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 7 professors of Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg are active members in our Joint Academic Partnership Health.
Prof. Dr. Anja Katrin Boßerhoff
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Katharina Breininger
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Prof. Dr. Björn Eskofier
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Prof. Dr. med. Elmar Gräßel
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Kainz
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Andreas Maier
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Paul Steinmann
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Doctoral Candidates
Currently 8 doctoral candidates of our Joint Academic Partnership Health are being supervised at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg as part of our cooperative model "Verbundpromotion".
Sebastian Bayerl
Nuremberg Institute of Technology
Zubeir El Ahmad
Deggendorf Institute of Technology
Stefan Förstel
Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden
Jonathan Ganz
Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt
Oliver Haas
Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden
Lukas Retzer
Nuremberg Institute of Technology
Anna Titlbach
Nuremberg Institute of Technology
Dominik Wagner
Nuremberg Institute of Technology
Alumni
Dr. rer. nat. Isabelle Aillaud
Coburg University of Applied Sciences
Dr.-Ing. Jonas Denck
Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden
Dr.-Ing. Ina Schmidt
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.
