Utrecht University
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| Utrecht University | |
| Universiteit Utrecht | |
| Image:Utrecht University Logo.png | |
| Latin name | Universitas Rheno-Traiectina or Universitas Ultraiectina |
| Motto | Sol Iustitiae Illustra Nos (Sun of Justice, shine upon us) |
| Established | 1636 |
| School type | Public, general |
| Rector magnificus | Willem Hendrik Gispen |
| Location | Utrecht, The Netherlands |
| Enrollment | 26,787 students (2004) |
| Faculty | 8,224 (2004) |
| Member | EUA |
| Homepage | www.uu.nl |
Utrecht University (Universiteit Utrecht in Dutch) is a university in Utrecht, The Netherlands. It is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands, and one of the largest in Europe. Established March 26, 1636, it had an enrollment of 26,787 students in 2004, and employed 8,224 faculty and staff, 570 of which are full professors. In 2004, 358 Ph.D. degrees were awarded and 7,010 scientific articles were published. The 2004 budget of the university was 653 million euro.
The university's motto is "Sol Iustitiae Illustra Nos", which means "Sun of Justice, shine upon us".
Utrecht University is led by the University Board, consisting of Yvonne van Rooy (president), prof.dr. Willem Hendrik Gispen (rector magnificus) and Willem Kardux. Willem Kardux will retire in May 2006. He will be succeeded by Hans Amman.
The university consists of seven faculties faculties:
- Faculty of Arts and Humanities
- Department of Arts
- Department of Theology
- Department of Philosophy
- Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
- Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance
- Faculty of Geosciences
- Faculty of Medicine
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
- Faculty of Science
- Department of Biology
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Information and Computer Science
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Department of Physics and Astronomy
There are three interfaculty units:
- University College
- Ethics Institute
- IVLOS Institute of Education
The two large faculties of Humanities and Law are situated in the inner city of Utrecht. The other five faculties, as well as most of the administrative services, are located in De Uithof, a campus area in the outskirts of the city. University College is situated in the former Kromhout Kazerne, which used to be a Dutch military base.
Notable alumni
Universiteit Utrecht counts a number of distinguished scholars among its alumni and faculty, including several Nobel Prize laureates:
- C.H.D. Buys Ballot (meteorologist)
- Clarence Barlow (composer)
- Nicolaas Bloembergen (physicist, Nobel Prize laureate)
- James Boswell (author, lawyer)
- Pieter Burmann the Younger (philologist)
- David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes, (author, lawyer)
- Peter Debye (physicist, Nobel Prize laureate)
- Frans de Waal (zoologist and ethologist)
- Christiaan Eijkman (physician, pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate)
- Willem Einthoven (physician, physicist, Nobel Price laureate)
- Johann Georg Graevius (scholar)
- Gerardus 't Hooft (physicist, Nobel Prize laureate)
- Jacobus Kapteyn (astronomer)
- Tjalling Charles Koopmans (mathematician, physicist, economist, Nobel Prize laureate)
- Aristid Lindenmayer (biologist)
- Rudolf Magnus (pharmacologist)
- Marcel Minnaert (astronomer)
- Heiko Oberman (historian)
- Perizonius (scholar)
- Wilhelm Röntgen (physicist, Nobel Prize laureate)
- Lavoslav Ruzicka (chemist, Nobel Prize laureate)
- Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (physician, scientist)
- Jan Hendrik Scholten (theologian)
- Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland (statesman)
- Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate (poet)
- Jan Terlouw (politician)
- J. H. van 't Hoff (Chemist, Nobel Prize laureate)
- Martinus J.G. Veltman (physicist, Nobel Prize laureate)
- Hugh Williamson (politician)
- J. Slauerhoff (poet, novelist) worked as an assistant at the University's clinic for Dermatology and Venereal Diseases from 1929-1930.
Other Higher Education institutions in Utrecht
- University of Professional Education Utrecht (HVU - Hogeschool van Utrecht)
- Utrecht School of the Arts ( HKU - Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht)
- University College Utrecht (UCU) affiliated with Utrecht University
External links
Categories: Worldwide Universities Network | EUA universities | Utrecht University | Universities in the Netherlands
