Facts and Figures

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Students in Winter Semester 2019/20 Total students (including on a leave of absence) 76,647 Active students (not including on a leave of absence) 75,052 Men 54% Women 46% Enrolled in a degree program 64,406 Open Access students 8,021 Continuing education students 2,624 Enrolled in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences 21% Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science 17% Faculty of Psychology 17% Faculty of Business Administration and Economics 30% Faculty of Law 15% In regular employment ca. 80% Previously completed a university degree ca. 50% Average age (in years) 38.1 Citizenship German 67,854 Another European country 6,240 Another country (total, including European and stateless) 7,187 Current Residence Germany 69,371 Another European country 5,164 Another country (total, including Europe) 5,681 -
University Staff (Date: 1 April 2020)1) Total number of employees2) Full-time equivalents7) Staff financed through the university budget and third-party funds Total Women Total Women President 1 1 1 1 Head of Administration 1 1 1 1 Total Professors3) 90 28 90 28 - W2/3 temporary professorships3 3 3 3 - Endowed junior professorships1 1 1 1 - Junior professorships 8)4 3 4 3 - Interim Professorships4 2 4 2 Academic Staff 490 230 416.99 187.06 Academic and student assistants4) 224 129 59.38 31.45 Tutors5) 296 103 37.10 18.97 Administrative and technical staff6) 726 500 616.39 403.93 Total university staff 1,828 992 1231.86 671.41 1) Data from the BI (Basic data from April 2020).
2) Not including staff on special leave according to collective labor agreements and civil service law, receiving temporary pensions, on parental leave, or on secondment. No employees are double-counted in these figures.
3) Including W-1 professorships.
4) Includes academic assistants and student assistants.
5)Includes academic online tutors and mentors.
6)Including trainees.
7) Full-time equivalents represent the relationship between employees’ individual working times and full-time employment as defined by law or collective labor agreements.
8) The junior professorships include two tenure-track junior professorships and one fast track junior professorship.
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Budget 2018 Revenue €89.9 million including: Ongoing state funding €68.7 million Revenue from fees and other income €15.9 million Third-party contributions / Continuing education €5.3 million Other temporary state funding
(not included in revenue above)€8.2 million Higher Education Pact1 €7.0 million Other funding2 €1.2 million 1 Higher Education Pact III including compensation funds, master program, ECTS, building and investment funds, Higher Education Statistics Law, FernUni development plan
2 Subsidies, KAoA program, service offices, gender equality funding, grants for the Programme for Women Professors, Digitale Hochschule NRW
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You can get an overview of the current semester, student statistics by semester, and graduation statistics over time at our in-depth statistics page (German).