Profile
The Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) ranks among the strongest research universities in Germany. The diverse range of subjects goes hand in hand with a unique interdisciplinary network: Scientists from the FAU frequently work together across faculties, especially in the eight main research areas: New materials and processes; optics and optical technologies; medical technology; electronics; data analytics and digital transformation; energy systems of the future; cultural values; religions and human rights; the world of work; medicine, life sciences and health.
What is more, the FAU is also home to several exceptional research projects that receive special funding from the Federal Government: including the Cluster of Excellence Advanced Materials (EAM), the Erlangen Graduate School in Advanced Optical Technologies (SAOT), the Leading-Edge Cluster Medical Valley as well as the International College for Humanities Research Fate, Freedom and Prognosis. Response strategies in East Asia and Europe.
FAU is well networked in the metropolitan region of Nuremberg. It benefits from outstanding cooperation with non-university research institutions in Erlangen and Nuremberg, such as the Max-Planck Institute for Physics of Light, both Fraunhofer Institutes IIS and IISB and the newly founded Helmholtz Institute Erlangen Nuremberg for Renewable Energies (HI ERN).
The FAU is divided into five faculties and offers more than 260 degree courses covering all areas of science: From law and economics to theology, humanities, and social sciences through to natural sciences, medicine and engineering.
The university provides its students, doctoral candidates and early career researchers with intensive professional supervision and support and facilitates very good research conditions. FAU students have access to a plethora of exchange and career opportunities. In addition to numerous university partnerships, FAU maintains a plethora of research cooperations worldwide. Some 50 degree courses have a decidedly international orientation.
In 2018, the FAU celebrated its 275th anniversary under the university motto “Knowledge in Motion”.
President
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Joachim Hornegger
The university is a member of the following BayWISS Joint Academic Partnerships:
Professors
Currently 26 professors of Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg are active members in our Joint Academic Partnerships and Working Groups.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Antonio Delgado
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Digitalisation
Prof. Dr. Jutta Eichler
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Health
Prof. Dr. Björn Eskofier
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Health
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dietmar Fey
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Mobility and Transport
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg Franke
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Mobility and Transport
Prof. Dr. Felix Freiling
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Digitalisation
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Reinhard German
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Mobility and Transport
Energy
Prof. Dr. med. Elmar Gräßel
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Health
Prof. Dr. Veronika Grimm
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Energy
Prof.Dr.-Ing Ingo Hahn
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Energy
PD Dr.-Ing. habil. Heinz Werner Höppel
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Ressource Efficiency and Materials
Prof. Dr. Andreas Hornung
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Energy
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Karl
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Energy
Dr. Jürgen Kleinöder
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Member of Working Group:Digitalisierung und Lehre
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Andreas Maier
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Energy
Digitalisation
Health
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin März
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Energy
Prof. Dr. Martin Matzner
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Digitalisation
Prof. Dr. Meinard Müller
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Digitalisation
Prof. Dr. Friedrich Paulsen
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Member of Working Group:Akademische Weiterbildung
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Marco Pruckner
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Energy
Prof. Dr. Dirk Riehle
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Digitalisation
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Schmidt
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Ressource Efficiency and Materials
Prof. Dr. Dominique Schröder
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Digitalisation
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Paul Steinmann
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Health
Prof. Dr. Rainer Trinczek
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Social Change
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Wensing
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Energy
Doctoral Candidates
Currently 33 doctoral candidates are being supervised at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg as part of our cooperative model "Verbundpromotion".
Katja Auernhammer
Nuremberg Institute of Technology
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Digitalisation
Franz Bauer
Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Regensburg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Energy
Jonas Denck
Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Health
Tobias Fertig
Würzburg-Schweinfurt University of Applied Sciences
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Digitalisation
Manuel Fritsche
Coburg University of Applied Sciences
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Digitalisation
Florian Gulden
Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Ressource Efficiency and Materials
Oliver Haas
Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Health
Anupama Hegde
Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Mobility and Transport
Daniel Hummel
Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Energy
Jegor Kern
Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Energy
Markus Schmidtner
Landshut University of Applied Sciences
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Digitalisation
Andreas Schütz
Würzburg-Schweinfurt University of Applied Sciences
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Digitalisation
Thomas Trabold
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Energy
Tobias Weidlich
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Energy
Marc Wenninger
Rosenheim Technical University of Applied Sciences
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Energy
Jan Winter
Munich University of Applied Sciences
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Ressource Efficiency and Materials
Maximilian Zwingel
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Mobility and Transport