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  name Radboud University Nijmegen
  native Name Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
  latin Name Universitas Noviomagensis
  motto In Dei Nomine Feliciter (''Happily in the name of God'')
  established 1923
  type Public , general
  professors 448 in 2005 {Link without Title}
  faculty 5,500
  head Label Rector Magnificus
  head Prof Dr SCJJ Kortmann per May 10, 2007
  students 17,627 in 2005-2006 {Link without Title}
  doctoral 1128 in 2005 {Link without Title}
  city Nijmegen
  state Gelderland
  country The Netherlands
  campus Heyendaal
  affiliations EUA
  website wwwrunl


The Radboud University Nijmegen, formerly called '''Catholic University of Nijmegen''' is the university of the Dutch city of Nijmegen . Currently, more than 17,000 undergraduates and postgraduates attend the university, about 8 % of all university students in the Netherlands .

The university was founded in 1923 as a result of the emancipation process of the Catholics in the Netherlands. The Catholic identity of the university is still reflected by an obligatory Philosophy course.

The university has been renamed Radboud University Nijmegen (RU) in , a Catholic bishop and scholar who lived around 900 . Until 31 August , 2004 , the official ( Dutch ) name was ''Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen'' (KUN), (Catholic University of Nijmegen).

The university's medical department is linked to the University Medical Center St Radboud which is a large teaching hospital, also located on the Heyendaal campus.


LOCATION


The university buildings are scattered around the leafy Heyendaal campus, incorporating the eponymous manor. The abundance of building sites characterises the university's drive to modernise its campus. Building projects include new halls of residence, a sports centre (completed in 2003) and several science buildings.

The university campus is located right next to the Nijmegen Heyendaal railway station. Frequent shuttle buses connect the university to the Central Station and city centre.


AVAILABLE COURSES

Some of the subjects offered by the university:


DISCOVERIES AND INVENTIONS

The computer science department at RU created the Clean Programming Language .


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