17 Best universities for Sports / Exercise science in the Netherlands

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Below is a list of best universities in the Netherlands ranked based on their research performance in Sports / Exercise science. A graph of 161K citations received by 4.78K academic papers made by 17 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. Maastricht University

For Sports / Exercise science

#5 in Europe
#24 in the World
Enrollment
18,000
Founded
1976

2. University of Groningen

For Sports / Exercise science

#21 in Europe
#90 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
34,000
Founded
1614

3. Radboud University

For Sports / Exercise science

#23 in Europe
#102 in the World
Founded
1923

4. Free University Amsterdam

For Sports / Exercise science

#24 in Europe
#109 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Founded
1880

5. University of Amsterdam

For Sports / Exercise science

#52 in Europe
#185 in the World
Acceptance Rate
51%
Enrollment
41,000
Founded
1632

6. Utrecht University

For Sports / Exercise science

#57 in Europe
#197 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1636

7. Erasmus University Rotterdam

For Sports / Exercise science

#79 in Europe
#246 in the World
Acceptance Rate
53%
Founded
1913

8. Wageningen University

For Sports / Exercise science

#97 in Europe
#285 in the World
Enrollment
12,819
Founded
1918

9. Eindhoven University of Technology

For Sports / Exercise science

#144 in Europe
#396 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1956

10. University of Twente

For Sports / Exercise science

#198 in Europe
#534 in the World
Acceptance Rate
51%
Founded
1961

12. Leiden University

For Sports / Exercise science

#224 in Europe
#600 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
27,713
Founded
1575

14. Delft University of Technology

For Sports / Exercise science

#324 in Europe
#886 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
24,703
Founded
1842

15. Tilburg University

For Sports / Exercise science

#340 in Europe
#935 in the World
Acceptance Rate
57%
Enrollment
17,378
Founded
1927

17. Fontys University of Applied Sciences

For Sports / Exercise science

#368 in Europe
#1023 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Founded
1996

The best cities to study Sports / Exercise science in the Netherlands based on the number of universities and their ranks are Maastricht, Groningen, Nijmegen, and Amsterdam.