Facts and Figures

Organisation, research and education at the Faculty of Science in facts and figures.

International: 75 nationalities in our staff (including guests)

Organisation

The Faculty of Science is organized in:

Staff members

  • Total staff members: 1614 fte
  • Academic staff: 1137 fte
  • PhD candidates: 525
Gradual growth of student numbers

Education

We offer:

Number of students

In 2021, our faculty had 7763 students in total. Student numbers are increasing gradually over the past years.

Research

Our research has 8 main topics: Life Sciences, Food, Complex Systems, Game Research, Bioinformatics, Science Education, Climate en Energy & Resources.

Publications in 2021

  • 1544 scientific publications
  • 111 dissertations

International recognition

We are proud to host a Nobelprize winner and 6 Spinoza Winners. Furthermore many of our researchers received ERC grants or Veni, Vidi or Vici grants. See our Prominent researchers.