The University of Groningen is an internationally oriented public university with a rich academic tradition. Since the establishment in 1614, the university has brought forward striving academics, like the first female student, the first Dutch astronaut and various Nobel prize winners. Geographically, the University is rooted in the Northern part of the Netherlands, a region very close to its heart. The university connects education and research with sustainable and economic processes within society and brings together three spearheads: Energy, Healthy Ageing and Sustainable Society. The University of Groningen is proud to number among the world’s top universities. It has a ‘Top 100’ ranking in the ARWU Shanghai Ranking and the THE World University Rankings, among others.

Position in international rankings:

• Academic Ranking of World Universities (#69, 2020)

• THE World University Rankings (#80, 2020)

• QS World University Rankings (#128, 2021)

• U.S. News ‘Best Global Universities Ranking’ (#96, 2019)

• NTU Ranking (#73, 2019)

• University Ranking by Academic Performance (#74, 2019-2020)

• Webometrics (#85, 2020)

• UI GreenMetric World University Ranking (#7, 2020)

• CWUR World University Rankings (#91, 2019-2020)

• Europe Teaching Rankings (#26, 2019)

• U-Multirank (2019)