Facts and Figures

Number of students at the reporting date (end of November): 21,131 students, of which:

• 11,100 female students (53%)
• 3,357 foreign students (16%), of which 2,588 foreign students (12%)
• 4,775 students in their first semester (22%)

Bachelor's and Master's degree programs

• 40 degree courses leading to a Bachelor's degree
  including 7 combined Bachelor's degrees with a total of 15 optional minor subjects
• 50 degree programs with a Master's degree
• 2 degree programs with an artistic degree
• 1 degree program with a diploma
• Orientation program plusMINT
• 8 postgraduate courses leading to a Master's degree (subject to a fee)

Teacher training

• Teaching degree for elementary school
  with 2 compulsory subjects and a further 8 optional subjects
• Teaching degree at Hauptschulen and Realschulen
  with 16 optional subjects
• Teaching degree at grammar schools
  with 16 optional subjects
• Teacher training programme for special needs education
  with the compulsory subject of special needs and inclusion education (including the specialisms of learning and emotional and social development) and 10 optional subjects
• Teaching degree at vocational schools (Bachelor's degree)
  with 4 selectable main subjects and 11 selectable second subjects
• Teaching degree for vocational schools (Master's degree)
  with 4 main subjects to choose from and 13 secondary subjects to choose from

3,080 graduates in 2024,
in detail:

• Faculty 01 Humanities: 448
• Faculty 02 Humanities and Cultural Studies: 245
• Faculty 05 Social Sciences: 234
• Faculty 06 Architecture - Urban Planning - Landscape Planning: 326
• Faculty 07 Economics: 829
• Faculty 10 Mathematics and Natural Sciences: 234
• Faculty 11 Ecological Agricultural Sciences: 183
• Faculty 14 Civil and Environmental Engineering: 150
• Faculty 15 Mechanical Engineering: 165
• Faculty 16 Electrical Engineering/Computer Science: 147
• School of Art: 119

• Total doctorates:
  2025: 184
  2024: 177
• Total habilitations:
  2024: 5

(annual adjustment in March)

3,406 people (plus trainees, emeriti and student assistants), of which:

• 319 professorships (111 of which are held by women)
• 42 deputy professorships
• 16 visiting professorships
• 1,643 academic and artistic staff
• 1.386 administrative and technical staff

355.4 million euros Current income
(2023: 343.1 million euros, 2022: 326.6 million euros), of which

• Allocations and grants: EUR 237.4 million (state funds: €234.5 million)
  (2023: EUR 228.6 million, 2022: EUR 228.2 million)
• Administrative activities, revenue: 89.2 million euros
  (2023: 84.8 million euros, 2022: 80.8 million euros)
• Other income: 28.8 million euros
  (2023: 29.6 million euros, 2022: 17.5 million euros)

(annual adjustment in March each year)

EUR 76.7 million total third-party funding
(2024: EUR 82.7 million; 2023: EUR 79.7 million), of which:

• DFG (German Research Foundation): EUR 16.6 million (2024: EUR 15.5 million; 2023: EUR 15.3 million)
• EU: EUR 1.8 million (2024: EUR 3.0 million; 2023: EUR 3.0 million)
• Federal Government: EUR 30.9 million (2024: EUR 34.6 million; 2023: EUR 33.3 million)
• State of Hesse: EUR 3.3 million (2024: EUR 6.4 million; 2023: EUR 3.3 million)
• Foundations: EUR 3.3 million (2024: EUR 3.3 million; 2023: EUR 3.7 million)
• Industry: EUR 4.1 million (2024: EUR 7.4 million; 2023: EUR 6.8 million)
• DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service): EUR 4.6 million (2024: EUR 4.2 million; 2023: EUR 3.8 million)
• AIF: EUR 1.0 million (2024: EUR 1.3 million; 2023: EUR 2.3 million)
• Other: EUR 2.1 million (2024: EUR 2.5 million; 2023: EUR 1.2 million)
• Services and revenues: EUR 3.7 million (2024: EUR 3.5 million; 2023: EUR 4.4 million)
• Academic funding (HMWK): EUR 3.1 million (2024: EUR 1.2 million; 2023: EUR 2.6 million)