Working for Utrecht University

Knowledge centre
Working for Utrecht University means working at a major multidisciplinary knowledge centre. You can expect to collaborate with colleagues from a wide variety of professional fields and cultural backgrounds. With its nearly 30,000 students and 8,500 staff members, Utrecht University is one of the largest universities in the Netherlands. 

Committed, inspiring and ambitious
Utrecht University has focus on areas which we are already successful in: specifically our high-quality research and inspiring academic teaching. Research at Utrecht University is organised as much as possible within multidisciplinary collaborations, bringing together top-class research groups in each thematic field.
We also excel in our teaching programmes: Utrecht University offers no less than 45 undergraduate degree programmes and an even larger number of graduate degree programmes. We achieve this by providing stimulating teaching and a broad range of study options for our highly motivated students.

To maintain our position as one of the prominent European research universities and to provide our future scientists with the best opportunities, we invest extensively in internationalisation processes. Furthermore, we are also actively involved within society, offering added value through our unbiased views on social issues. Here, we collaborate with industry, local governments, cultural and social organisations.

In summary, we focus on commitment, inspiration and ambition which is evident throughout our organisation.

Plenty of opportunities for our members of staff
Extensive investments allow us to develop our academic community to a very high standard. We invest in students as well as in staff. Utrecht University works hard and is committed to raising the performance of its employees to the highest level.