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Facts & Figures

Education

• Highest student pass rate • Education innovations • Honours education for every faculty• Excellence programmes• Professionalisation for lecturers

(lecturer prizes, teaching fellows)• International • Educate-it• Top students (student prizes)

Research

• Integrated approach to academic/scientific and societal issues

• Four strategic themes • Focus areas• Prizes and distinctions• Strong links between teaching and research

Four Strategic Themes

Dynamics of Youth Institutions for Open Societies

Life Sciences Sustainability

• Cooperation, Self-regulation and Collective Action

• Sustainability and Resilience• Innovation and Economic

Growth• Equality, Inclusiveness and

Social Mobility• Democratic Governance,

Citizenship and Trust

• Public health• Cancer• Regenerative Medicine & Stem cells

• Water, Climate & Eco Systems• Healthy Urban Living• Future Energy & Resources

Integrating Utrecht expertise on youth development, from synapse to society

Knowledge transfer

• Utrecht Science Park• Utrecht Valorisation Center• UtrechtInc• Holdings• Twofold increase in entrepreneurship education• Research Support Offices• Centre for Science Communication and Culture• Career Services

Collaborative partnerships

• Regional• National• International

Growth:1 billion

Investment up to 2018

Already been realised• New Danone Researchcentre• P&R Utrecht Science Park • Joint Environmental Laboratory

(Utrecht University in collaboration with TNO and Deltares)

• New classroom building for Science and Geosciences faculties: V.J. Koningsberger building

• New student housing: Johanna

Yet to realise• Expansion of Hubrecht Institute• New Life Sciences incubator for

fledgeling companies (autumn 2015)• Construction of new HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht Nature and Technology faculty (till summer 2016)• New office building for Geosciences (mid 2017) • The Princess Máxima Centre for Paediatric Oncology (2017)• The National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) (2018)• Medicines Evaluation Board (MEB)(2018)• Uithof line (2018)

Culture

• Culture and academia• Centre for Science Communication and Culture• Parnassos Cultural Centre• Studium Generale• Utrecht University Museum

• Cultural events• Cultural student organisations

Sport

• Education and Research; Sport & Society • Events (grassroots sport)• Tour de France• Utrecht Science Park Marathon

• Sports programmes• Health and fitness for staff• Students and top-level sports

Student life

• Active student life/student organisations150 student organisations

• Emerging: student organisations relatingto sustainability, society andinternships (social entrepreneurship)

• International associations• 6,500 students (HU+UU) are members

of a student society;3,600 students from Utrecht University alone (2012)

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