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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

5,672 total students (winter semester 2024/25)

2,760 students at location Lemgo | 2,308 students at location Detmold | 604 students at location Höxter

43 % female students

15 % foreign students

1,583 first semester students (academic year 2024)

1,020 Bachelor's and Master's degrees (examination year 2024)

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

Research | Transfer

more than 130 ongoing research projects with a volume of around 18 million euro (financial year 2024)

46 cooperative doctorates completed (since 2011)

Personnel

173 professorships

336 employees in the scientific sector

307 employees in technology and administration

57 vocational training positions | 10 vocational training professions

5 interns / trainees

(status: 12/2025)

Budget

around 77 million budgetary volume
(Financial year 2024)

around 18 million euros in third-party funding
(Financial year 2024, including state funds raised through competition)