Facts and Figures
JLU in a nutshell - facts and figures about studying, teaching and research
People
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About 25,000 students (winter semester 24/25), see student statistics
- 5,853 employees (including 426 professors) and a good 5,000 employees at the Giessen site of the University Hospital Giessen and Marburg (UKGM) (as of December 2024)
Research and teaching
- Eleven departments, four graduate centers, five interdisciplinary research centers, two interdisciplinary centers for study and teaching and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Research excellence: successful in the Excellence Initiative I and II, most successful Hessian university in the Excellence Strategy 2018
- Third-party funds: around 145 million euros p.a. (2022) from third-party funds, other research funding and own income
- large collaborative funding programs: Eleven (SFB, SFB/TRR), DFG Collaborative Research Centers (SFB, SFB/TRR), six DFG Priority Programs, eight (clinical) research groups, five DFG Research Training Groups
- Broad range of subjects at a comprehensive university, over 100 degree programs
- Most extensive range of teacher training courses in Hesse (all school types)
- Around 80 percent satisfied students (Student survey)
- Success in federal and state programs to promote good teaching (QuiS - Qualität in Studium und Lehre in Hessen, Hessischer Exzellenzpreis in der Lehre, EUPeace) and for the promotion of young scientists and gender equality (Nachwuchspakt, Professorinnenprogramm I-III)
- Networks within the framework of the Netzwerke im Rahmen des Central Hessen Research Campus (FCMH), , in the Rhine-Main metropolitan region and with international partners
Internationally
- About 3,600 international students
- Around 100 partnership, cooperation, exchange agreements and 250 Erasmus+ partner universities worldwide
- five strategic partner regions: Australia, Europe, Colombia, Southern Africa and Wisconsin/USA
- four external representations: JLU Information Points in Australia, Colombia, Poland and Ukraine
- Founding member of the European University Alliance European University for Peace, Justice and Inclusive Societies (EUPeace)