University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jump to: navigation, search
Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen-Nuremberg
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Logo of the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
Established 1742 (first)
1743 (moved)
Type Public
Rector Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Karl-Dieter Grüske
Students 25,800
Location Erlangen and Nuremberg, Franconia, Germany
Website http://www.uni-erlangen.de
The castle in the center of Erlangen, known to many simply as the Schloss, is home to a large part of the university's administration
The Kollegienhaus, the historical central building and lecture hall of the University at the borders of the Schlossgarten

The University of Erlangen Nuremberg (German: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg or FAU) a university in the cities of Erlangen and Nuremberg in Franconia, Germany. It is the largest state university in Franconia, having eleven faculties, 265 chairs, and 10,000 employees. Of the faculties, nine are located in Erlangen and two in Nuremberg. There are 25,814 students enrolled (winter semester 2005/2006) at the university, of which about 2/3 are in Erlangen and 1/3 in Nuremberg. There are about 2,500 foreign students.

Contents

[edit] History

The university was founded in 1742 in Bayreuth by Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, and moved to Erlangen in 1743. From the beginning, the university was a Protestant institution, but it slowly secularized. During the Nazi era, the university was one of the first that had a majority of Nazi supporters in the student council. In 1961 the business college in Nuremberg was merged with the university in Erlangen, which led to the present state of a university divided between two towns. A technical faculty was inaugurated in 1966 and the pedagogical college in Nuremberg became part of the university in 1972.

[edit] Faculties

The following faculties were part of the university: (sorted in the order in which they were founded)

In February 2007 the senate of the university decided upon a restructuring into five faculties [1]. Since October 2007 the FAU consists of:

  • Philosophical faculty and department of theology
  • Law and business science faculty
  • Medical faculty
  • Science faculty
  • Technical faculty

[edit] Points of interest

[edit] Famous students and graduates

[edit] External links

[edit] See also


Coordinates: 49°35′49″N 11°00′25″E / 49.597°N 11.007°E / 49.597; 11.007

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Erlangen-Nuremberg"