Key figures

• Founded in 1614
• 11 faculties (1 in the Frisian capital of Leeuwarden)
• 7,200 fte staff (including University Medical Center Groningen, UMCG) (29% international)
• > 120 nationalities
• > 180,000 alumni
• 1,000 million EUR budget

Education

• 33,000 students (27% international)
• 9,000 international students
• > 120 Master's degree programmes (mostly English-taught)
• > 45 Bachelor's degree programmes (mostly English-taught)

Research*

• 4,200 fte academic staff (44% international, 46% female)
• 522 full professors
• 4,600 PhD candidates (54% international)
• 691 PhD theses
• 9,100 research publications (dissertations not included)

Impact*

• 4 thematic schools: energy, health, sustainability, ICT
• 12 patent applications
• 196 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: 22 Veni, Vidi and Vici Grants awarded in 2024
• European ERC Grants (European Research Council): 4 Consolidator, 2 Starting and 1 Synergy awarded in 2024

More information

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

* source: UG Annual Report 2024