Radboud University Nijmegen

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Coordinates: 51.8216° N 5.8656° E

Radboud University Nijmegen
Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
Image:Indeinominefeliciter.jpg
Latin: Universitas Noviomagensis
Motto: In Dei Nomine Feliciter
Established 1923
Type: Public
Endowment: € 472.800.000[1]
President: Bas Kortmann [2]
Faculty: 5,500
Staff: 4,309 [3]
Students: 17,650[4]
Location Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Affiliations: EUA
Website: www.ru.nl

The Radboud University Nijmegen, formerly called Catholic University of Nijmegen is the university of the Dutch city of Nijmegen. Currently, more than 17,000 undergraduates and postgraduates attend the university, about 8 % of all university students in the Netherlands. The university was founded in 1923 as a result of the emancipation process of the Catholics in the Netherlands.

The university has been renamed Radboud University Nijmegen (RU) in 2004, after the Radboud foundation which had the goal of stimulating Roman Catholic higher education and funded the university until WW I[5]. The foundation was named after Saint Radboud, a Catholic bishop and scholar who lived around 900. Until 31 August 2004, the official (Dutch) name was Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen (Catholic University of Nijmegen). The university's medical department is linked to the University Medical Center St Radboud which is a large teaching hospital, also located on the Heyendaal campus.

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The university buildings are scattered around the leafy Heyendaal campus, incorporating the eponymous manor. The abundance of building sites characterises the university's drive to modernise its campus. Building projects include new halls of residence, a sports centre (completed in 2003) and several science buildings. The university campus is located right next to the Nijmegen Heyendaal railway station. Frequent shuttle buses connect the university to the Central Station and city centre.

Some of the subjects offered by the university:

The computer science department at RU created the Clean programming language.

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