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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26,863 students

(including 2,260 PhD students)

• 58% female
• 42% male
• 22% of students of foreign nationality
• 123 nationalities represented

Distribution by study cycle:

• 45% 1^st cycle (Bachelor's degree)
• 40% 2^nd cycle (Master's degree)
• 8% 3^rd cycle (PhD)

including :

· 46% women

· 53% male

· 47% PhD students of foreign nationality

• 7% off-cycles

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More than 97,900 graduates

In 2020-2021 :

• 3,266 graduates holding a Master's or Specialised Master's
• 236 PhD graduates (with thesis)

First job:

• 81% after 6 months

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199 master's

• 40 transition Bachelor's programmes
• 199 Master's programmes (all orientations) including 57 master's programme in full english
  
  • 65 Advanced pecialised Master's programmes
  • 30 Doctorate Colleges
  • 21 MOOC's

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77 foreign partner countries worldwide

(through cooperation and exchange agreements)   

• 809 students have joined ULiège as part of a mobility experience or internship (IN mobility)
• 627 students from ULiège are continuing their studies at a university in Europe or in the world (OUT mobility)
• Cooperation and exchange agreements with 817 partner institutions

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5,666 employees

including:

51% women and 49% men

Distribution by function

• 633 (11%) academic staff
• 2,926 (52%) other teaching / research staff other than academic
• 2,107 (37%) support staff

The University of Liege and the University Hospital Centre (6,263 staff members) account for almost 12,000 direct jobs.

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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2,127 research agreements

• 1,493 research agreements with at least one international partner - connection with 90 countries in total 
• 86 projects backed by the EU framework programmes (FP7 and H2020)
• 15 projects financed by a European Research Council (ERC) grant

3,079 staff members carry out research activities at ULiège (including FNRS and associated funds)

Patents, technology transfer and creation of economic activities

• 1,231 patents granted in total
• 527 technology transfer agreements signed
• 101 active spin-offs

Source of research funding

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

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467 million euros annual budget

• 60% allocated to research funding
• 37% invested in teaching

Rankings

• 480 : 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

• 6,746 ancient manuscripts
• 587 incunables
• 127,192 full text references deposited on ORBI (cumulative number) 

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Page updated in line with data available as of 17 December, 2021