Facts and Figures (as of July 28, 2022)
Professorships
The department has 41 professorships:
- Biology: 16 (6 women, 10 men).
- Chemistry and Biochemistry: 18, two of which are currently vacant (3 women, 13 men)
- Pharmacy: 7 (2 women, 5 men)
Another 21 professorships (special professorships, honorary professorships and temporary professorships) are located in the department, 9 of which are held by women.
Employees
At the department work...
- about 180 scientific staff members on structural positions (without external funding)
- approx. 200 other employees in structural positions (without external funding)
- about 220 externally funded employees
Teaching
The department had a total of 3,839 students in 2021.
- Biology: 1,464
- Chemistry and Biochemistry: 1,535
- Pharmacy: 768
Doctorates and Habilitation
Currently, approximately 1,030 doctoral students are supervised. In 2021, 145 doctorates were completed:
- Biology: 40
- Chemistry: 41
- Biochemistry: 38
- Pharmacy: 26
One habilitation was also completed in 2021.
Research and External Funding
At the Department of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy, around 17.5 million euros in third-party funding was spent on research projects in 2021:
- Biology: approx. 7 million euros
- Chemistry and Biochemistry: approx. 9.3 million euros
- Pharmacy: approx. 1.2 million euros