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Utrecht University (Universiteit Utrecht in Dutch) is a university in Utrecht, The Netherlands.It is one of the oldest and largest universities in the Netherlands. Established March 26, 1636, it had an enrollment of 24,628 students in 2003, and employed 7,863 faculty and staff.

Two large faculties, Arts and Law, are located in the inner city of Utrecht, but the majority of the buildings is in De Uithof, a campus area in the outskirts of the city.

The university's motto is "Sol Iustitiae Illustra Nos", which means "May the Sun of Justice shine upon us".

1 Notable alumni

Universiteit Utrecht counts a number of distinguished scholars among its alumni and faculty, including several Nobel PrizeThe Nobel Prizes (pronounced no-BELL or no-bell are awarded annually to people who have done outstanding research, invented groundbreaking techniques or equipment, or made outstanding contributions to society. It is generally regarded as the supreme comme laureates:

• C.H.D. Buys BallotChristophorus Henricus Diedericus Buys Ballot (also Christoph Heinrich Diedrich Buys Ballot) (1817-1890) was the third professor (after Haring and Mulder) to be appointed at Utrecht University. He's most known for his accomplishments in the field of meteo ( meteorologist)
• Clarence BarlowClarence Barlow (born December 27, 1945) is a composer of classical and electroacoustic works. He was born in Calcutta. He studied at the Calcutta University, at the Trinity College of Music London (Calcutta Centre), at the Musikhochschule Koln (Music Uni ( composerA composer is a person who writes music. The term refers particularly to someone who writes music in some type of musical notation, thus allowing others to perform the music. This distinguishes the composer from a musician who improvises. However, a perso)
• Pieter Burmann the YoungerPieter Burmann ( October 13, 1714 June 24, 1788), called by himself the Younger Secundus to distinguish himself from his uncle, was a Dutch philologist, born at Amsterdam. He was brought up by his uncle in Leiden, and afterwards studied law and philology ( philologist)
• Johann Georg Graevius ( scholar)
• Gerardus 't Hooft ( physicist, Nobel Prize laureate)
• Jacobus Kapteyn ( astronomer)
• Aristid Lindenmayer ( biologist)
• Perizonius ( scholar)
• Wilhelm Röntgen ( physicist, Nobel Prize laureate)
• Lavoslav Ruzicka ( chemist, Nobel Prize laureate)
• Johann Jakob Scheuchzer ( physician, scientist)
• Jan Hendrik Scholten ( theologian)
• Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland ( statesman)
• Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate ( poet)
• Jan Terlouw ( politician)
• J. H. van 't Hoff ( Chemist, Nobel Prize laureate)
• Martinus J.G. Veltman ( physicist, Nobel Prize laureate)
• Hugh Williamson ( politician)