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 (2020)
- 35,000 students
- 9,100 international students (26%)
- > 120 (mostly English-taught) Master's degree programmes
- > 45 Bachelor's degree programmes, of which >37 taught in English
Research (2021)
- 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 (2021)
- 4 thematic schools: energy, health, sustainability, ICT
- 14 patent applications
- 160 mln EUR contract research and teaching
Excellent prizes and grants (2015-2021)
- 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: 7 Veni, 5 Vidi and 4 Vici Grants awarded in 2021
- European Research Council (ERC): 5 Starting Grants awarded in 2021
More information
- Societal research priorities: Energy, Healthy Ageing and Sustainable Society
- Partnerships
- Prizes and awards
source: UG Annual Report 2021
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