The share of foreign scientific personnel
In short
- The proportion of academic staff with foreign origin at Dutch universities grows.
- The share of foreign academic staff is largest within engineering.
- The higher the job level, the lower the proportion of foreign academic staff.
The share of foreign academic staff within Dutch universities
| 2023 | |
| TUD | 61,7 |
| UM | 60,4 |
| TUE | 56,6 |
| UT | 54,5 |
| RUG | 51,3 |
| UVA | 48,6 |
| Totaal | 48,2 |
| TiU | 47,1 |
| EUR | 45,5 |
| WU | 43,8 |
| LEI | 42,4 |
| VU | 39,7 |
| UU | 38,9 |
| RU | 37,3 |
| OU | 24,6 |
Analysis
The share of foreign scientific personnel varies substantially between the universities. The share at the University of Maastricht (UM), TU Delft (TUD), and Technical University of Eindhoven (TU/e) is highest in 2023 (56.6 to 61.7%). The share at the Open Universiteit (OU) is lowest with 24.6%.
The share of foreign academic staff within scientific fields
| 2003 | 2023 | |
| Law | 9,7 | 26,4 |
| Behavioural sciences | 8,7 | 35,6 |
| Agricultural sciences | 15,7 | 41,9 |
| Humanities | 13,7 | 42 |
| Total | 19,8 | 46,4 |
| Other | 12,1 | 51,1 |
| Natural sciences | 23,1 | 51,5 |
| Economics | 19,7 | 53,2 |
| Engineering | 33,4 | 57,4 |
Analysis
Between 2003 and 2023, the share of foreign scientific personnel increased in all scientific fields. Engineering has with 59.0% the largest share of foreign scientific personnel. Law shows the smallest share of 28.4% of foreign scientific personnel.
The share of foreign academic staff within job categories
| 2007 | 2023 | |
| Other scientific staff | 44,17 | 69,78 |
| Other scientific staff- research | 40,45 | 66,01 |
| PhD | 37,16 | 56,09 |
| Assistant professor | 18,64 | 50,94 |
| Total | 26,51 | 48,20 |
| Associate professor | 10,64 | 36,00 |
| Other scientific staff- education | 10,95 | 28,68 |
| Full Professor | 13,08 | 23,62 |
Analysis
In every job category there has been an increase of the share of foreign scientific personnel between 2003 and 2023. The share of foreign scientific personnel is the highest amongst PhD's (56.1% in 2023). Amongst full professors, this share is the smallest (23.6% in 2023).
The data are obtained from the WOPI-file of UNL. The WOPI-data (Information on scientific education personnel) is annually requested by UNL from fourteen universities, conform a standardized format and agreed definitions. The reference date for the WOPI-data is 31st December for each year. All personnel is included who have a permanent or temporary employment contract or contractual agreement for a fixed number of working hours at a university. Student-Assistants excluded.
Over time, the personnel of almost all the academic hospitals have moved from the medical faculty or university as employer towards the academic hospital or the university medical centre (umc). The scientific field (HOOP-classification) Health sciences therefore shows an inconsistent pattern over time and is therefore not included in the data and graphs.
For an explanation of the used definitions and abbreviations we refer to the webpage Definitions for Science in Figures.
Downloads
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