Radboud University Nijmegen

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

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Dutch - Nijmegen

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It was founded in 1923 as a result of the emancipation process of the Catholics in the south of the Netherlands. Its Catholic identity is still reflected by the obligatory philosophy course.

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1923 - Philosophy

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

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2004 - Saint Radbod - Catholic - 900 - 31 August - Dutch

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