The University in Numbers 2025

How many students, teachers and staff are there at the University of Greifswald? How much money does the university receive from the state and what about the external funding balance? Here you will find important key numbers about the University.
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Status of data collection: September 2025 on the basis of official statistics.

Students

  Number of which female of which male of which miscellaneous/not specified
TOTAL 9868 6121 3716 31
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 2809 1681 1121 7
Other federal states 6085 3833 2229 23
German (HEEQ abroad) 103 73 30  
Internationals 878 537 340 1
OVERALL NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN 1ST SEMESTER OF STUDIES 1248 824 415 9
STUDENTS ACCORDING TO FACULTIES        
Faculty of Theology 114 60 54  
Faculty of Law and Economics 1661 869 789 3
University Medicine 2466 1577 888 1
Faculty of Arts and Humanities 2334 1552 771 11
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences 3293 2063 1214 16

Graduates

  Number of which female of which male of which miscellaneous/not specified
TOTAL 1521 957 562  
Bachelor 507 340 165 2
Master 345 213 132  
Staatsexamen (State Examination) 399 253 146  
of which teacher-training courses 117 85 32  
Diplom 56 29 27  
DOCTORATES 196 110 86  
HABILITATIONS 18 12 6  

Staff

    Number of which female of which male of which miscellaneous/not specified
TOTAL   5647 3706 1940 1
UNIVERSITY   1522 848 673 1
Academic and artistic   973 488 485  
  of which professors 153 47 106  
Administrative, technical & other   549 360 188 1
UNIVERSITY MEDICINE   4125 2858 1267  
Academic and artistic   1019 511 508  
  of which professors 75 21 54  
Administrative, technical & other   3106 2347 759  

Degree Courses

TOTAL   108
Bachelor   33
Master   40
Staatsexamen (State Examination)   31
  of which teacher-training courses 27
Kirchliches Examen (Church Examination)   1
Magister (Theology)   1
Diplom (Sacred Music, Pharmacy)   2

Finances (in k EUR)

STATE FUNDS   146.959,20
  University 75.805,10
  University Medicine 71.154,10
SPECIAL STATE FUNDS   7.611,13
  University 6.553,77
  University Medicine 1.057,36
ZUKUNFTSVERTRAG STUDIUM UND LEHRE (National and state funding)   10.346,58
  University 9.218,28
  University Medicine 1.128,30

Expenditure of External Funding (in k EUR)

TOTAL   62.818,18
University   28.486,30
  of which EU funds 3.650,67
  of which DFG funds 8.528,05
University Medicine   34.331,88
  of which EU funds 7.749,72
  of which DFG funds 6.029,10

Internationalisation

University partnerships 36
ERASMUS partnerships 189
Proportion of international students in overall number of students 8.9 %
International students from more than 101 countries.  
Largest groups by country of origin:  
Syria (98), Iran (66), Poland (54), India (52)  
Where students in Germany come from.
Where students in Germany come from.

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