page_title: Utrecht University
section_title: Organisation
hierarchical_section_title: Utrecht University / Organisation
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Akademiegebäude der Universität Utrecht, Provinz Utrecht, Niederlande English: Academy Building of Utrecht University, Province of Utrecht, Netherlands
context_page_description: Utrecht University is a public research university in Utrecht, the Netherlands. Established 26 March 1636, it is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands. In 2018, it had an enrolment of 31,801 students, and employed 7,191 faculty and staff. In 2018, 525 PhD degrees were awarded and 6,948 scientific articles were published. The 2018 budget of the university was €857 million.
  Utrecht University counts a number of distinguished scholars among its alumni and faculty, including 12 Nobel Prize laureates and 13 Spinoza Prize laureates. Utrecht University has been placed in the top 100 universities in the world by four major ranking tables. The university is ranked the best university in the Netherlands by the Shanghai Ranking of World Universities 2019, ranking 13th in Europe and 49th in the world.
  The university's motto is "Sol Iustitiae Illustra Nos," which means "May the Sun of Righteousness Enlighten Us". This motto was gleaned from a literal Latin Bible translation of Malachi 4:2. Utrecht University is led by the University Board, consisting of prof. dr. Henk Kummeling, prof. dr. Anton Pijpers and prof. mr. Annetje Ottow.
context_section_description: The university consists of seven faculties:
  Faculty of Humanities
  Department of History and Art History
  Department of Languages, Literature and Communication
  Department of Media and Culture Studies
  Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
  Department of Education and Pedagogy
  Department of Social Sciences
  Department of Psychology
  Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance
  Utrecht University School of Economics (USE)
  Utrecht University School of Law
  Utrecht University School of Governance (USG)
  Faculty of Geosciences
  Department of Earth Sciences
  Department of Physical Geography
  Department of Sustainable Development (Copernicus Institute)
  Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning
  Faculty of Medicine
  Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
  Faculty of Science
  Department of Biology
  Department of Chemistry
  Department of Information and Computing Sciences
  Department of Mathematics
  Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
  Department of Physics and Astronomy
  There are three interfaculty units:
  University College Utrecht
  University College Roosevelt
  COLUU Centre for Education and Learning
caption: The Utrecht University Hall (Academiegebouw), built in 1894.
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