The city has a bustling nightlife and unprecedented opportunities for students. With 175 branches of study, Groningen is the most versatile student city in the Netherlands. Groningen has a university, a college of advanced education, an international school, an academy of fine art and a school of music. Due to the presence of all these training institutes, half of the Groningen population is under 35, allowing Groningen to be able to call itself the ‘youngest’ city in the Netherlands.

Hanzeborg in Groningen

The University of Groningen executes high-quality research and provides ditto education, is internationally oriented, collaborates actively with trade and industry, governments and civilians and is among the best European universities. With over 20,000 students and 2,000 employees, the Hanze University Groningen is the largest School for Higher Vocational Training in the north of the Netherlands. Students from home and abroad follow one of the over seventy courses.