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

Organisation
The Faculty of Science is organized in:
Staff members
- Total staff members: 1614 fte
- Academic staff: 1137 fte
- PhD candidates: 525

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.