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 ( 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.
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.
Faculties
The following faculties were part of the university:
(sorted in the order in which they were founded)
- Philosophical Faculty II (languages and literature)
- Pedagogical faculty (1972) in Nuremberg
In February 2007 the senate of the university decided upon a restructuring into five faculties . Since October 2007 the FAU consists of:
- Philosophical faculty and department of theology
- Law and business science faculty
Points of interest
Famous students and graduates
