Key figures

• Founded in 1614
• 11 faculties (1 in the Frisian capital of Leeuwarden)
• 7,150 fte staff (including University Medical Center Groningen, UMCG) (25% international)
• > 120 nationalities
• > 140,000 alumni
• 1,000 million EUR budget

Education

• 34,000 students (28% international)
• 9,400 international students
• > 120 Master's degree programmes (mostly English-taught)
• > 45 Bachelor's degree programmes (mostly English-taught)

Research*

• 4,100 fte academic staff (43% international)
• 545 full professors (25% international)
• 4,700 PhD candidates (55% international)
• 634 PhD theses
• 8,500 research publications (dissertations not included)

Impact*

• 4 thematic schools: energy, health, sustainability, ICT
• 21 patent applications
• 180 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 grants: 25 Veni, Vidi and Vici Grants awarded in 2023
• European ERC Grants (European Research Council): 1 Advanced, 4 Consolidator, 4 Starting and 4 Synergy awarded in 2023

More information

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

* source: UG Annual Report 2023