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Introduction
The University of Nijmegen is one of the nine Dutch universities. It has a catholic background and was established in 1923. The university has a total staff of 3,800 and has more than 13,000 students in eight faculties and 45 study programs. 900 of the student body are foreigners and 330 of the staff are foreign staff members. The University of Nijmegen encourages its students to spend parts of their studies abroad. It has more than 200 Socrates agreements and about 80 bilateral agreements with other universities abroad. Furthermore, the university invites visiting lectures to teach in Nijmegen. The University of Nijmegen is highly accessible to foreign students and staff, thanks to the development of English programs and courses, as well as its English library and computer facilities. The university is one of the first Dutch universities to introduce the Bachelor/Master structure.
The Nijmegen School of Management, Business, Government and Environment (NSM) enroll 2,470 students, of which 120 are foreign. There are seven general disciplines, such as Business Administration, Economics, Public Administration, Political Sciences, Environmental Policy Science, Human Geography, and Spatial Planning. The NSM and its staff of 225 are well known for their educational innovations. Since its establishment in 1988 it has applied small scale and student activating teaching methods. `Quality comes first!` is the faculty’s slogan. Besides that, the programs strive for a combination of scientific training and broad ethical, cultural, and social education. In today’s internationalized world, the NSM offers twelve programs and 45 programs in English for exchange students as well as a Bachelo ...