University flags (the Netherlands)

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• About Dutch university flags
• Groningen University (as of 1900)
• Leiden University (as of 1900)
• Utrecht University
  • as of 1900
• Unknown university flag

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About Dutch university flags

It seems that a fair share of Dutch University flags consist of many horizontal stripes in unrepeated colors (rainbow flags).
António Martins, 04 Jun 2007

Groningen University

as of 1900

A calendar for 1900 by T. van der Laars [laa99] with flags and coat-of-arms shows for Groningen a flag with horizontal stripes of red, white, yellow, purple (?), blue. This one has proportions 1:2 and has a swallow tail.
Mark Sensen, 20 Dec 2000

Leiden University

as of 1900

A calendar for 1900 by T. van der Laars [laa99] with flags and coat-of-arms shows a flag labeled «Facult.kl. Leiden» (= Faculty colours Leiden): horizontal five stripes dark green (?), red, black, white and blue.
Mark Sensen, 20 Dec 2000

Utrecht University

Armand Heijnen: “De universitaire zeven-kleur” U-blad (1984.03.23) [ahj84]:

There is not all that much known about the University flag, what is clear however, is that Heraldicly speaking it’s all wrong. The flag consists of 7 horizontal, coloured stripes, the coloured stripes stand for:

• Pink - Theology,
• Red - Law,
• Green - Medicine,
• Yellow - Mathematics and Physical science,
• Dark Blue - Literature,
• Purple - Veterinary,
• Light Blue - Social sciences.

The University has in fact got 7 Faculties: the rest are either sub-faculties, inter-faculties or core-faculties, and can all be brought under one of the main faculties.

Only the Utrecht University uses a flag that matches that description in some way. Those seven colours match with the seven chapter-faculties of the university, in order of their anciennity (oldest most up, youngest most down):

1. pink: facultas theologiae, faculty of theology
2. red: facultas iuridica, faculty of law
3. green: facultas medica, faculty of medicine
4. yellow: facultas disciplinarum physicarum et mathematicarum, faculty of mathematics and sciences
5. blue: facultas litterarum, faculty of arts
6. purple: facultas medicinae veterinariae, faculty of veterinarian medicine
7. light blue: faculty of social sciences (I do not know the latin name, as the faculty was founded after abolishing the use of the latin lecture board, in which the latin names were used.)

as of 1900

A calendar for 1900 by T. van der Laars [laa99] with flags and coat-of-arms shows Utrecht’s Faciliteitskleuren (= Faculty colours) red, yellow, blue, pink (?), green (?).
Mark Sensen, 20 Dec 2000

Unknown university flag

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• Unidentified Flags or Ensigns

I know of a flag Universiteit (University), seven horizontal stripes: light blue, dark blue, yellow, purple, pink, red, green. It is ordered now and then by several universities in the Netherlands.
Gerard van der Vaart, 05 May 1996

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