Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (2024)

Founded in 1743,Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg is one of the largestuniversities in Germany with five faculties and around 600 professorships. Over210 million euros of third-party funding (2019), more than 70 million euros ofwhich comes from industry demonstrates the University’s strength in research.FAU is dedicated to research into the most important issues affecting societytoday and in the future through its interdisciplinary key research prioritiessuch as Future Energy Systems, Optical Technologies and Medical Engineeringthat connect research at the faculties and represent the entire spectrum ofacademic disciplines offered by the University. Strategic topics such asartificial intelligence which involves over 70 professorships from ComputerScience and Engineering to Sociology and Law are top of the agenda at FAU.

Through its collaborativeactivities, the University has developed strong partnerships with top globalcompanies such as Siemens, Audi or adidas and partnerships with externalresearch institutes such as the Max Planck Society, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft,the Helmholtz Association and the Leibniz Association. This close collaborationensures findings from research are transferred quickly to practicalapplications. Applied research at FAU also benefits innovative startups, as theUniversity is founder and the largest partner of one of the most successfultech incubators in Germany, Zollhof, in the centre of Nuremberg.

FAU offers excellence in teaching toits students who come from all over the world. True to the University’s mottoof ‘Knowledge in Motion’, the close connection between research and teachingensures current research findings are also transferred into the curriculum.With around 260 degree programmes, including 50 programmes that have beendeveloped for international students, FAU offers a wide and interdisciplinaryrange of programmes at all qualification levels. FAU students also enjoy globalmobility thanks to partnerships with higher education institutions throughoutthe world.

FAU’s two main sites, the cities ofErlangen and Nuremberg, are located at the heart of the Nuremberg MetropolitanRegion. Both Erlangen, a bicycle-friendly city with 100,000 inhabitants, formerhome of the Huguenots as well as a key location for Siemens, and Nuremberg, acity with a population of half a million and a metropolitan flair, have theirown unique charms. The opera, theatre, cabaret and museums, various sportingand leisure activities along with a lively pub scene and night life, offerplenty of opportunities to relax after a day in the lecture theatre, lab orlibrary. The mixture of academia, innovative companies, art and culture makesthe region the perfect place for creative minds, keen athletes and naturelovers.

Founded in 1743,Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg is one of the largestuniversities in Germany with five faculties and around 600 professorships. Over210 million euros of third-party funding (2019), more than 70 million euros ofwhich comes from industry demonstrates the University’s strength in research.FAU is dedicated to research into the most important issues affecting societytoday and in the future through its interdisciplinary key research prioritiessuch as Future Energy Systems, Optical Technologies and Medical Engineeringthat connect research at the faculties and represent the entire spectrum ofacademic disciplines offered by the University. Strategic topics such asartificial intelligence which involves over 70 professorships from ComputerScience and Engineering to Sociology and Law are top of the agenda at FAU.

Through its collaborativeactivities, the University has developed strong partnerships with top globalcompanies such as Siemens, Audi or adidas and partnerships with externalresearch institutes such as the Max Planck Society, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft,the Helmholtz Association and the Leibniz Association. This close collaborationensures findings from research are transferred quickly to practicalapplications. Applied research at FAU also benefits innovative startups, as theUniversity is founder and the largest partner of one of the most successfultech incubators in Germany, Zollhof, in the centre of Nuremberg.

FAU offers excellence in teaching toits students who come from all over the world. True to the University’s mottoof ‘Knowledge in Motion’, the close connection between research and teachingensures current research findings are also transferred into the curriculum.With around 260 degree programmes, including 50 programmes that have beendeveloped for international students, FAU offers a wide and interdisciplinaryrange of programmes at all qualification levels. FAU students also enjoy globalmobility thanks to partnerships with higher education institutions throughoutthe world.

FAU’s two main sites, the cities ofErlangen and Nuremberg, are located at the heart of the Nuremberg MetropolitanRegion. Both Erlangen, a bicycle-friendly city with 100,000 inhabitants, formerhome of the Huguenots as well as a key location for Siemens, and Nuremberg, acity with a population of half a million and a metropolitan flair, have theirown unique charms. The opera, theatre, cabaret and museums, various sportingand leisure activities along with a lively pub scene and night life, offerplenty of opportunities to relax after a day in the lecture theatre, lab orlibrary. The mixture of academia, innovative companies, art and culture makesthe region the perfect place for creative minds, keen athletes and naturelovers.

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