Facts and figures 

Utrecht University is a globally leading university ranked 9^th in Europe, 1^st in the Netherlands and 47^th in the world according to the Shanghai Ranking of world universities.

- Founded in 1636

- Seven faculties:

• Faculty of Humanities
• Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance
• Faculty of Geosciences
• Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
• Faculty of Science
• Faculty of Medicine / University Medical Center Utrecht (UMC Utrecht)
• Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

- Degree programmes in 2007/8:

• 46 undergraduate programmes, two of which are also English-taught
• 196 graduate programmes, 89 of which are English-taught
• Teacher training programmes (both Dutch and English-taught) Utrecht University boasts the widest range of English-taught graduate programmes in the Netherlands.

- 12 Nobel Prize winners and (from 1995 to 2007) 12 Spinoza Laureates

- 29,082 students

• Number of first-year students 2007/8: 6,443
• Number of PhD students: 950
• Number of international students: 1,900 from 125 different countries

- The second wave of undergraduate students (2003) scored a success rate of 55 per cent after 4 years which compares favourably to the national average of 40 per cent.

- Number of staff: 8,614 (including Faculty of Medicine)

Male/female ratio: 55/45

- Number of alumni: approx. 90,000

- Budget: €715 million, 25 per cent of which is sourced from grants, fund-raising and contract activities.