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
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% 1st cycle (Bachelor's degree)
- 40% 2nd cycle (Master's degree)
- 8% 3rd cycle (PhD)
including :
· 46% women
· 53% male
· 47% PhD students of foreign nationality
- 7% off-cycles
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
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
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
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
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
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)
15 library locations
- 6,746 ancient manuscripts
- 587 incunables
- 127,192 full text references deposited on ORBI (cumulative number)
Page updated in line with data available as of 17 December, 2021