Grijzestad University

Grijzestad University
Information
Motto	Sapientia vincit (Wisdom wins)
Founded	20 November 1646
Type	Public university
President	Isabel Genter
Academic staff	3,020
Students	10,245
Location	Old Town and U-Stad, Grijzestad

Grijzestad University (Grijzestad Universiteit), historically the Adriaanse Universiteit van Grijzestad (Universitas Adriania) is public university located in Grijzestad, Chester Parish. It is the oldest university in Brunant, having been founded in 1646.

The university was founded from the combination of two local colleges active in the 15th and 16th centuries. The prestigious university is consistently ranked as one of the top 2 schools in the country, along with the Royal University of Koningstad, and one of the best universities in Southern Europe. The top programs at the school are Law and Political Science.

The university has a number of sports teams, which form parts of Grijzestad University S.C., the best-known of which is the football team, which currently competes in the First League.

History[]

Grijzestad university building — King Adrian Building, Old Town

The university was founded as the Adrian University of Grijzestad under King Adrian I after being granted a papal bull. The university incorporated the Collegium urbis ravi, founded in 1485, which formed the main component of the new university, teaching theology and Latin.

During the Brunanter Civil War, in 1663, the university closed down, but it reopened in 1664 with an improved curriculum and new programs and courses, such as chemistry, astronomy and mathematics.

In the 1950s and 1960s, the university expanded to the U-Stad district with modern facilities and residential buildings.

The university[]

Campuses[]

The university is spread out over the Old Town and U-Stad quarters. The old university is located in the north of Old Town, with the main building and key offices; these buildings date from the 15th to 18th century. A majority of the buildings, residences and other facilities, however, are found in the U-Stad campus, which were built in the 1950s through 1970s.

Libraries[]

Grijzestad University library — GU Library, U-Stad

The old library is located in the Old Town Campus and is housed in the old Collegium building dating to 1490. This contains the old and rare books in the university's possession, numbering around 7500.

The new GU Library is located in the U-Stad, housed in a 1960s building. This library contains 416,000 books, manuscripts, documents, journals and magazines, with thousands more in online databases. The library has a dedicated cartographic section with several maps and globes.

Admissions[]

Each year, some 4,000 new students are admitted to the university to make a total of 10,200 students at the school. Program fees are normally around €1,400-1,800 per year, with medicine and engineering programs at €2,200-2,800.

Sports[]

The university has a variety of sports teams that compete nationally and regionally. Grijzestad University S.C. used to be the university's football club, but has now turned professional. Nowadays, it has men and women's football, basketball, volleyball, korfball and track teams, as well as a number of clubs focused on other sports.

Notable students[]

Walter B. Adams, President
Manuel Basque, Archbishop of Grijzestad
Banjin Cal-Mariss, founder and owner of Scribe Paper and Gift
Egbert Claes, president of the Constitutional Court
Bernd Donia, husband of Queen Helene
Ben Geelens, reporter and documentarist
Rima Ghali, princess
Clara Gordon, lawyer
Jan Grinbergs, mayor of Grijzestad
Leonard Heiman, writer, historian and filmmaker
Queen Helene of Brunant
Eoin Hoolahan, actor and director
Carl Ingesson, novelist and linguist
Hannah Jacobson, writer
Sadrakis Marquis, founder of the Brunanter Basketball League
Anne McCann, politician and minister
Karel Muyskens, writer and political theorist
Dennis Neyt, guitarist and singer
Art Somerbosch, architect
Hendrik Vandelet, humanist and philosopher
Reinout van der Bijl, historian and archaeologist
Joseph Van Draak, diplomat
Robert van Ludwijk, politician
Pieter Van Neyt, President
Hans Verkamp, president of the Central Bank of Brunant
Warren Voolde, activist and painter
Bertram Wu, Tagogese politician

Notable tutors[]

Egbert Claes, judge
Caspar de Wilde, theologian, mathematician and physicist
Tomas Haček, architect
Carl Ingesson, linguist
Anneliese Martins, historian
Eugene Padric, historian
Hendrik Vandelet, humanist and philosopher
Cornelius van Haecht, astronomer and philosopher

International links[]

Grijzestad University has partnership agreements with the Muntegu University in Libertas and the University of Alcacer in Traspes.

It is a member of the Coimbra Group.