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

• Total enrolled in 2010:                                        32,739
• Number of first-year students 2010/2011:        8,496*

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

Research in 2010

• Number of PhDs awarded                                      404
• Number of scientific publications:                      8,234

Staff**

• 2,850 academic members of staff (2,339 FTE)
• 2,285 members of staff in non-academic positions (1,768 FTE)
• 1,038 doctoral candidates (820 FTE)
• 41% of academic positions held by women

** excluding the Amsterdam Medical Center (AMC)