networks include: the Coimbra Group, Asea Uninet, APAIE and EUA.

The European Commission has awarded eight of our Double Degree Master's programmes the prestigious Erasmus Mundus status.