Overview
Utrecht University Founded in 1636, Utrecht University is an esteemed international research university, consistently positioned in the top 15 in continental Europe and the worldwide top 100 of international rankings, and member of the renowned League of European Research Universities. The university is located in the city of Utrecht, one of the most beautiful and safest cities in Northern Europe. The university offers 12 English-taught Bachelor's programmes and 90+ English-taught Master's programmes.
Innovative and internationally oriented academic community Joining Utrecht University as an international student will make you part of an innovative and internationally oriented academic community — that brought forward no less than 12 Nobel Prize winners - engaged in cutting-edge and multi-disciplinary teaching and research.
Personal and interactive teaching At Utrecht University you will experience a model of quality education that stands for personal and interactive teaching based on critical reflection and debate, flexibility and a level of choice for students, as well as permanent professional development for lecturers.
Top 5 happiest places to live English is widely spoken in the Netherlands. Utrecht is a beautiful medieval city, centrally located in the Netherlands. Amsterdam and Schiphol Airport are less than half an hour away, and there are easy train connections throughout Europe. It is with good reason that BBC Travel placed Utrecht in the “top 5 happiest places to Iive". Bright minds, better future.
Programs available
Undergraduate Faculties/Departments and Programs
Faculty of Geosciences
Faculty of Humanities
Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance
Faculty of Science
University College Roosevelt
University College Utrecht
Postgraduate Faculties/Departments and Programs
Faculty of Geosciences
- Earth Structure and Dynamics
- Earth Surface and Water
- Earth, Life and Climate
- Energy Science
- Geographical Information Management and Applications (GIMA)
- Human Geography
- Innovation Sciences
- International Development Studies
- Marine Sciences
- Spatial Planning
- Sustainable Business and Innovation
- Sustainable Development
- Urban and Economic Geography
- Water Science and Management
Faculty of Humanities
- Ancient, Medieval and Renaissance Studies
- Applied Ethics
- Applied Musicology
- Art History of the Low Countries
- Arts and Society
- Comparative Literary Studies
- Conflict Studies and Human Rights
- Contemporary Theatre, Dance and Dramaturgy
- Cultural History of Modern Europe
- Gender Studies
- Gender Studies (Research)
- History
- History of Politics and Society
- Intercultural Communication
- International Relations in Historical Perspective
- Linguistics
- Literature Today
- Media, Art and Performance Studies
- Musicology
- New Media & Digital Culture
- Philosophy
- Religious Studies
Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance
- Banking and Finance
- Business Development and Entrepreneurship
- Economic Policy
- European Governance
- European Law
- Financial Management
- Global Criminology
- International Management
- Law and Economics
- Legal Research
- Multidisciplinary Economics
- Public International Law
- Research in Public Administration and Organisational Science
- Strategic Human Resource Management
Faculty of Medicine
Faculty of Science
- Artificial Intelligence
- Bio Inspired Innovation
- Business Informatics
- Climate Physics
- Computing Science
- Drug Innovation
- Environmental Biology
- Experimental Physics
- Game and Media Technology
- History and Philosophy of Science
- Human Computer Interaction
- Mathematical Sciences
- Molecular and Cellular Life Sciences
- Nanomaterials Sciences
- Science and Business Management
- Science Education and Communication
- Theoretical Physics
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
- Applied Cognitive Psychology
- Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
- Clinical Child, Family and Education Studies
- Clinical Psychology
- Cultural Anthropology: Sociocultural Transformation
- Cultural Anthropology: Sustainable Citizenship
- Development and Socialisation in Childhood and Adolescence
- Educational Sciences
- Educational Sciences: Learning in Interaction
- Methodology and Statistics for the Behavioural, Biomedical and Social Sciences
- Migration, Ethnic Relations and Multiculturism
- Neuropsychology
- Social and Health Psychology
- Social Policy and Public Health
- Social, Health and Organisational Psychology
- Sociology and Social Research
- Sociology: Contemporary Social Problems
- Youth Studies
- Youth, Education and Society
University Highlights
Total students - 33,748
International students - 4,454
Total faculty staff - 3,254
Total students - 33,748
International students - 4,454
Total faculty staff - 3,254
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