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According to the Dutch Higher Education Guide for Universities 2026, Global Responsibility and Leadership is the best Bachelor’s degree programme in the Netherlands—for the fifth year in a row. The degree programme, which is taught at the UG’s Campus Fryslân, received the maximum score of 100 points. The Higher Education Guide has also assigned the label of ‘Top degree programme’ to seven other Bachelor’s degree programmes at the UG. The UG as a whole is ranked third in the category of Broad-based General Universities. The Higher Education Guide states that the UG scores particularly well in interdisciplinary areas.

While the majority of colours are matte, some are shiny. Evolutionary biologist Casper van der Kooi wondered why shiny colours are so rare.

The University of Groningen (UG) has received a positive assessment from the Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO) for its Institutional Quality Assurance Audit (ITK). With this assessment, the NVAO confirms that the UG has a robust quality-assurance system and a strong quality culture. The official certificate was presented by the chair of the NVAO on 25 November. 

Nature conservation and nature management do not automatically lead to improved biodiversity. According to Jorien Zevenberg, lecturer in Science and Society and PhD candidate in Nature Management, we should focus on the transition areas between nature and farmland, since that is where real gains can be made.

‘The size of inheritances doubled in fifteen years,’ ‘Millennials soon to be the richest generation ever,’ ‘Increasing disputes over inheritances’: the growing size of inheritances is receiving a lot of attention in the media.  Professor Leon Verstappen advocates smart asset planning: ‘Why don't we make sure that children receive their inheritance when they really need it?’

Three ENW-M grants from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO).

Fourteen students of the Faculty of Science and Engineering (RUG) win national Young Talent Awards