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Facts & Figures

updated February 1, 2012

Student body composition

677 degree students representing 56 countries attend UCU.

Dutch

64 %

Double nationality

8 %

Non-Dutch European

22%

Non-European

6 %

Female  64 % 
Male  36 % 

Staff & Faculty

The faculty comprises 190 lecturers, 15 fellows, 21 tutors and 22 members of staff.

G.P.A. distribution

UCU graduates achieve the following grade point average, on a scale from 1 to 4:

summa cum laude (3.90 – 4.00)  

9 %

magna cum laude (3.80 – 3.89) 

7 % 

cum laude (3.50 – 3.79) 

34 % 

with honors (3.00 – 3.49)  

34 % 

no distinction (2.00 – 2.99)  

16 % 

Efficiency (measured from 2005 to present)

86 % of degree students who start at UCU complete the program. 78 % of degree students who start at UCU complete the program within three years. 

Nationally 25 % of degree students finish a university program within three years, 48 % do so within four years (source: CBS).

Semester Abroad

Approximately 50 % of UCU students take part in an exchange program to spend a semester abroad. The most popular destinations are:

  1. United States
  2. Asia (China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong)
  3. Europe including Turkey
  4. Africa (South Africa, Kenya)