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Current figures at a glance
Students
Numbers | Description |
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21,890 | students enrolled as of the winter semester 2023-24 (first registration incl. students on leave and in preparatory courses), of which |
12,794 | female (58.4 %) |
9,063 | male (41.4 %) |
19 | other |
14 | no response |
4,764 | international students (21.8 %) |
2.904 | graduations in the 2022 examination year (winter semester 2021-22 and summer semester 2022, not including doctoral degrees) |
404 | conferral of doctoral degrees in the examination year 2022 |
Finances
- 436.6 million € budget (2022), of which
- 101.8 million € third-party funding, other research funding and own earnings
Degree Programs
Numbers | Description |
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199 | degree programs (winter semester 2023-24), of which |
27 | Bachelor‘s programs |
72 | Master‘s programs |
8 | continuing education Master's programs |
1 | “Magister“ program |
21 | teacher degree programs for “Teaching at secondary schools” (Lehramt an Gymnasien) |
4 | “State Examinations” (Staatsexamen) programs |
1 | program with the degree “Ecclesiastical Examinations” (Kirchliches Examen) |
Research
(as of December 2023)
Numbers | Description |
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14 | Leibniz Prize Winners |
7 | Collaborative Research Centers /Transregios (CRC/TRR, UMR as head university or co-applicant) |
9 | DFG Research Groups (UMR as head university) |
5 | Research Training Groups (UMR as head university) |
5 | LOEWE Centers and Clusters (UMR as head university) |
8 | ERC-Grants |
5 | Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (Postdoctoral Fellowships, Doctoral Networks, Staff Exchanges) |
11 | EU Collaborative Research Projects in Horizon 2020 |
7 | EU Collaborative Research Project in Horizon Europe |
International
Numbers | Description |
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33 % | international doctoral candidates in the winter semester 2021-22 |
13.2 % | completed doctoral degrees by international candidates in the academic year 2020 |
32.9 % | students who earned their university entry qualification abroad among the first-year students in the academic year 2020 |
330 | students abroad (study or internship) in the winter semester 2021-22 |
301 | international exchange students in the winter semester 2021-22 |
146 | DAAD Scholarship recipients (not including doctoral candidates) in the academic year 2020, of which |
35 | are abroad (German scholarship recipients) |
111 | are from abroad (international scholarship recipients) |
9 | international degree programs in the academic year 2020 |
321 | Partner Universities within the Erasmus+ Framework |
1,294 | mobilities via “Inter-Institutional Agreements” in the academic year 2021 |
129 | bilateral agreements outside the Erasmus+ program in the academic year 2021 |
10 | Humboldt Scholarship recipients in the academic year 2020 |
1 | Humboldt Professorship started in the academic year 2021 |
Employees
(number of people as of December 2022)
Numbers | Description |
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381 | professors (incl. University Hospital of Giessen and Marburg, UKGM) |
2,000 | faculty (incl. professors, excl. UKGM) |
1,883 | staff (excl. UKGM) |
365 | part-time faculty |
3,933 | total employees |
Organization
- 16 departments
- 12 research centers
The facts and figures are from the years 2020 to 2023.