Founded 1575 by William the Silent, Prince of Orange, reorganized as Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, a State institution in the 19th century, acquired present status and title 1999.
Founded 1636 and established as State University. The status of the Universitiy is defined in the Higher Education and Scientific Research Act of 1992, and it is financially supported by...
Founded 1923 as Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen (Catholic University of Nijmegen) by decree of the Sacred Congregation of Studies and by Royal Decree. The University is based on the principles of...
Founded 1614 as an Academy by the Province of Groningen. In 1811, during the Napoleonic invasion, the University was attached to the Université impériale. Became a State institution 1876.
Founded 1927 as a private but government accredited Catholic University of Economics. In the 1950s and 1960s other faculties developed. Became a government financed university 1963