Utrecht University

Continente:: Europe
Country:: Netherlands
Address:: P.O Box 80125, TC Utrecht, 3508, Netherlands
Web Site:: www.uu.nl

About Utrecht University:

Utrecht University is located in Utrecht in the Netherlands and is one of the oldest universities in the country. The university consists of seven faculties including humanities; social and behavioural sciences; law, economics and governance; geosciences; medicine; veterinary medicine and science. There are 49 bachelor's programmes and 147 master's programmes available. Among these there are six English-taught bachelor's programmes and more than 90 English-taught master's programmes. The university counts 12 Nobel Prize laureates and 19 Spinoza Prize laureates as part of the alumni and faculty. Utrecht University collaborates with a number of other universities around the world such as the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Peking University, and the University of Toronto. There are a number of student associations at the university and there is also a cultural centre which provides plenty of opportunities to join in with arts and creative workshops. There is also a sports centre for students.

World University Rankings

	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
World University Rankings	56	53	54	49	45	39	39	34	35	36	37	41	42	47	46	39

By Fields

Field	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Agriculture	30	34	23	35	42	26	22	27	34	31	27	24	26	26	28
Engineering	106	153	127	98	157	153	180	174	185	197	211	215	232	208	233
Life Sciences	49	45	48	46	41	34	28	27	29	29	27	27	26	30	39
Medicine	61	55	54	52	44	45	40	40	42	41	44	44	46	41	44
Natural Sciences	66	65	64	60	66	83	95	83	97	105	98	98	101	83	87
Social Sciences	82	57	55	41	46	43	38	44	45	28	28	29	25	26	27

By Subjects

Subject	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Agricultural Sciences	33	42	52	49	63	84	92	111	109	149	152	126
Biology & Biochemistry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	39	-	48
Chemistry	46	71	85	94	129	140	142	161	155	166	163	186
Chemical Engineering	45	70	66	81	101	114	119	133	131	123	131	130
Civil Engineering	74	105	85	68	79	106	106	126	122	130	191	172
Clinical Medicine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	48	46	53
Computer Science	94	92	106	134	148	149	170	196	232	254	266	301-350
Economics & Business	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	96	92	-	132
Electrical Engineering	77	162	161	179	167	171	192	212	223	212	351-400	451-500
Environment / Ecology	50	44	41	41	47	49	45	30	19	19	-	22
Geosciences	19	15	16	16	15	10	11	10	8	8	-	10
Immunology	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	31	25	-	40
Materials Science	106	156	149	164	162	161	180	201	199	190	230	215
Mathematics	185	160	234	229	232	239	227	219	301-350	237	273	297
Mechanical Engineering	213	209	169	157	181	204	225	254	301-350	351-400	-	-
Microbiology	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	29	25	-	17
Molecular Biology & Genetics	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	33	37	-	50
Neuroscience & Behavior	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	35	38	-	40
Pharmacology & Toxicolog	-	3	9	5	7	5	5	8	5	7	10	17
Physics	131	163	195	218	200	248	279	279	301-350	301-350	351-400	301-350
Plant & Animal Science	18	21	18	13	19	23	21	30	29	23	23	23
Psychiatry / Psychology	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	23	-	23
Social Sciences, General	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	18	17	16
Space Science	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	234	258	-	237
Energy Science & Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	124	156
Environmental Science & Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	21
Biomedical Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	24