Key figures

• Founded in 1614
• 11 faculties (1 in the Frisian capital of Leeuwarden)
• 6,400 fte staff (including University Medical Center Groningen, UMCG) (25% international)
• more than 120 nationalities
• 140,000 alumni
• 1,000 million EUR budget

Education

• 37,000 students
• 9,900 international students (27%)
• more than 120 (mostly English-taught) Master's degree programmes
• more than 45 Bachelor's degree programmes, of which more than 37 taught in English

Research*

• 3,750 fte academic staff (40% international)
• 400 full professors (24% female)
• 4,400 PhD candidates (52% international)
• 640 PhD theses
• 8,500 research publications (dissertations not included)

Impact*

• 4 thematic schools: energy, health, sustainability, ICT
• 14 patent applications
• 160 mln EUR contract research and teaching

Excellent prizes and grants (since 2015)

• Nobel Prize for Ben Feringa
• Spinoza Prizes for Pauline Kleingeld, Amina Helmi, Lodi Nauta, Bart van Wees, Cisca Wijmenga
• Stevin Prize for Linda Steg
• national: 5 Veni, 7 Vidi and 5 Vici Grants awarded in 2022
• European Research Council (ERC): 3 Advanced Grants, 2 Consolidator Grants and 7 Starting Grants awarded in 2022

More information

• Research priorities: Energy and Climate, Digital society, Technology & AI, Public Health and Sustainable Development
• Partnerships
• Prizes and awards

* source: UG Annual Report 2021