- Student-faculty ratios: 17.5
- Male to female ratio: 55 : 45
- School nature: Public
- Website: http://www.ru.nl/english/
- Address: P.O. Box 9102,Nijmegen, 6500 HC,Netherlands
- Phone: +31 24 361 61 61
At Radboud University in the Netherlands, you can obtain a high-quality and internationally accredited education. Leading academics and excellent professors help you with everything you need at a top-200 research university. Radboud University is renowned for its high quality education and its commitment to students. Enrolling at a truly excellent institution, you are guaranteed to be offered high-quality, research-based programmes. At Radboud University, research and education are closely connected. Renowned for its green campus in the oldest city of the Netherlands, Radboud University enrolls over 20,000 students, with over 10% of students coming from abroad. Our personal style of teaching provides plenty of opportunity to work closely with instructors and fellow students in small seminars, ensuring that the university does not become a mere 'degree factory'. Many of our programmes can be tailored to your interests, and we provide assistance for students to broaden their perspective with international research and exchange programmes. Lively student city Radboud University is situated in Nijmegen, the oldest city in the Netherlands and a true student city. Students appreciate the many opportunities that the city offers for relaxation and entertainment. There are many cultural activities and festivals, numerous museums, galleries, theatre, a concert hall and cinemas, as well as a great number of restaurants and cafés. It is a safe, friendly place to live and study, with the whole of Europe at your doorstep. We have 12 Bachelor’s programmes and more than 35 Master’s programmes fully taught in English. All our programmes are full-time on-campus studies and are internationally accredited by the Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO). Many of our programmes have been rated best in the Netherlands. The many specialisations will give you the necessary skills and insights into research and practice within your own subject area. We offer 12 English-taught Bachelor’s programmes in the following disciplines: We offer over 35 English-taught Master’s programmes in the following disciplines: We understand that students would like to see the city of Nijmegen and the Radboud campus to taste the atmosphere of the place where they will spend one or more years of their student life. Each year, we organise Open Days in November and March for Master’s and Bachelor’s students, or you can arrange a special meeting on campus. We also regularly visit fairs, schools and universities abroad. Find out about the dates and details for Bachelor’s and Master’s students and come along to find out more about your future studies!Radboud Summer School Radboud Summer School offers more than 50 intensive academic courses at the Bachelor's, Master's and PhD level. These courses enable students and researchers to enhance their knowledge and to explore different scientific areas while at the same time expanding their international network. In the 2017 edition more than 600 participants from 75 countries took part, which makes Radboud Summer School one of the largest summer school in the Netherlands.
- Total number of students 19,954
- Number of international students 2,875
- Total number of academic staff 1,137
- Number of international staff 257
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded 2,619
- Number of master's degrees awarded 2,947
- Number of doctoral degrees awarded 416
- Number of research only staff 720
- Number of new undergraduate students 3,527
- Number of new master's students 2,575
- Number of new doctoral students 448
- Global score 68.1
- Global research reputation #253
- Regional research reputation #128
- Publications #104
- Books #193
- Conferences #540
- Normalized citation impact #89
- Total citations #78
- Number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #77
- Percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #98
- International collaboration #542
- Percentage of total publications with international collaboration #133
- Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #71
- Percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #89
*The above data comes from: Official website of U.S.News
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17.5
No. of students per staff
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14%
Percentage of International Students
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55 : 45
Student Ratio of Females to Males
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20,024
Number of FTE Students
*The above data comes from: Official website of TIMES
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World University Rankings
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2012
159
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2013
127
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2014
131
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2015
140
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2016
=125
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2017
=121
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2018
122
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2019
=123
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2020
=128
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Arts & humanities
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2015
92
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2016
94
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2017
87
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2018
87
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2019
92
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Clinical, pre-clinical & health
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2014
88
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2015
90
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2016
87
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2018
101–125
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2019
151–175
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Life sciences
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2016
=100
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2018
126–150
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2019
101–125
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Physical sciences
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2014
83
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2015
80
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2018
101–125
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2019
101–125
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Business & Economics
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2018
151–175
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2019
151–175
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-
Computer Science
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2017
87
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2018
176–200
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2019
151–175
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Law
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2019
126–150
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-
Psychology
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2018
42
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2019
69
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European Teaching
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2019
=24
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*The above data comes from: Official website of TIMES
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#77 Arts and Humanities
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- Arts and Humanities overall score 59.0
- Arts and Humanities global research reputation #156
- Arts and Humanities regional research reputation #84
- Arts and Humanities publications #74
- Arts and Humanities books #188
- Arts and Humanities conferences #18
- Arts and Humanities normalized citation impact #8
- Arts and Humanities total citations #32
- Arts and Humanities number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #42
- Arts and Humanities percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #14
- Arts and Humanities international collaboration #88
- Arts and Humanities percentage of total publications with international collaboration #4
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#131 Biology and Biochemistry
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- Biology and Biochemistry overall score 49.1
- Biology and Biochemistry global research reputation #331
- Biology and Biochemistry regional research reputation #95
- Biology and Biochemistry publications #178
- Biology and Biochemistry normalized citation impact #94
- Biology and Biochemistry total citations #131
- Biology and Biochemistry number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #114
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #72
- Biology and Biochemistry international collaboration #229
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications with international collaboration #51
- Biology and Biochemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #93
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #83
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#247 Chemistry
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- Chemistry overall score 55.0
- Chemistry global research reputation #156
- Chemistry regional research reputation #103
- Chemistry publications #414
- Chemistry normalized citation impact #246
- Chemistry total citations #343
- Chemistry number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #349
- Chemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #295
- Chemistry international collaboration #426
- Chemistry percentage of total publications with international collaboration #85
- Chemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #267
- Chemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #231
