Facts and figures 

Utrecht University is a globally leading university that is:

• ranked according to the Shanghai Ranking of World Universities:
  • 1st in the Netherlands 
  • 12th in Europe
  • 48th in the world
• ranked according to the Times Higher Education Ranking: 1st in The Netherlands, 18th in Europe and 68th in the world
• ranked according to the Higher Education Evaluation & Acreditation Council (HEEFCE): 9th in Europe and 46th in the world
• founded in 1636

The university has:

• 7 faculties:

1. Humanities;
2. Law, Economics and Governance;
3. Geosciences;
4. Social and Behavioural Sciences;
5. Science;
6. Medicine / University Medical Center Utrecht (UMC Utrecht);
7. Veterinary Medicine;

• 45 undergraduate programmes, 4 of which are also English-taught
• 169 graduate programmes, 81 of which are English-taught and 32 teacher training programmes (both Dutch and English-taught)
• the widest range of English-taught graduate programmes in the Netherlands
• 12 Nobel Prize winners and (from '95 - '10) 12 Spinoza Laureates
• 30,344 students, of which 6,363 are 1st year students in 2010/11, and 3,912 are new graduate students in 2010/11
• a success rate of 55% among undergraduate students started in 2005 scored after 4 years which compares favourably to the national average of 43%
• 5,295 staff members (in fte, excluding Faculty of Medicine)
• a male/female ratio of 53/47
• approx. 95,000 alumni
• a budget of 749 million euro