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Utrecht University
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Dutch:
Universiteit Utrecht
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1636 - present
Areas Of Involvement:
public education
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Utrecht University

university, Utrecht, Netherlands
Also known as: Universiteit Utrecht
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Utrecht University, state-supported coeducational institution of higher learning founded in 1636 at Utrecht, in the Netherlands. In the 17th and 18th centuries, Utrecht attracted many foreign students, especially from England and Scotland. James Boswell, Samuel Johnson’s biographer, studied law at Utrecht (1763–64).

The largest Netherlands state university, Utrecht has faculties of theology, law, medicine, science, arts, veterinary medicine, and social sciences, among others. It offers interdisciplinary programs in geography and prehistory.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Naomi Blumberg.