Foundation in 1923
Radboud University was founded on 17 October 1923 under the name Catholic University Nijmegen.
The Dutch Catholic population planned to use its university to promote the emancipation of Catholics in the Netherlands who, at that time, were strongly under-represented in such areas as public administration, the legal profession and the medical sector. The university was initiated by the Saint Radboud Foundation, whose namesake was Bishop Radboud, who was a patron of Roman Catholic higher education.