Facts and figures 

Utrecht University is a globally leading university ranked 11^th in Europe, 1^st in the Netherlands and 52^nd 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 2009/10:

• 45 undergraduate programmes, three of which are also English-taught
• 167 graduate programmes, 83 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 2009) 12 Spinoza Laureates

- 29,927 students

• Number of first-year students 2009/10: 6.378
• Number of PhD students: 946
• Number of international students: 2,532, from 130 different countries

- The second wave of undergraduate students (2004) scored a success rate of 56 per cent after 4 years which compares favourably to the national average of 40 per cent.

- Number of staff: 7,479 (including Faculty of Medicine)

Male/female ratio: 54/46

- Number of alumni: approx. 95,000

- Budget: €716 million, 23 per cent of which is sourced from grants, fund-raising and contract activities.