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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28,064 students

• 58% female
• 42% male
• 23% of students of foreign nationality
• 124 nationalities represented

Distribution by study cycle:

• 45% 1^st cycle (Bachelor's degree)
• 39% 2^nd cycle (Master's degree)
• 8% 3^rd cycle (PhD)

including :

· 48% female PhD students

· 52% male PhD students

· 48% PhD students of foreign nationality

• 8% off-cycles

Value date : 2021-2022

 

More than 97,900 graduates

In 2020-2021 :

• 3,553 graduates holding a Master's or Specialised Master's
• 267 PhD graduates (with thesis)

First job:

• 78% within 6 months of starting a job search

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192 master's

• 39 transition Bachelor's programmes
• 192 Master's programmes (all orientations including 57 master's programme in full english)
  
  • 62 Advanced pecialised Master's programmes
  • 30 Doctorate Colleges
  • 24 MOOC's

Value date : 2022-2023

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85 partner countries

• 872 students have joined ULiège as part of a mobility experience or internship (IN mobility)
• 638 students from ULiège are continuing their studies at a university in Europe or in the world (OUT mobility)
• Cooperation and exchange agreements with 1045 partner institutions

Value date : 2022-202

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5,633 employees

including:

51% women and 49% men

Distribution by function

• (11%) academic staff
• (52%) teaching/research staff (other than academic staff)
• (37%) Administrative, Technical and Worker staff

The University of Liege and the University Hospital Centre (6,339 staff members) account for almost 12,000 direct jobs.

Value date : 2020-2021

Distribution of staff members by campus:

• 69% Liège Sart Tilman
• 20% Liège city centre
• 8% Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
• 2% Arlon Campus Environment

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2,281 research agreements

• 1,579 research agreements with at least one international partner - connection with 91 countries in total 
• 103 projects backed by the EU framework programmes (FP7 and H2020)
• 17 projects financed by a European Research Council (ERC) grant

3,066 staff members carry out research activities at ULiège (including FNRS and associated funds)

Patents, technology transfer and creation of economic activities

• 1,341 patents granted in total
• 545 technology transfer agreements signed
• 105 active spin-offs

Value date : 31/12/2021

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460 million euros annual budget

• 55% allocated to research funding
  

  Source of research funding :

15% public sources

24% research agreements

15% third-party services

1% donations

• 45% invested in teaching

Value date : 2020

Rankings

• 521-530 : QS World University Ranking
• 351-400 : Times Higher Education World University Ranking
• 301-400 : Academic Ranking of World Universities (Shangai)

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15 library locations

• 6,748 ancient manuscripts
• 587 incunables
• 135,386 full text references deposited on ORBI (cumulative number) 

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Page updated in line with data available as of 30 June, 2022