40 Best universities for Liberal Arts & Social Sciences in the Netherlands

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Below is a list of best universities in the Netherlands ranked based on their research performance in Liberal Arts & Social Sciences. A graph of 17.2M citations received by 609K academic papers made by 40 universities in the Netherlands was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. University of Amsterdam

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#7 in Europe
#40 in the World
Acceptance Rate
51%
Enrollment
41,000
Founded
1632

2. Utrecht University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#14 in Europe
#70 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1636

3. University of Groningen

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#30 in Europe
#106 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
34,000
Founded
1614

4. Radboud University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#32 in Europe
#110 in the World
Founded
1923

5. Erasmus University Rotterdam

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#44 in Europe
#131 in the World
Acceptance Rate
53%
Founded
1913

6. Leiden University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#48 in Europe
#143 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
27,713
Founded
1575

7. Free University Amsterdam

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#53 in Europe
#162 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Founded
1880

8. Delft University of Technology

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#59 in Europe
#173 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
24,703
Founded
1842

9. Wageningen University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#74 in Europe
#204 in the World
Enrollment
12,819
Founded
1918

10. Maastricht University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#79 in Europe
#214 in the World
Enrollment
18,000
Founded
1976

11. Tilburg University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#109 in Europe
#282 in the World
Acceptance Rate
57%
Enrollment
17,378
Founded
1927

12. University of Twente

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#128 in Europe
#319 in the World
Acceptance Rate
51%
Founded
1961

13. Eindhoven University of Technology

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#155 in Europe
#378 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1956

14. Rotterdam University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#621 in Europe
#1836 in the World
Enrollment
36,000
Founded
1988

16. Fontys University of Applied Sciences

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#699 in Europe
#2241 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Founded
1996

17. University of Humanistic Studies

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#732 in Europe
#2373 in the World
Acceptance Rate
100%
Enrollment
550
Male:Female
30:70
Founded
1989

19. Nyenrode Business University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#804 in Europe
#2793 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1946

21. Zuyd University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#899 in Europe
#3301 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Founded
2001

22. HAN University of Applied Sciences

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#910 in Europe
#3352 in the World
Founded
1996

24. Breda University of Applied Sciences

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#921 in Europe
#3426 in the World
Acceptance Rate
57%
Founded
1966

26. Saxion University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1050 in Europe
#4202 in the World
Enrollment
27,000
Founded
1989

29. Utrecht School of the Arts

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1113 in Europe
#4526 in the World
Founded
1987

30. AVANS University of Applied Sciences

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1116 in Europe
#4539 in the World
Founded
2004

33. Ede Christian University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1304 in Europe
#5585 in the World
Founded
1994

34. Codarts University of the Arts

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1311 in Europe
#5627 in the World
Founded
1930

35. University of Aruba

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1325 in Europe
#5687 in the World
Founded
1970

37. Hotelschool The Hague

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1408 in Europe
#6218 in the World
Founded
1929

39. ArtEZ Institute for the Arts

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1441 in Europe
#6447 in the World
Founded
2002

40. HZ University of Applied Sciences

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1446 in Europe
#6476 in the World
Acceptance Rate
84%
Enrollment
1,100
Founded
1987

The best cities to study Liberal Arts & Social Sciences in the Netherlands based on the number of universities and their ranks are Amsterdam, Utrecht, Groningen, and Nijmegen.