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The UAB in figures

Teaching

109 bachelor's degrees (2023-2024)
143 official master's degrees (2023-2024)
99 UAB Master's Degrees (2022-2023)
324 lifelong learning programmes (2022-2023)
27,414 undergraduate students (25,861 full-time equivalent) (2023-2024)
3,214 official master's students (2023-2024)
2,326 UAB master's degree students (2022-2023)
4,310 Lifelong learning programmes students (2022-2023)
7,064 first-year undergraduate students (2023-2024)
2,509 new official master's degree students (2023-2024)
5.018 bachelor's degree graduates (2022-2023)
2,182 official master's degree graduates (2022-2023)
5,301 undergraduate students at affiliated centres (2023-2024)
720 official master's degree students in affiliated centres (2023-2024)
1,511 first-year undergraduate students at affiliated centres (2023-2024)
548 new official master's degree students at affiliated centres (2023-2024)
998 bachelor's degree graduates at affiliated centres (2022-2023)
451 master's degree graduates at affiliated centres (2022-2023)
73 MOOC offered at Coursera (2023-2024)
169,833 MOOC students (2023-2024)
86.5% Bachelor's degree performance rate (2022-2023)
90% Employment rate of bachelor's degree graduates (AQU 2023)

Research

68 Phd programmes (2023-2024)
16 industrial doctorates (2023)
4,753 PhD students (2023-2024)
700 PhD theses (2022-2023)
92 International research projects (2022)
262 national research projects (2022)
13 European Research Council (ERC) grants (2023-2024)
5,171 articles published (2023, Scopus)
518 training research staff (2023)
626 research agreements (2023)
9 priority patents applications (2023)
12 new companies started at the UAB campus (2021)
78.3% research and teaching staff with current research recognisements (2022)
26,5% research and teaching staff team-leaders in research projects (2022)
€141.5M total funding for research and transfer (2023)
€121.2M obtained from competitive research calls (2023)
€20.0M in research agreements and services (2023)

International

1,449 foreign bachelor's degree students (2023-2024)
5.3% foreign bachelor's degree students (2023-2024)
1,122 official Master degrees' foreign students (2023-2024)
34.9% Official Master degrees' foreign students ratio (2023-2024)
950 UAB Master degrees' foreign students (2022-2023)
40.8% UAB Master degrees' foreign students ratio (2022-2023)
1,837 PhD foreign students (2023-2024)
38.6% PhD foreign students ratio (2023-2024)
1,337 UAB students in mobility programmes (2023-2024)
20.7% graduates with training abroad (2022-2023)
1,582 foreign students in mobility programmes (2023-2024)
2,446 foreign students in the Study Abroad programmes (2023-2024)
407 foreign teaching and research staff (2023)
9.6% foreign teaching and research staff (2023)
27% English-taught official master's degrees (2023-2024)
9 Erasmus Mundus Master's programmes (2023-2024)
54.3% articles from international collaborations (Scimago IBE 2023)

Structure

4.250 teaching and research staff (2023)
2,854 academic staff full-time equivalent (2023)
1,316 permanent academic staff (2023)
2,297 administration and services staff (2023)
15 UAB teaching centers
10 affiliated teaching centers
57 departments
177 consolidated research groups (2022)
19 studies and research centers
9 UAB research institutes
39 vinculated research institutes
7 general services for university community
56 research and transfer support services
1 teaching support services

Budget and finances

€411.0 M liquidated income budget (2023)
62.0% public income in total budget (2023)

All the figures

For more information visit the webpage Dades del curs 2023-2024.