Utrecht University (UU), founded in 1636 and located in the heart of the Netherlands, is one of Europe's leading research universities. It ranked 86th in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2016. The University enjoys the widest range of English-taught graduate programmes in the Netherlands. UU is home to 30,000 students, with 1,500 international students from 118 countries, and has produced 12 Nobel Prize winners till date.