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
| 2020 | |
| TUD | 58,8 |
| UM | 58,7 |
| TU/e | 55,6 |
| UT | 49,2 |
| RUG | 47,0 |
| Total | 43,7 |
| TiU | 41,7 |
| UVA | 41,0 |
| LEI | 40,5 |
| EUR | 39,6 |
| WU | 38,7 |
| UU | 34,5 |
| RU | 31,6 |
| VU | 32,4 |
| OU | 18,0 |
Analysis
The share of foreign scientific personnel varies substantially between the universities.The share at the TU Delft (TUD), University of Maastricht (UM), and Technical University of Eindhoven (TU/e) is highest (55.6 to 58.8%). The share at the Vrije Universiteit (VU) is lowest with 18%.
The share of foreign academic staff within scientific fields
| 2003 | 2020 | |
| Law | 9,7 | 24,31 |
| Behavioural sciences | 8,7 | 31,67 |
| Humanities | 13,7 | 37,84 |
| Agricultural sciences | 15,7 | 38,73 |
| Total | 19,8 | 43,72 |
| Other | 12,1 | 47,64 |
| Economics | 19,7 | 49,03 |
| Natural sciences | 23,1 | 49,44 |
| Engineering | 33,4 | 56,14 |
Analysis
Between 2003 and 2019, the share of foreign scientific personnel increased in all scientific fields. Engineering has with 56.1% the largest share of foreign scientific personnel. Law shows the smallest share of 24.3% of foreign scientific personnel.
The share of foreign academic staff within job categories
| 2007 | 2020 | |
| Other scientific staff | 44,17 | 73,63 |
| Other scientific staff- research | 40,45 | 62,93 |
| PhD | 37,16 | 52,56 |
| Total | 26,51 | 43,72 |
| Assistant professor | 18,64 | 43,41 |
| Associate professor | 10,64 | 31,02 |
| Other scientific staff- education | 10,95 | 21,93 |
| Full Professor | 13,08 | 21,47 |
Analysis
In every job category there has been an increase of the share of foreign scientific personnel between 2003 and 2020. The share of foreign scientific personnel is the highest amongst PhD's. Amongst full professors, this share is the smallest.
The data are obtained from the WOPI-file of the VSNU (the association of collaborating universities in the Netherlands). The WOPI-data (Information on scientific education personnel) is annually requested by the VSNU 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.
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