Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Record in Bavaria: Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg offers the widest range of subjects of all German universities. Approximately 90% of the subjects offered in German institutions of higher education can be studied at its 265 chairs. The university’s almost 24,000 students, who are distributed between the two cities, can choose between traditional subject areas such as applied sciences, medicine, law and the humanities, or elect to study more exotic disciplines such as Baltic studies, Christian archaeology and Indo-Iranian studies. The university is currently expanding its international program, which already includes English-language courses such as chemical engineering and computational engineering.

FACTS

Students: 23,615

Foreign students: 2,336

Professors: 539

Departments: 11

Year of foundation: 1743

Joint population: approx. 594,000

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