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38-662: The medical centre is affiliated with the University of Groningen and offers supraregional tertiary care to the northern part of the Netherlands. It employs almost 17,000 people and numbers almost 1400 beds. It is located in the centre of Groningen. It is also one of the largest centres for transplant surgery in the world. Organ transplant operations of all possible kinds are carried out at the UMCG, including combined transplants of multiple organs in one operation. The main building

76-459: A Rituals flagship store. The ground floor is designed so that visitors do not feel as if they are in a hospital - the space is airy, there is a lot of green, and the glass roofs are opened when the weather is fair. Patient wards are on the outside of the building, so that all rooms have windows with a view. Each ward has a balcony that opens to one of the main 'streets' of the hospital. The operating centre, intensive care units, and staff rooms are in

114-662: A "branch campus" in China's Yantai were called off in January 2018, and the University Museum is now in the process of being established. The University of Groningen is represented in the Academic Heritage Foundation, a foundation that aims to preserve university collections and cultural treasures. The University of Groningen is organized in eleven faculties that offer programmes and courses in

152-672: A difficult relationship with the Regional Assembly and political problems that included the siege of the city by ‘ Bommen Berend ’ in 1672. On average two to three hundred students were registered with the university at any one time during this period. During the French occupation between 1775 and 1814 the University of Groningen was administered by the Imperial University of Paris . Unlike Leiden University, it

190-590: A new main university building, the Academiegebouw, was constructed in 1850, a building that was largely financed by the people of Groningen. A fire completely destroyed the building in 1906. In the meantime, the Higher Education Act of 1876 had radically improved the position of the university, which was renamed the " Rijksuniversiteit Groningen " (RUG). Teaching took place in Dutch and Latin and

228-617: Is that the Graduate Schools do not contain all Master's programmes; Graduate Schools manage and facilitate the two-year Master's programmes: top master's degree programmes and Research master's degree programmes. Notable alumni of the University of Groningen include: [REDACTED] Media related to Rijksuniversiteit Groningen at Wikimedia Commons Bernhard von Galen Christoph Bernhard Freiherr von Galen (12 October 1606, in Drensteinfurt – 19 September 1678)

266-404: Is why the hospital has brought the outside world into its walls, including a bookshop, a hairdresser, a chemist, a pharmacy, cafés, and a travel agency. University of Groningen The University of Groningen (abbreviated as UG ; Dutch : Rijksuniversiteit Groningen , abbreviated as RUG ) is a public research university of more than 30,000 students in the city of Groningen in

304-598: The Universiteitskrant  [ nl ] . The university's Center for Information Technology (CIT) houses an IBM Blue Gene/L supercomputer and data center of Target used by the LOFAR project as well as a Virtual Reality and 3D-visualisation center. The RUG has 6,250 employees. The university library was renovated between 2013 and 2017. The RUG has a branch in Leeuwarden. Plans to establish

342-660: The Duchy of Bremen in the Bremen-Verden Campaign during the Swedish-Brandenburg War . Von Galen died at Ahaus . He proved himself anxious to reform the church , although his chief energies were directed to increasing his power and prestige, in the course of which he succeeded in getting rid of the foreign armies which had been occupying Westphalia since the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. In

380-669: The Dutch , until the intervention of Louis XIV and Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg compelled him to make a disadvantageous peace in 1666 in Cleve . When Galen again attacked the Dutch Republic six years later in the Franco-Dutch War , he was in alliance with Louis XIV , who helped him take Groenlo . His troops went more east and north and conquered not only Deventer and Coevorden . His army got stuck before

418-534: The Dutch royal family , several politicians, the first president of the European Central Bank , and a secretary general of NATO . The institution was founded as a college in 1614 in an initiative taken by the Regional Assembly of the city of Groningen and the Ommelanden , or surrounding region. There were four faculties – Theology, Law, Medicine, and Philosophy. The coat of arms of

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456-541: The Hanze University of Applied Sciences . The university, through ACLO, offers a wide range of sporting activities, and courses. Almost each sport has its own association, and offers the use of its facilities at discount rates for students. The university also has multiple student societies that organize social events for its members, as well as student and study associations, that are mostly concerned with specific faculties and courses. The use of bicycles as

494-552: The Netherlands . Founded in 1614, the university is the second oldest in the country (after Leiden ). The University of Groningen has eleven faculties , nine graduate schools , 27 research centres and institutes, and more than 175-degree programmes. The university's alumni and faculty include Johann Bernoulli , Aletta Jacobs , four Nobel Prize winners, nine Spinoza Prize winners, one Stevin Prize winner, various members of

