Facts and figures
The key facts and figures about Leiden University from its Annual Report for 2021.
- 2
- Cities: Leiden and The Hague
- 1575
- Foundation year
- 16
- Nobel Prizes
Teaching
- 34,165
- Students
- 47
- Bachelor's programmes
- 81
- Master's programmes
- 3.8 (bachelor); 3.8 (master)
- Student satisfaction (NSE, scale 0-5)
- 6,613
- Incoming bachelor's students, 22% foreign nationals
- 6,078
- Incoming master's students, 31% foreign nationals
- 126
- Nationalities
Student success
- 4,813
- Bachelor's degrees
- 4,688
- Master's degrees
- 12%
- Drop-out rate after first year of bachelor's degree
- 134,700
- Registered alumni
Research
- 2,815
- FTE researchers
- 7,088
- Academic publications
- 445
- PhDs awarded
Staff
- 7,600
- Staff members
- 4,866
- FTE
- 1,862
- FTE academic staff members
- 886
- FTE PhD candidates
- 34%
- Women in higher academic roles
- 31%
- Female professors
- 34%
- Temporary academic staff with government funding
Income
- € 458 m
- Government funding
- € 70 m
- Tuition fees
- € 56 m
- NWO, Zon MW and KNAW
- € 39 m
- EU, including ERC
- € 154 m
- Other sources of income: contract research, etc.
- € 777 m
- Total budget