University of Groningen World Ranking - US News

University of Groningen is a public research university and was established in the year 1614. The University is located in Groningen and for the third time in a row, was voted the best university of the Netherlands. The university is also a member of the distinguished Coimbra Group of European universities.  The university has recently opened another campus in Leeuwarden, Friesland referred to as "Campus Fryslan" that offers multiple disciplines, in both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The university also has many Research Centres, Schools, and Institutes. 

University of Groningen’s various faculties has been located in old and new buildings around the city. Faculties- including the Faculty of Law, Faculty of Arts, and the Faculty of Philosophy are located in and around the city center. The university's original building, which acts are the main administrative building, lies exactly in the center of the city at Broerstraat. The faculty of medical sciences is located close-by at the UMCG. The Faculties of Economics and Business, Spatial Sciences, and Science and Engineering are housed in the northern outskirts of the city, at Zernike Campus. The university has libraries in three locations: the main one at the city center, one in the Duisenberg building in Zernike Campus, and one in the faculty of medicine, that includes a vast array of books and online material for students.