The Faculty in numbers

This page contains the key figures for the Faculty’s operations.
Completed degrees

In 2024, the Faculty of Science produced degrees as follows:

Scientific operation

The Department continued its international and active scientific operations in 2023. The number of scientific publications remained high, and the amount of external funding was significant. The number of teaching and research personnel has increased slightly.

International community

The Faculty of Science is international and multidisciplinary. The proportion of international degree students and staff has been growing steadily for several years.

Gender distribution of graduates*
Graduates by study programme

Statistics on graduates by degree programme start from 2021, when University of Helsinki switched to the new degree system.

Staff

The Faculty of Science at the University of Helsinki has a staff of about 1300 (2025). The following table shows the development of gender distribution at the Faculty as of 2020.

Gender* 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Men 71 % 71 % 71 % 69 % 69 % 68 %
Women 29 % 29 % 29 % 29 % 31 % 32 %

*Due to our personnel data system, it is currently only possible to  report the gender balance on two genders.