The Population Research Centre (PRC) in the Faculty of Spatial Sciences at the University of Groningen is an internationally oriented demographic research and training institute.

An international orientation is the dominant characteristic of the PRC. Research is conducted at the international level and PhD researchers and Master's students come to the PRC from all over the world. The University of Groningen  is the only university in the Netherlands where students can obtain a Master's in Population Studies.

The PRC research focuses on four themes - Reproductive Health and Culture; HIV/AIDS and Gender; Mortality, Health and Health Seeking Behaviour; and Population, Economy and Space.  

Quick links

• Course schedule of the MSc Population Studies for the academic year 2009-2010.
• The Population Research Centre offers a ten-week short course in Demographic Methods and Analysis .
• Brochure on the Master's in Population Studies  [PDF]
• Nieuw: korte cursus in demografische methoden en analysetechnieken

• Course schedule of the MSc Population Studies for the academic year 2009-2010.
• The Population Research Centre offers a ten-week short course in Demographic Methods and Analysis .
• Brochure on the Master's in Population Studies  [PDF]
• Nieuw: korte cursus in demografische methoden en analysetechnieken

News

• The PRC has launched a community for alumni on Facebook, if you are interested, become a fan of the PRC Alumni

• We welcome four new persons at our department! Rosalind Franklin Fellow Hinke Haisma , the first post-doc researcher on Healthy Ageing Meredith Tavener  from Australia, Alessandra Carioli  from Italy, and former research master student Billie de Haas  started their PhD research. 

• Inge Hutter participated as an expert in health research in the EU-India roundtable, organized in Delhi. Future research collaborations between India and the EU have been discussed.

• Inge Hutter has been elected Chairman of the Netherlands Demographic Society (Nederlandse Vereniging voor Demografie)

• An article by Fanny Janssen was published in a Dutch newspaper in November, read it here

• From September 2009 the Minor in Population Studies new style starts.