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Table of figures

Here you will find the most important data of the OWL University of Applied Sciences and Arts in the areas of teaching, research and transfer, personnel as well as organisation and budget.

Students | Course offerings | Degrees

5,764 total students (winter semester 2023/24)

2,770 students at location Lemgo | 2,301 students at location Detmold | 693 students at location Höxter

43 % female students

13 % foreign students

32 Bachelor's degree programs | 20 Master's degree programs

1,589 first semester students (academic year 2023)

972 Bachelor's and Master's degrees (examination year 2023)

Research | Transfer

approx. 120 ongoing third-party funded projects with a volume of 33,6 million euro (financial year 2023)

46 cooperative doctorates completed (since 2011)

Personnel

173 professorships

334 employees in the scientific sector

270 employees in technology and administration

57 vocational training positions | 10 vocational training professions

3 interns / trainees

(status: 12/2024)

Budget

EUR 69.4 million budgetary volume
(Financial year 2023)

33.6 million euros in third-party funding
(Financial year 2023, including state funds raised through competition)