Facts and Figures

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

Pictogram van Internationale faculteit: medewerkers (inclusief gasten) met 75 nationaliteiten
International faculty: 75 nationalities in our staff (including guests) in 2023

Organisation

Our faculty is organised in: 

Number of employees in 2023

  • Total: 1614 fte
  • PhD candidates: 525

Education

Bachelors

We offer 9 Bachelor's programmes, 2 tracks and 5 double Bachelor's

Masters

We offer 22 Master's programmes.

Number of students

In 2024, our faculty had 8203 students in total. That is a 1% decrease compared to the previous year. 

Development of student numbers from February 2018

YearBachelor'sMaster'sTotalDevelopment
2018393525276462Reference date February
2019404326736716+ 4% 
2020446029747428+ 11% 
2021450232617763+ 5% 
2022472733968123+ 5% 
2023487334508323+ 2%
2024486533388203- 1%

Research

Research at the Faculty of Science focuses on various reseach themes and builds on the scientific foundations within various disciplines.

International recognition

We are proud to host a Nobel Prize winner and 6 Spinoza Prize winners. Many of our researchers have also been awarded ERC grants or Veni, Vidi or Vici grants.

Overview of grants and distinctions from 2016

Award, grant or distinction

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024Total

NWO Veni

645810906048

NWO Vidi

23133485332

NWO Vici

12211423117

ERC Starting Grant

21212152420

ERC Consolidator Grant

30120121313

ERC Advanced Grant

0201121209

ERC Proof of Concept Grant

0002002015

ERC Synergy Grant

0000000101

NWO Spinoza prize

0210001004

The numbers in this table are based on the years in which the award, grant or distinction is awarded.

Faculty Professors

NameYearDepartment
Gerard Barkema2022Information and Computing Sciences
Gerrit van Meer2018Biology
Piet Gros2018Chemistry
Rens Voesenek †2018Biology
Albert Heck2017Pharmaceutical Sciences
Corné Pieterse2015Biology
Bert Weckhuysen2012Chemistry