532-591: The Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) affected him. In 1630 he became treasurer of the cathedral and in 1634 a spiritual advisor ( Geistlicher Rat ). At that time, not many canons were active politically. Von Galen was given numerous diplomatic missions. He repeatedly took part in negotiations with the imperial generals in Westphalia. Reduced to poverty through the loss of his paternal inheritance, he took holy orders ; but this did not prevent him from fighting on

570-572: The Depression, and in particular during the Second World War, the number of students grew rapidly from 1945 to reach 20,000 in 1994. In recent times there are about 32,700 students registered at the University of Groningen with the number of foreign students again growing steadily, and following the tradition set by the first Rector Magnificus, the number of German students and researchers has grown strongly in recent years. In March 2015,

608-511: The Netherlands. A significant number of students live in private accommodations within the city, however, a recent addition to the housing options for students is The Student Hotel as well. In an effort to combat the annual housing shortage, the city of Groningen has incentivized the construction of short-term accommodation such as The Village which is made of shipping containers for international students. The Dutch government has strict laws for private accommodations for both tenants (students) and

646-478: The RUG also has a partly independent liberal arts college , University College Groningen (UCG). The University of Groningen engages in many types of international cooperation throughout both teaching and research. The main networks and partners of the university are: The various faculties are housed around the city. Most of the faculties- including the faculties of Law, Arts and Philosophy are located in and around

684-609: The RUG signed an agreement with the China Agricultural University to establish a campus in the Chinese city of Yantai . This would have made the RUG the first Dutch university to open a campus in China. The plan was heavily criticised, mainly due to worries about the restriction of academic freedom caused by censorship in China . In January 2018, the plans were cancelled by the Executive Board of

722-498: The UG, based on the "insufficient support for the project". Key facts and figures about the University of Groningen are: The university operates under the BSA system, under which a first year undergraduate (bachelor) student must achieve a certain number of ECTS in order to progress to the second year. This varies from 30 ECTS to 45 ECTS among various degrees. RUG has its own newspaper:

760-523: The Zernike Campus, named after Nobel Prize winner Frits Zernike . The Zernike campus is also shared by the Hanze University of Applied Sciences , the other big university in the city, making the total number of students studying there around 40,000. The university has libraries in three locations: the main one at the city center, one in the Duisenberg building in Zernike Campus, and one in

798-406: The admitted PhD students came from abroad. In 2019, a total of 546 PhDs took place, 22 of them cum laude. The national share was thus around 11%. Humanities and Social Sciences Law Economics & Business Life Sciences Science and Engineering The University of Groningen's Graduate Schools are organized somewhat different from its international counterparts. The main difference

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836-441: The central part of the building. At four stories in height, the UMCG does not rise above the surrounding city. Special units include: The buildings of the UMCG are designed with the idea that the buildings and the surroundings that patients stay in can help with the healing process. The buildings are also built a 'City within the city' concept: by bringing the outside in, patients are able to continue to participate in society. This

874-555: The city center. The university's original building, which acts as the main administrative building, lies exactly in the center of the city at the Broerstraat . The faculty of medical sciences is located close by at the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG). The Faculties of Economics and Business, Spatial Sciences, and Science and Engineering are housed in the northern outskirts of the city, at

912-553: The city of Groningen , failing to occupy the coast in the north, because of the deliberate flooding of the fields and marshes that became almost impassible. In October 1674 he withdrew his troops from the Dutch Republic and gave up his attempts to restore Catholicism to the Eastern provinces. In 1675 he deserted his former ally, and fought for the emperor Leopold I against France . In conjunction with Brandenburg and Denmark-Norway he attacked Charles XI of Sweden , and conquered

950-520: The faculty of medicine, that includes a vast array of books and online material for students. The university has also recently opened another campus in Leeuwarden, Friesland , referred to as "Campus Fryslân", that offers multiple disciplines in both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The city of Groningen is known as the student city of the Netherlands; around one-third of the city's residents are students at either The University of Groningen or at

988-624: The fields of humanities, social sciences, law, economics and business, spatial sciences, life sciences, and natural sciences and technology. Each faculty ( cf. , College in the USA or School in Europe) is a formal grouping of academic degree programmes, schools and institutes, discipline areas, research centres, and/or any combination of these drawn together for educational purposes. Each faculty offers bachelor's, master's, PhD, and exchange programmes, while some also offer short certificate courses. Since 2014,

