Published 25 August 2009

Key figures

The University of Amsterdam has its origins in the Athenaeum Illustre (1632) and, with more than 30,000 students, almost 5,000 employees and an annual budget of almost 500 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

  • 60 Bachelor's programmes (1 taught in English, 2 offer an English track) 
  • 133 Master's programmes
               including 58 taught in English
               including 23 teacher-training programmes
  • 9 postgraduate programmes
  • Students

    • Total enrolled in 2009:                                        30,689
    • Number of first-year students 2009/2010:        8,200*

    * number of students participating in a study programme for the first time at the UvA (bachelor's, pre-master's or master's).

    Research

    • Number of PhDs in 2008:                                        353
    • Number of scientific publications:                      7,533

    Staff*

    • 2,578 academic members of staff (2,128.5 FTE)
    • 2,146 members of staff in non-academic positions (1,677.9 FTE)
    • 827 doctoral candidates (717 FTE)
    • 38% of academic positions held by women

    * excluding the AMC

    Source: Office of Institutional Research / Concern Control UvA