University of Erlangen
| Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg | |
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| Latin: Universitas Friderici Alexandriae | |
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Former names
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Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1742 (first) November 4, 1743 (moved) |
| Budget | €354 million (2015)plus€180 million (External funding 2013) |
| Chancellor | vacant |
| President | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Joachim Hornegger |
| Vice-president | 1. Prof. Dr. Antje Kley (Vice President for Education of Teachers and Diversity) 2. Prof. Dr. Günter Leugering (Vice President for International Relations) 3. Prof. Dr. Nadine Gatzert (Vice President for Research) 4. Prof. Dr. Friedrich Paulsen (Vice President for Teaching) |
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Academic staff
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656 (professors), 3,404 (other) |
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Administrative staff
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2,258 (without hospitals) |
| Students | 39,085 (WS 2014/15) |
| 663 (2013) | |
| Location |
Erlangen and Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany 49°35′52.5″N 11°0′17.17″E / 49.597917°N 11.0047694°ECoordinates: 49°35′52.5″N 11°0′17.17″E / 49.597917°N 11.0047694°E |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colors | Blue |
| Nickname | FAU |
| Affiliations | Domestic: 1. Bavarian State Ministry for Science, Research and Art 2. DFG 3. Excellence Universities International: 1.Top Industrial Managers for Europe 2. SEFI |
| Website | fau |
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Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (German: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, FAU) is a public research university in the cities of Erlangen and Nuremberg in Bavaria, Germany. The name Friedrich-Alexander comes from the university's first founder Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, and its benefactor Christian Frederick Charles Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach.
In Germany, traditional liberal arts universities do not usually have an engineering school or department. However, FAU does have a distinct engineering faculty.
FAU is the second largest state university in the state Bavaria. It has 5 faculties, 23 departments/schools, 30 clinical departments, 19 autonomous departments, 656 professors, 3,404 members of academic staff and roughly 13,000 employees.
In winter semester 2014/15 around 39,085 students (including 3,556 foreign students) enrolled in the university in 239 fields of study, with about 2/3 studying at the Erlangen campus and the remaining 1/3 at the Nuremberg campus. These statistics put FAU in the list of top 10 largest universities in Germany.
In 2013, 5251 students graduated from the university and 663 doctorates and 50 post-doctoral theses were registered. Moreover, FAU received 171 million Euro (2013) external funding in the same year, making it one of the strongest third-party funded universities in Germany.
In 2006 and 2007, as part of the national excellence initiative, FAU was chosen by the German Research Foundation as one of the winners in the German Universities Excellence Initiative. FAU is also a member of DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) and the Top Industrial Managers for Europe network.
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