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Staff

In 2025 4.749 persons (excluding auxiliary staff) were employed at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (excluding the University Medical Center Göttingen). The proportion of women was approximately 53 percent. Approximately 20% of the employees came from abroad. The average age at the university was 43.


Staff 2025 without assistants (Headcount)

University total University without UMG University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG)
Total Staff 13.055 4.749 8.306
thereof female 8.175 2.421 5.754
Professors 515 404 111
thereof female 168 137 31
academic staff (w/o Prof.) 3.835 1.908 1.927
thereof female 1.844 845 999
non-academic staff 8.705 2.437 6.268
thereof female 6.163 1.439 4.724

Staff 2025 without UMG in full-time equivalents (FTE)
Total FTE Men FTE Women FTE Divers
Total Staff 4620,91 2.327,94 2.280,38 12,59
Professors 400,81 265,88 134,93 -/-
academic staff (w/o Prof.) 1.509,45 865,75 639,15 4,55
non-academic staff 1.981,83 875,45 1.104,16 2,21
graduate research assistants 69,12 28,36 40,76 -/-
student assistants 659,7 292,48 361,38 5,83

Staff (incl. Assistances) Men and Women 2025 (Headcount, without UMG)
Total Men Women Divers Share of women
Staff 6.831 3.213 3.591 27 52,56%
Professors 404 267 137 -/- 34%
academic staff (w/o Prof.) 1.908 1.057 845 6 44,28%
non-academic staff 2.437 995 1.439 3 59%
graduate research assistants 115 52 63 -/- 55%
student assistants 1.967 842 1.107 18 56%

Age structure 2025 without UMG (Headcount without Assistances)
up to 20 years 21 to 35 36 to 50 51 to 65 above 65 Total
Total 37 1.720 1.437 1.476 79 4.749
Men 18 894 682 681 44 2.391
Women 22 906 741 859 16 2.544
Share of womenl 51% 47,70% 52,21% 53,75% 32,65% 50,79%

Internationalisation 2025 without UMG (Headcount)
Total Internationally Quote
Total Staff 4.749 957 20,15%
Professors 404 49 12,12%
academic staff (w/o Prof.) 1.908 544 28,51%
non-academic staff 2.437 96 3,93%
in addition graduate research assistants 115 57 49,56%
in addition student assistants 1.967 211 10,72%

Part-time employment 2025 without UMG (Headcount without Assistances)
Total Part-time Quote
Staff in total 4.749 2.168 45,65%
Professors 404 6 1,48%
academic staff (w/o Prof.) 1.908 1.082 56,71%
non-academic staff 2.437 1.080 44,32%




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