| Overview of Nikhef personnel on 31/12/19 | no. of people | FTE | |||
| I – Scientific groups (fte; institute & university groups) | |||||
| Permanent Scientific staff | 82 | 77,8 | |||
| PhD candidates | 108 | 107,5 | |||
| Post-docs | 51 | 48,3 | |||
| Total I | 241 | 233,6 | |||
| II – Management, technical/engineering and general support (fte; institute) | |||||
| Management team | |||||
| Director | 1 | 1,0 | |||
| Institute manager | 1 | 1,0 | |||
| Personnel manager | 1 | 1,0 | |||
| Subtotal | 3 | 3,0 | |||
| Technical/engineering support | |||||
| Electronics technology | 25 | 24,85 | |||
| Computer technology | 23 | 22,7 | |||
| Mechanical technology | 28 | 27,05 | |||
| Subtotal | 76 | 74,6 | |||
| General support | |||||
| Financial administration | 3 | 2,8 | |||
| Personnel/HRM administration | 2 | 1,4 | |||
| Library | 1 | 0,6 | |||
| Facilities & Datacenter | 10 | 8,6 | |||
| Secretariat & reception | 5 | 3,9 | |||
| Communications | 5 | 3,2 | |||
| Occupational health & safety | 2 | 2,0 | |||
| Staff | 10 | 7,05 | |||
| Subtotal | 38 | 29,55 | |||
| Total II | 117 | 107,15 | |||
| Total I & II | 358 | 340,75 | |||
| III – Other groups (headcount) | |||||
| Guests (researchers, retired staff) | 77 | n/a | |||
| Bachelor and master students | 48 | n/a | |||
| Apprentices | 4 | n/a | |||