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Facts & Figures
The university at a glance
- Founded 1460
- 7 Faculties
- 12,811 students and doctoral students
- of which 56.2 percent are women
- 1680 first-year students in Fall semester 2019
- 3102 international students
- 22.6 Percentage of doctoral students
- 378 Professors
- 6400 Employees,
- of whom 4700 are scientists
- CHF 776 Million annual budget
(All data valid as of 2019)
Students
Faculty
Students
Percentage
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Faculty
Faculty of Theology
Students
106
Percentage
0.8
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Faculty
Faculty of Law
Students
1202
Percentage
9.4
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Faculty
Faculty of Medicine
Students
2950
Percentage
23.0
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Faculty
Faculty of Humanities
Students
2977
Percentage
23.2
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Faculty
Faculty of Science
Students
2942
Percentage
23.0
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Faculty
Faculty of Business and Economics
Students
1179
Percentage
9.2
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Faculty
Faculty of Psychology
Students
1022
Percentage
8.0
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Faculty
Institute of Education Sciences
Students
165
Percentage
1.3
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Faculty
Cross-faculty
Students
268
Percentage
2.1
Level of study
Level of study
Students
Percentage
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Level of study
Bachelor’s
Students
5994
Percentage
46.8
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Level of study
Master’s
Students
3913
Percentage
30.5
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Level of study
Doctorate
Students
2904
Percentage
22.7
Origin
Origin
Students
Percentage
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Origin
Basel-Stadt
Students
2216
Percentage
17.3
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Origin
Basel-Landschaft
Students
2614
Percentage
20.5
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Origin
Rest of Switzerland
Students
4879
Percentage
38.1
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Origin
Other countries
Students
3102
Percentage
24.2
