Facts and figures
The key facts and figures about Leiden University from its Annual Report for 2020.
- 2
- Cities: Leiden and The Hague
- 1575
- Foundation year
- 16
- Nobel Prizes
- Top 100-universiteit
- Ranking
Teaching
- 32,806
- Students
- 47
- Bachelor's programmes
- 78
- Master's programmes
- 4.1 (bachelor); 3.9 (master)
- Student satisfaction (NSE, scale 0-5)
- 6,501
- Incoming bachelor's students
- 6,173
- Incoming master's students, 29% foreign nationals
- 123
- Nationalities
Student success
- 4,514
- Bachelor's degrees
- 4,236
- Master's degrees
- 12%
- Drop-out rate after first year of bachelor's degree
- 122,140
- Registered alumni
Research
- 2,665
- FTE researchers
- 6,325
- Academic publications
- 447
- PhDs awarded
Staff
- 7,100
- Staff members
- 4,659
- FTE
- 1,808
- FTE academic staff members
- 829
- FTE PhD candidates
- 34%
- Women in higher academic roles
- 29%
- Female professors
- 34%
- Temporary academic staff with government funding
Income
- € 405 m
- Government funding
- € 76 m
- Tuition fees
- € 52 m
- NWO, Zon MW and KNAW
- € 42 m
- EU, including ERC
- € 125 m
- Other sources of income: contract research, etc.
- € 698 m
- Total budget