University of Erlangen–Nuremberg (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 Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach.[1]
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg | |
 Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg seal | |
| Latin: Universitas Friderico-Alexandrina | |
Former names | Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen |
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| Motto | Moving Knowledge |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1742 (first) 4 November 1743 (moved)[1][2] |
| Budget | € 543.1 million[3][4] |
| Chancellor | Christian Zens[5] |
| President | Joachim Hornegger[5] |
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Academic staff | 4,036[6] |
Administrative staff | 2,320[6] |
| Students | 38,771[7] |
| Location | , , 49°35′52.5″N 11°0′17.17″E |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colors | Blue |
| Affiliations | Domestic: 1. Bavarian State Ministry for Science, Research and Art 2. DFG 3. Excellence Universities International: 1. SEFI |
| Website | fau.eu |
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FAU is the second largest state university in the state of Bavaria. It has 5 faculties, 24 departments/schools, 25 clinical departments, 21 autonomous departments, 579 professors, 3,457 members of research staff and roughly 14,300 employees.[8]
In winter semester 2018/19 around 38,771 students (including 5,096 foreign students) enrolled in the university in 265 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.[9] In 2018, 7,390 students graduated from the university and 840 doctorates and 55 post-doctoral theses were registered. Moreover, FAU received 201 million Euro (2018) external funding in the same year, making it one of the strongest third-party funded universities in Germany.[9]
FAU is also a member of DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) and the Top Industrial Managers for Europe network.