Profile
The Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) ranks among the strongest research universities in Germany. The diverse range of subjects goes hand in hand with a unique interdisciplinary network: Scientists from the FAU frequently work together across faculties, especially in the eight main research areas: New materials and processes; optics and optical technologies; medical technology; electronics; data analytics and digital transformation; energy systems of the future; cultural values; religions and human rights; the world of work; medicine, life sciences and health.
What is more, the FAU is also home to several exceptional research projects that receive special funding from the Federal Government: including the Cluster of Excellence Advanced Materials (EAM), the Erlangen Graduate School in Advanced Optical Technologies (SAOT), the Leading-Edge Cluster Medical Valley as well as the International College for Humanities Research Fate, Freedom and Prognosis. Response strategies in East Asia and Europe.
FAU is well networked in the metropolitan region of Nuremberg. It benefits from outstanding cooperation with non-university research institutions in Erlangen and Nuremberg, such as the Max-Planck Institute for Physics of Light, both Fraunhofer Institutes IIS and IISB and the newly founded Helmholtz Institute Erlangen Nuremberg for Renewable Energies (HI ERN).
The FAU is divided into five faculties and offers more than 260 degree courses covering all areas of science: From law and economics to theology, humanities, and social sciences through to natural sciences, medicine and engineering.
The university provides its students, doctoral candidates and early career researchers with intensive professional supervision and support and facilitates very good research conditions. FAU students have access to a plethora of exchange and career opportunities. In addition to numerous university partnerships, FAU maintains a plethora of research cooperations worldwide. Some 50 degree courses have a decidedly international orientation.
In 2018, the FAU celebrated its 275th anniversary under the university motto “Knowledge in Motion”.
President
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Joachim Hornegger
The university is a member of the following BayWISS Joint Academic Partnerships:
Professors
Currently 6 professors of Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg are active members in our Joint Academic Partnership Digitalisation.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Antonio Delgado
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Felix Freiling
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Andreas Maier
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Prof. Dr. Martin Matzner
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Prof. Dr. Meinard Müller
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Prof. Dr. Dirk Riehle
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Doctoral Candidates
Currently 6 doctoral candidates of our Joint Academic Partnership Digitalisation are being supervised at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg as part of our cooperative model "Verbundpromotion".
Tobias Fertig
Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt
Manuel Fritsche
Coburg University of Applied Sciences
Finn Reiche
Landshut University of Applied Sciences
Markus Schmidtner
Landshut University of Applied Sciences
Andreas Schütz
Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt
Dominik Stecher
Rosenheim Technical University of Applied Sciences
Alumni
Dr.-Ing. Katja Auernhammer
Nuremberg Institute of Technology
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gabriel Herl
Deggendorf Institute of Technology
Peter Meier
Deggendorf Institute of Technology
Dr.-Ing. Markus Zoppelt
Nuremberg Institute of Technology
Zentrale Stellen, Service und Beratung
Promotionsberatung für Studierende und Absolvent*innen an der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Telephone: +49 9131 85 20723
Address
Schlossplatz 4 (Postanschrift); Bahnhofplatz 2 (Besucheranschrift)
91054 Erlangen
Wissenschaftliche Weiterbildung
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Die FAU vertritt das Prinzip des lebenslangen Lernens und verfolgt das Ziel, durch den konsequenten Ausbau ihrer akademischen Weiterbildungsangebote Wissen in allen Lebensphasen zu aktualisieren, zu vertiefen und auszubauen. Die FAU bietet Weiterbildungsinteressierten mit der Kontaktstelle für Wissens- und Technologietransfer – Wissenschaftliche Weiterbildung ein vielfältiges Angebot an Seminaren und berufsbegleitenden Studiengängen.
Die „Kontaktstelle Wissens- und Technologietransfer – Wissenschaftliche Weiterbildung“ der FAU bietet Lehrstühlen und Institutionen Beratung und Unterstützung bei der Entwicklung, Durchführung und Administration von Angeboten der wissenschaftlichen Weiterbildung (Studiengänge, Seminare, Workshops etc.) an.
