Facts and figures
The key facts and figures about Leiden University from its Annual Report for 2022.
- 2
- Cities: Leiden and The Hague
- 1575
- Foundation year
- 16
- Nobel Prizes
Teaching
- 33,474
- Students
- 48
- Bachelor's programmes
- 81
- Master's programmes
- 110
- Courses for professionals
- 3.9 (bachelor) | 3.8 (master)
- Student satisfaction (NSE, scale 0-5)
- 6,290
- Incoming bachelor's students, 23% foreign nationals
- 5,462
- Incoming master's students, 35% foreign nationals
- 120
- Nationalities
Student success
- 4,946
- Bachelor's degrees
- 4,841
- Master's degrees
- 17%
- Drop-out rate after first year of bachelor's degree
- 148,535
- Registered alumni
Research
- 2,885
- FTE researchers
- 6,741
- Academic publications
- 515
- PhDs awarded
Staff
- 7,860
- Staff members
- 4,987
- FTE
- 1,903
- FTE academic staff members
- 878
- FTE PhD candidates
- 33%
- Women in higher academic roles
- 31,2%
- Female professors
- 19%
- Temporary academic staff with government funding
Income
- € 499 m
- Government funding
- € 66 m
- Tuition fees
- € 52 m
- NWO, Zon MW and KNAW
- € 37 m
- EU, including ERC
- € 158 m
- Other sources of income: contract research, etc.
- € 813 m
- Total budget