Radboud University Nijmegen

Radboud University is noted for its green campus, often listed among the most attractive in the Netherlands. The university offers a wide range of on-campus facilities. All the university’s facilities are concentrated together on the one km2 of the former Heyendael estate: the lecture rooms and research labs, the University Hospital, the libraries, offices, the accommodation for student organizations, the sports centre, the guesthouse and a bookshop. All facilities are on campus. International students are entitled to make use of the same facilities on campus as Dutch students and staff.

The university itself does not offer undergraduate students help with finding accommodation. However, the Foundation for Student Accommodation Nijmegen provides around 4,000 accommodation places to undergraduate students. Certain exchange students and all international students on an English-taught Master's programme are guaranteed housing. A furnished room with shared kitchen and bathroom facilities costs approximately €400 per month.

RU students can look forward to a bright professional future. Official figures show that 87% of them find employment immediately after graduation. Due to the comprehensive nature of Radboud Arts degree programmes, students are flexible and employable in a wide range of professions. Many of students work as teachers, public relations officers or communications advisors. Others work as project leaders or in other positions at schools, universities, government institutions or businesses. The university’s programmes enable students to start preparing for their professional careers at an early stage. This is done, for instance, through internships, business projects, and personal career counselling.

Tuition fees differ according to whether or not students are EU nationals.

The average tuition fees for the academic year 2017-2018 for non EU residents vary from €7,000 to €17,000 per year for Masters/Bachelors course depending on a faculty. 

Radboud University Nijmegen is a public student-oriented university with a strong focus on research.

It was established in 1923 and is situated in one of the oldest city of the Netherlands. Its teaching is geared to students who are active participants in the academic community of the university. Social interaction and international environment are distinctive features of Radboud University. 

The university believes in creating an environment and atmosphere where everyone is free to work, interact and share – especially sharing knowledge across the boundaries between disciplines that result in new and surprising insights that lead to further scientific developments. 

Known for its green campus in the oldest city of the Netherlands, Radboud University enrols over 21,000 students for more than 120 programmes across its seven faculties: Philosophy, Theology & Religious Studies; Arts; Law; Social Sciences; Nijmegen School of Management; Science; Medical Sciences.

In 2016, the Times Higher Education World University Rankings put the university in 125th place worldwide. Among notable alumni are former prime ministers, Nobel prize-winners and CEOs of international companies.

All English-taught Master’s programmes are research-based programmes. They are taught within the Faculties of Arts, Law, Social Sciences, Medical Sciences, Sciences and Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies, besides the Interfaculty Research School and the Nijmegen School of Management. In general, the university offers over 250 English-taught courses for exchange students.