university of groningen The University of Groningen, located in the city of Groningen, was founded in 1614. It is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands as well as one of its largest. Since its inception more than 100,000 students have graduated. It is a member of the distinguished Coimbra Group. The University of Groningen has nine faculties, nine graduate schools, 27 research centres and institutes, and more than 175 degree programmes. (Excerpt from Wikipedia article: University of Groningen) 2 2 0.1 http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/sites/all/datacharts/hc/14974-chart-wp.html