The University of Groningen in the World: A Concise History

By PROF. DR. Klaas van Berkel, Klaas van Berkel, Guus Termeer

Book Overview

The University of Groningen has been an international university since its foundation in 1614. The first professors formed a rich international community, and many students came from outside the Netherlands, especially from areas now belonging to Germany. Internationalization, a popular slogan nowadays, is therefore nothing new, but its meaning has changed over time. How did the University of Groningen grow from a provincial institution established for religious reasons into a top-100 university with 36,000 students, of whom 25% come from abroad and almost half of the academic staff is of foreign descent? What is the identity of this four-century-old university that is still strongly anchored in the northern part of the Netherlands but that also has a mind that is open to the world? The history of the university, as told by Klaas van Berkel and Guus Termeer, ends with a short paragraph on the impact of the corona crisis.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1041189281
• ISBN13: 9781041189282
• Release Date: December 2025
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 136 Pages