The University of Amsterdam has its origins in the Athenaeum Illustre (1632) and, with more than 32,000 students, over 5,000 employees and an annual budget of almost 600 million euros, is one of the largest general research universities in Europe.

This ‘Electronic Fact Book' provides current and detailed facts and figures about the University.

Study programmes

Students (reference date 1 October 2011)

• Total enrolled in 2011:                                        32,165
• Number of first-year students 2010/2011:      7,207*

* number of students enrolling at the UvA for the first time (at the bachelor, pre-master or master level)

Research in 2011

• Number of PhDs awarded                                   405
• Number of scientific publications:                      8,713

Staff 2011**

UvA employees:

• 2,259 academic members of staff (1,745 FTE), excluding doctoral candidates 
• 38% of these positions held by women
• 2,338 members of staff in non-academic positions (1,829 FTE)

Doctoral candidates: 1,133 (881 FTE)

** excluding the Amsterdam Medical Center (AMC)