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Anne Benjaminse, assistant professor at the Faculty of Medical Sciences/UMCG, conducts research on factors that affect ACL tears and is developing a programme designed to prevent ACL-related problems in collaboration with the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) and football club FC Groningen.

The University of Groningen (UG) and the University Medical Centre Groningen (UMCG) will cancel their licence for the Web of Science database with effect from 1 January 2027.

With the large-scale Just Art project, educational and research institutions in the Netherlands and abroad will, over the coming years, join forces with artists to combat climate injustice.

The University of Groningen is among the world leaders in the field of Systems and Control. At the Jan C. Willems Centre for Systems and Control, researchers from the University are working on the mathematics behind a wide range of applications, such as high-tech manufacturing processes or a knee prosthesis.

The Young Academy Groningen welcomes seven new members. The Young Academy Groningen (YAG) is a group of talented, enthusiastic, and ambitious early career researchers from various disciplines at the University of Groningen (UG) and the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG). Members share a passion for science and scholarship and an interest in their broader impacts on academia and society.

On Monday 4 May 2026, the Board of the University of Groningen will lay a wreath outside the steps of the Academy Building in memory of the victims of the Second World War. If you wish to attend the wreath-laying ceremony, please be in the lobby of the Academy Building by 9.50 am, where the procession will form.

We are living in times of geopolitical tensions. That is why universities want to address the issues of security and resilience. The University of Groningen is involved in the security campus (Veiligheidscampus) in Assen. In the latest episode of RUG & Co, the focus is on this collaboration.

Four UG projects receive NWO funding for innovative research in bioplastics, sustainable materials, and AI-driven antiviral strategies.

Today, the UG has launched its new Institutional Plan. The plan, entitled ‘Creating impact together’, outlines the University's ambitions and strategic goals for the coming years.

In recent years, mayors in the Netherlands have closed an average of between one and five premises per year in connection with drug trafficking. This is according to research carried out by the Faculty of Law at the University of Groningen.