List of universities in the Netherlands
Research universities
Research universities in the Netherlands are institutions of tertiary education that in Dutch are called universiteit. Their focus is towards academic education and scientific research.

List of universities in the Netherlands

Section Title: Research universities
Table Section Text: Research universities in the Netherlands are institutions of tertiary education that in Dutch are called universiteit. Their focus is towards academic education and scientific research.

Name	Established	University status	City	Organisation	Type	Number of staff	Number of students

Government Supported Universities (by type)

University of Amsterdam	1632	1877	Amsterdam	Public	University	4,062	32,739

Academic Medical Center	Amsterdam

Amsterdam University College	Amsterdam

VU University Amsterdam	1880	1880	Amsterdam	Special: Protestant	University	2,200	18,000

VU University Medical Center	Amsterdam

Amsterdam University College	Amsterdam

University of Groningen	1614	1614	Groningen	Public	University	5,000	26,500

University Medical Center Groningen	1797	Groningen

Leiden University	1575	1575	Leiden	Public	University	3,973	19,328

Leiden University Medical Center	Leiden

Leiden University College The Hague	The Hague

Maastricht University	1976	1975	Maastricht	Public	University	3,000	11,463

Academic Hospital Maastricht	1974	Maastricht

University College Maastricht	2002	Maastricht

Radboud University Nijmegen	1923	1923	Nijmegen	Special: Catholic	University	4,309*	17,650*

University Medical Center St Radboud	Nijmegen

Erasmus University Rotterdam	1913	1937	Rotterdam	Public	University	3,700	26,212

Erasmus MC	1950	Rotterdam	3,361

Erasmus University College	2013	Rotterdam	270

Tilburg University	1927	1939	Tilburg	Special: Catholic	University	1,062*	11,399*

University College Tilburg	2008	Tilburg

TIAS School for Business and Society	1982	Tilburg

Utrecht University	1636	1636	Utrecht	Public	University	8,224	26,787

University Medical Center Utrecht	1999	Utrecht

University College Utrecht	1998	Utrecht

University College Roosevelt	2004	Middelburg	Public	University College

Delft University of Technology	1842	1905	Delft	Public	University of Technology	2,633‡	13,383‡

Eindhoven University of Technology	1956	1956	Eindhoven	Public	University of Technology	2,200	7,100

University of Twente	1961	1961	Enschede	Public	University of Technology and Social Sciences	3,000	8,500

Wageningen University and Research Centre	2000	Wageningen	6,500##

Wageningen University	1876	1918	Wageningen	Public	University for life sciences	10,380

Agricultural Research Institutes	throughout the Netherlands	Research Institute

Open University	1984	1984	Nationwide; main office in Heerlen	Public	University for distance learning	673	16,888

University of Curaçao	1979	Curaçao	Public	University of the Nation of NA

Privately Funded Universities (accredited as Universiteit by Dutch law) (by type)

Nyenrode Business Universiteit	1946	1982	Breukelen	Private	University for Business Studies

Kampen Theological University	1854	1939	Kampen	Private	University for Protestant Theology

Kampen Theological University of the Reformed Churches (Liberated)	1854	1939	Kampen	Private	University for Protestant Theology

Theological University of Apeldoorn	1894	1962	Apeldoorn	Private	University for Protestant Theology

University of Humanistic Studies	1989	1989	Utrecht	Private	University of Humanistic Studies

Universities that no longer exist

Catholic University of Utrecht	1991–2007	Utrecht	Private: merged into University of Tilburg	University for Catholic Theology

University of Harderwijk	1648–1811	Harderwijk	disbanded by Napoleon

University of Franeker	1585–1811	Franeker	disbanded by Napoleon

University of Nijmegen	1655–1680	Nijmegen	closed in the aftermath of the 1672 rampjaar

University of Theology and Pastorate	1966-1999	Heerlen	Private: merged into University of Nijmegen in 1993, Heerlen location closed 1999	University for Catholic Theology

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University of Amsterdam is the largest university in the Netherlands by enrollment.

final_sentence: University of Amsterdam is the largest university in the Netherlands by enrollment.