Key Figures

11 Faculties

• Faculty of Philosophy and Letters
• Faculty of Law, Political Science and Criminology
• Faculty of Sciences
• Faculty of Medicine
• Faculty of Applied Sciences
• Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
• Faculty of Psychology, Speech Therapy and Education Sciences
• HEC Liège - School of Management
• Faculty of Social Sciences
• Faculty of Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
• Faculty of Architecture

3 cities / 4 campuses

• Liège Sart Tilman
• Liège city centre
• Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
• Arlon Campus Environment

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25,421 students

• 58% of students are women
• 42% of students are men
• 23% of foreign students
• 122 nationalities represented

Total number of students, all categories combined, including PhD students

including:

• 2,210 PhD students
  
  • 46% of women
  • 47% of foreign origin

Distribution by study cycle:

• 44% 1^st cycle
• 39% 2^nd cycle
• 8% 3^rd cycle
• 9% off-cycles

92,300 graduates

Per year:

• 3,191 graduates holding a Master's or Specialised Master's
• 221 PhD graduates (with thesis)

First job:

• 23% before graduation
• 52% in the month
• 81% after 6 months

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207 master's

• 40 transition Bachelor's
• 207 Master's all orientations
  
  • 68 Specialised Masters
  • 30 Doctorate Colleges
  • 21 MOOC's

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832 exchange and cooperation agreements

• 5867 foreign students come to ULiège
• 742 ULiège students continue their studies in a university in Europe and throughout the world
• exchange and cooperation agreements with 900 partner institutions over the world

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5,710 employees

including:

• 644 academic staff
• 2,927 researchers

Distribution by category:

• 11% academic staff (of which 27% are women)
• 51% teaching / research staff other than academic (of which 50% are women)
• 37% support staff (of which 60% are women)
• 6,159 employees at the Liège University Hospital

The University of Liège and the University Hospital Centre represent more than 11,000 direct employees.

Distribution of staff members by campus:

• 70% Liège Sart Tilman
• 20% Liège city centre
• 8% Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
• 3% Arlon Campus Environment

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2,124 research agreements

• of which 1,503 with at least one international partner in 82 countries worldwide
• 75 EU-funded framework programmes (FP7 and H2020)
• 13 projects financed by an ERC

Patents, technology transfer and creation of economic activities:

• 1,097 patents granted
• 495 technology transfer agreements
• 101 active spin-offs

Source of finance for research:

• 38% public sources
• 42% research agreements
• 20% third-party services
• 2% donations

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438,874 million euros annual budget

• 59% allocated to research funding
• 38% invested in teaching

Rankings

• 429 : QS World University Ranking
• 301-350 : Times Higher Education World University Ranking
• 201-300 : Academic Ranking of World Universities (Shangai)

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Page updated according to data available as of 15 September 2020.