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 2023, our faculty had 8244 students in total. That is a 1% increase compared to the previous year. 

Development of student numbers from February 2018

YearBachelor'sMaster'sTotalDevelopment
2018393525276462Reference date February
2019404326736716+ 4% 
2020445929697428+ 11% 
2021450232617763+ 5% 
2022472733968123+ 5% 
2023487333718244+ 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 2015

Award, grant or distinction

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

Total

NWO Veni

6

6

4

5

8

10

9

5

 

53

NWO Vidi

2

3

1

3

3

4

8

5

 

29

NWO Vici

1

2

2

1

1

4

2

3

 

16

ERC Starting Grant

2

2

1

2

0

2

1

5

2

17

ERC Consolidator Grant

1

3

0

1

2

0

1

2

1

11

ERC Advanced Grant

1

0

2

0

1

1

2

1

 

8

ERC Proof of Concept Grant

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

2

0

4

ERC Synergy Grant

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

 

1

NWO Spinoza prize

0

0

2

1

0

0

0

1

0

4

The numbers in this table are based on the years in which the calls for proposals were formally published by the subsidy providers.

Faculty Professors

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