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%)
- > 120 (mostly English-taught) Master's degree programmes
- > 45 Bachelor's degree programmes, of which >37 taught in English
Research*
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3,750 fte academic staff (40% international)
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400 full professors (24% female)
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4,400 PhD candidates (52% international)
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640 PhD theses
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8,500 research publications (dissertations not included)
Impact*
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4 thematic schools: energy, health, sustainability, ICT
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14 patent applications
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160 mln EUR contract research and teaching
Excellent prizes and grants (since 2015)
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Nobel Prize for Ben Feringa
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Spinoza Prizes for Pauline Kleingeld, Amina Helmi, Lodi Nauta, Bart van Wees, Cisca Wijmenga
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Stevin Prize for Linda Steg
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national: 5 Veni, 7 Vidi and 5 Vici Grants awarded in 2022
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European Research Council (ERC): 3 Advanced Grants, 2 Consolidator Grants and 7 Starting Grants awarded in 2022
More information
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Research priorities: Energy and Climate, Digital society, Technology & AI, Public Health and Sustainable Development
* source: UG Annual Report 2021
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