University of Erlangen-Nürnberg

Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg

Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Friedrich-Alexander University seal
Latin: Universitas Friderici Alexandriae
Former names	Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen
Type	Public
Established	1742 (first) November 4, 1743 (1743-11-04) (moved)
Budget	€ 543.1 million
Chancellor	Christian Zens
President	Joachim Hornegger
Vice-president	Prof. Dr. Antje Kley (Vice President for Education of Teachers and Diversity) Prof. Dr. Günter Leugering (Vice President for International Relations) Prof. Dr. Kathrin M. Möslein (Vice President for Research) Prof. Dr. Friedrich Paulsen (Vice President for Teaching)
Academic staff	4,040
Administrative staff	2,290
Students	39,868
Location	Erlangen and Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany 49°35′52.5″N 11°0′17.17″E / 49.597917°N 11.0047694°E / 49.597917; 11.0047694Coordinates: 49°35′52.5″N 11°0′17.17″E / 49.597917°N 11.0047694°E / 49.597917; 11.0047694
Campus	Urban
Colors	Blue
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.eu

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.

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.

In Academic Ranking of World Universities for year 2014, FAU ranked second among German universities in Engineering/Technology and Computer Sciences group for all four ranking parameters TOP, FUN, HiCi and PUB.