See University of Groningen Tuition Fees, Courses And Admission Requirements
The University of Groningen is a public research university which was founded in 1614 in the city of Groningen in the Netherlands., it is one of the oldest university in Europe, the University has 11 faculties, 9 graduate schools, 27 research centers and institute and more than 175 degrees programmes.
The University has graduated more than 200,000 students since its founding and is a member of the distinguished Combine group of European universities; an association of European universities founded in 1985, the Combine group is made of members of older multi-disciplinary research institutions, the Cumbria group has its headquarters in the University of Brussels.
The University of Groningen is in the top 3 of European research universities in the fields of: Ecology, Material Sciences, Chemistry and Astronomy.
Other strong research groups are in Nanoscience, Physics, Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Medical Sciences, Neurosciences, Sociology, Philosophy, Theology, Archaeology, and Arts. The campus of the University is scattered across the city with the main building housing the administrative unit of the school, most of the faculties including the faculty of law, faculty arts, and faculty of philosophy are located in the center of the city.
The facilities of Economics, Sciences, Spatial science, Business, and Engineering is located in the Zernike campus named after the Dutch Nobel Prize winner, Fritz Zernike. The University has libraries in three locations scattered across the city. The University recently opened the Campus Fryslan that offers multiple disciplines in both undergraduate and postgraduate studies.
Alumni of the University include 4 Nobel Prize winners and five Spinoza prize winners, the Spinoza prize is an annual award of €2.5Million to be spent on new research given by the Netherlands organization for scientific research. The award is the highest scientific award in the Netherlands, it is named after the philosopher Baruch de Spinoza, other notable alumni include a Secretary General of NATO(North Atlantic Treaty Organization).
The University of Groningen motto is “The word of the Lord is a light for our feet”. The University is popularly abbreviated as UG and its Dutch name is Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. In 2014, the University celebrated its 400th anniversary.
University Of Groningen Faculties.
The University of Groningen is categorized into Eleven faculties offering courses in various fields ranging from arts and humanities, law, medicine, social sciences, economics, sciences etc. Each faculty is a collection of academic degrees programmes ran by the University, schools and institutes, research centers and general combination of two or more courses. Each faculty runs a Bachelor’s degree, Masters degree, PhD and exchange courses while also some faculties offer certifications in short courses.
Faculties in the University are:
- Faculty of Economics and Business
- Faculty of Arts
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies
- Faculty of Philosophy
- Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences
- Faculty of Medical Sciences
- Faculty of Science and Engineering
- Faculty of Spatial Sciences
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- Campus Fryslân.
University of Groningen Courses:
The University of Groningen with 11 faculties offers over 45 bachelors degree programme some of which have variants and over 160 Master’s degree programme. Below are some of the bachelor’s degree programmes offered in the University.
- Applied physics.
- Applied mathematics.
- Computing science.
- Dentistry.
- Dutch language and culture.
- Econometrics and operations research.
- Europeans language and culture.
- Global responsibility and leadership.
- History.
- Human movement sciences and many more which can be found on the school website.
Admission Requirements into University of Groningen.
To be considered for admission into the 2018/2019 academic session of the Universities, prospective students should be able to meet with the minimum requirements which the University College board of admission has stipulated which are,
1) Secondary school diploma.
All students should have been able to complete a secondary education which would have prepared them for a university education. Secondary school diploma requirements vary according to a countries secondary education system. For examples students applying from the UK should be able to Average grade B or higher before such student would be given admission into the UG.
2) English proficiency(written and spoken)
Ability to speak English is a minimum requirement for students seeking admission into English taught degree programmes. This mean you need to submit proof of proficiency in spoken and written English as part of the application process.
3) Mathematics Proficiency.
Mathematics is a minimum requirement for studying in the University of Groningen. Students are supposed to have passed mathematics as a graduating exam course or must have completed mathematics with a passing grade.
4) Extra Requirements.
Chinese students must have a NUFFIC certificate. This requirement only applies to students who are Chinese nationals.
University of Gronigen Tuition Fees.
The University tuition fees is divided into three parts, the statutory tuition fee, the University tuition fee I and II.
A student can pay statutory tuition fee if they have satisfied all nationality requirement and have not earned a similar degree they are running. This applies to Dutch nationals, EU nationals, Swiss nationals, Surinam nationals among others.
The statutory tuition fee for a full time student for the 2018/2019 session amounts to €2,060, €1,517 for part time students.
A student qualifies for the University tuition fee if they didn’t meet requirements for the statutory tuition fee. A student qualifies for university tuition fee I if the following applies to him/her, recognised as a student refugees by the UAF or recognized by their faculty as a participant of the Erasmus Mundus degree programme. University tuition fee I full time fee falls into the range of €2,006 and €2,060 for part time students.
A student who does not qualify for the statutory tuition fee or the University tuition fee I must pay the higher University tuition fee II, this higher university tuition fee II is determined by the selected bachelor’s degree and masters degree programme.