1026-806: The head of the largest ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire, the prince-bishop, who maintained a strong army, became an important personage in Europe. In 1664, he was chosen one of the directors of the imperial army raised to fight the Turks , but his troops came too late to fight; after the peace which followed the Christian victory at the Battle of St. Gotthard in August 1664, he aided Charles II of England in his Second Anglo-Dutch War with

1064-489: The housing crisis hit its peak with hundreds of students reportedly not having any accommodation and resorting to emergency shelters. The housing shorting evoked a protest in the city centre which culminated in the Academy building being temporarily occupied by students to put pressure on the city to extend emergency housing. In 2019, 708 PhD students were admitted to a PhD programme (compared to 816 in 2018). Around 50% of

1102-408: The landlords, so that fair rent prices, and renting conditions can be maintained. In 2018, the university received national attention due to the housing crisis in the city of Groningen. Due to the fact that most incoming students at the university are primarily from other parts of the country, or the world, there has been a lack of housing options for students. Especially in the fall semester of 2021

1140-533: The means for transport is particularly prevalent for locals and students alike, and has integrated, labelled bike paths from the city center to Zernike. The city is popularly referred to as "The World Cycling City" because of this. The University of Groningen does not have student accommodation. It does, however, offer students with accommodation via SSH Student Housing , which operates student houses in various locations in Groningen, and various other cities within

1178-404: The side of Emperor Ferdinand III during the concluding stages of the Thirty Years' War . In 1650 he was elected prince-bishop of Münster, succeeding Ferdinand of Bavaria . After restoring a degree of peace and prosperity in his principality, Galen had to contend with a formidable insurrection on the part of the citizens of Münster; but in 1661 this was solved by the occupation of the city. At

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1216-463: The students and lecturers came from outside the Netherlands – the first rector magnificus , Ubbo Emmius , came from East Frisia in modern-day Germany, for instance – but at the same time there was already a close relationship between the university and the city and the surrounding region. The development of the university came to a standstill at the end of the seventeenth and during the eighteenth century because of theological differences of opinion,

1254-487: The university was confirmed by The Estates of the City and County of Groningen in 1615. It consists of the provincial arms, charged with an open book inscribed with the abbreviated words VER/BVM/DNI LV/CER/NA, short for Verbum Domini Lucerna Pedibus Nostris . The shield is surmounted by a golden crown of five leaves and four pearls. In the first 75 years of its existence about 100 students enrolled every year. Almost half of

1292-404: The university was given a research as well as an educational duty. The University of Groningen developed during the first decades of the twentieth century. The number of faculties and courses grew steadily while the number of students grew rapidly. When the university celebrated its first 300 years in 1914 there were 611 registered students; this had grown to 1,000 by 1924. After a drop back during

1330-788: The young Christoph Bernhard was placed under the care of his uncle, the Canon of Münster, Heinrich von Galen. He gave him a Catholic education by Jesuits at the Paulinum in Münster. In 1619, at 13, he took his first job working for the cathedral chapter in Münster. In 1626, when he had reached the required age, he moved to Cologne and Mainz, to complete his education at a Jesuit school. An educational journey took him to Bourges and Bordeaux in France, from where he returned to Münster in July 1627. The time of

1368-641: Was Prince-bishop of Münster . He was born into a noble Westphalian family. Christoph Bernhard von Galen was born on 12 October 1606 to Lutheran parents of the aristocratic von Galen family. His father, Dietrich von Galen, had estates in the Baltic region and bore the title of Marshal of Courland . During a state assembly in Münster, Dietrich von Galen killed the Münster hereditary marshal, Gerd Morrien zu Nordkirchen, on 15 February 1607, and consequently had to spend twelve years in detention at Bevergern Castle . Because his wife accompanied him voluntarily, in 1616

1406-563: Was not shut down and the institute was renamed Imperial University of Groningen ( Keizerlijke Universiteit Groningen ). During this time period, it remained the only open university in the Kingdom of Holland . In 1815 after the Napoleonic Wars, at the same time as Leiden and Utrecht, the university gained recognition as a national college of higher education, but this was followed by discussions about closure. The situation improved when

1444-426: Was opened in 1997. Its design theme is based on light and air, and its 32 elevators each have a different theme. Art plays an important role in the hospital, with several exhibitions, statues, and a big fountain in the centre of the hospital. The UMCG contains several shops, including two coffee shops, a restaurant, a minimart , a candy & card store, a travel agency, a barber, a bookstore, a library for patients, and

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