Key figures
- Founded in 1614
- 11 faculties
- 6,100 fte staff (including University Medical Center Groningen, UMCG)
- More than 120 nationalities
- 130,000 alumni
- 800 million EUR budget
- 16 patent applications in 2018
Education
- 32,700 students (October 2019)
- 7,700 international students (October 2019)
- > 100 Master's degree programmes and specializations, of which > 90 taught in English
- > 50 Bachelor's degree programmes, of which 36 taught in English
Research
- 3,400 fte academic staff (2018)
- One third of our academic staff is international
- 330 full professors (2018)
- 2,200 PhD candidates (2018)
- 500 PhD theses in 2018
- 9,000 research publications in 2018
- 144 mln EUR contract research (2018)
Prizes and grants
- Nobel Prize for Prof. Ben Feringa
- Spinoza Prize for Prof. Amina Helmi, Prof. Lodi Nauta, Prof. Bart van Wees, Prof. Cisca Wijmenga, and Prof. Theunis Piersma
- 13 Veni Grants and 3 Vidi Grants awarded in 2019
- 3 ERC Starting Grants and 2 ERC Consolidator Grants awarded in 2019
More information
- Societal research priorities: Energy, Healthy Ageing and Sustainable Society
- Partnerships
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