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#76 Clinical Medicine
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- Clinical Medicine overall score 69.3
- Clinical Medicine global research reputation #119
- Clinical Medicine regional research reputation #46
- Clinical Medicine publications #57
- Clinical Medicine normalized citation impact #240
- Clinical Medicine total citations #67
- Clinical Medicine number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #53
- Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #109
- Clinical Medicine international collaboration #369
- Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications with international collaboration #131
- Clinical Medicine number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #67
- Clinical Medicine percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #222
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#144 Environment/Ecology
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- Environment/Ecology overall score 56.5
- Environment/Ecology global research reputation #154
- Environment/Ecology regional research reputation #46
- Environment/Ecology publications #208
- Environment/Ecology normalized citation impact #120
- Environment/Ecology total citations #177
- Environment/Ecology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #157
- Environment/Ecology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #108
- Environment/Ecology international collaboration #313
- Environment/Ecology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #94
- Environment/Ecology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #138
- Environment/Ecology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #93
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#65 Immunology
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- Immunology overall score 51.6
- Immunology global research reputation #83
- Immunology regional research reputation #65
- Immunology publications #55
- Immunology normalized citation impact #48
- Immunology total citations #49
- Immunology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #46
- Immunology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #49
- Immunology international collaboration #74
- Immunology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #37
- Immunology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #36
- Immunology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #32
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#74 Microbiology
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- Microbiology overall score 49.9
- Microbiology global research reputation #86
- Microbiology regional research reputation #32
- Microbiology publications #112
- Microbiology normalized citation impact #55
- Microbiology total citations #81
- Microbiology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #81
- Microbiology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #57
- Microbiology international collaboration #80
- Microbiology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #15
- Microbiology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #57
- Microbiology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #59
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#44 Molecular Biology and Genetics
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- Molecular Biology and Genetics overall score 61.9
- Molecular Biology and Genetics global research reputation #100
- Molecular Biology and Genetics regional research reputation #13
- Molecular Biology and Genetics publications #71
- Molecular Biology and Genetics normalized citation impact #94
- Molecular Biology and Genetics total citations #55
- Molecular Biology and Genetics number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #52
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #84
- Molecular Biology and Genetics international collaboration #88
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of total publications with international collaboration #16
- Molecular Biology and Genetics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #61
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #116
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#35 Neuroscience and Behavior
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- Neuroscience and Behavior overall score 66.8
- Neuroscience and Behavior global research reputation #70
- Neuroscience and Behavior regional research reputation #26
- Neuroscience and Behavior publications #25
- Neuroscience and Behavior normalized citation impact #90
- Neuroscience and Behavior total citations #28
- Neuroscience and Behavior number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #32
- Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #104
- Neuroscience and Behavior international collaboration #113
- Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of total publications with international collaboration #53
- Neuroscience and Behavior number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #24
- Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #63
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#75 Pharmacology and Toxicology
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- Pharmacology and Toxicology overall score 57.5
- Pharmacology and Toxicology global research reputation #171
- Pharmacology and Toxicology regional research reputation #69
- Pharmacology and Toxicology publications #105
- Pharmacology and Toxicology normalized citation impact #23
- Pharmacology and Toxicology total citations #67
- Pharmacology and Toxicology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #56
- Pharmacology and Toxicology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #30
- Pharmacology and Toxicology international collaboration #165
- Pharmacology and Toxicology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #48
- Pharmacology and Toxicology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #65
- Pharmacology and Toxicology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #81
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#99 Physics
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- Physics overall score 71.9
- Physics global research reputation #223
- Physics regional research reputation #130
- Physics publications #206
- Physics normalized citation impact #62
- Physics total citations #105
- Physics number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #152
- Physics percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #180
- Physics international collaboration #291
- Physics percentage of total publications with international collaboration #71
- Physics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #83
- Physics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #71
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#239 Plant and Animal Science
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- Plant and Animal Science overall score 48.1
- Plant and Animal Science global research reputation #322
- Plant and Animal Science regional research reputation #125
- Plant and Animal Science publications #436
- Plant and Animal Science normalized citation impact #39
- Plant and Animal Science total citations #260
- Plant and Animal Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #204
- Plant and Animal Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #10
- Plant and Animal Science international collaboration #290
- Plant and Animal Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration #67
- Plant and Animal Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #136
- Plant and Animal Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #19
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#52 Psychiatry/Psychology
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- Psychiatry/Psychology overall score 63.9
- Psychiatry/Psychology global research reputation #125
- Psychiatry/Psychology regional research reputation #45
- Psychiatry/Psychology publications #25
- Psychiatry/Psychology normalized citation impact #134
- Psychiatry/Psychology total citations #29
- Psychiatry/Psychology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #39
- Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #186
- Psychiatry/Psychology international collaboration #139
- Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #65
- Psychiatry/Psychology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #29
- Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #112
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#113 Social Sciences and Public Health
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- Social Sciences and Public Health overall score 53.0
- Social Sciences and Public Health global research reputation #253
- Social Sciences and Public Health regional research reputation #96
- Social Sciences and Public Health publications #72
- Social Sciences and Public Health normalized citation impact #216
- Social Sciences and Public Health total citations #75
- Social Sciences and Public Health number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #74
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #189
- Social Sciences and Public Health international collaboration #357
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of total publications with international collaboration #130
- Social Sciences and Public Health number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #131
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #318
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#42 Space Science
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- Space Science overall score 67.8
- Space Science global research reputation #57
- Space Science regional research reputation #22
- Space Science publications #68
- Space Science normalized citation impact #26
- Space Science total citations #43
- Space Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #62
- Space Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #92
- Space Science international collaboration #152
- Space Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration #17
- Space Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #40
- Space Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #30