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 32 professors of Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg are active members in our Joint Academic Partnerships and Working Groups.

Prof. Dr. Anja Katrin Boßerhoff
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Gesundheit

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Katharina Breininger
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Gesundheit
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

Prof. Dr. Björn Eskofier
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Gesundheit
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
Produktionstechnik

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Felix Freiling
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Mobility and Transport
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:Gesundheit

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

Prof. Dr. Andreas Hirsch
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

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. Bernhard Kainz
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Gesundheit

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. Renate Liebold
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Social Change

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Andreas Maier
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Gesundheit
Energy
Digitalisation

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.rer.nat.habil. Dr.-Ing. Thorsten Pöschel
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. Eberhard Schlücker
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Energy

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Schmidt
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Ressource Efficiency and Materials

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Schmidt
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Produktionstechnik
Prof. Dr. Dominique Schröder
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Paul Steinmann
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Gesundheit

Prof. Dr. Rainer Trinczek
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Social Change

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Vossiek
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Mobility and Transport
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Wensing
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Energy
Doctoral Candidates
Currently 46 doctoral candidates are being supervised at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg as part of our cooperative model "Verbundpromotion".

Franz Bauer
Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Regensburg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Energy


Tobias Blenk
Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften Coburg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Energy


Sebastian Bottler
Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften Coburg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Energy

Marion Einsiedler
Kempten University of Applied Sciences
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Social Change

Benedikt Ernst
Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Ressource Efficiency and Materials

Tobias Fertig
Technische Hochschule Würzburg-Schweinfurt
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Digitalisation


Stefan Förstel
Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Gesundheit

Manuel Fritsche
Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften Coburg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Digitalisation


Kevin Klaus Gomez Buquerin
Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Mobility and Transport
Oliver Gosolits
Katholische Stiftungshochschule München
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Social Change

Oliver Haas
Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Gesundheit

Anupama Hegde
Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Mobility and Transport


Timo Alexander Hertlein
Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften Coburg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Energy

Meinrad Kibili
Katholische Stiftungshochschule München
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Social Change
Christian Kreiner
Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Ressource Efficiency and Materials

Johannes Lex
Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Mobility and Transport



Finn Reiche
Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften Landshut
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Digitalisation

Maximilian Reiser
Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften Landshut


M.Sc. Jewgeni Roudenko
Technische Hochschule Nürnberg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Produktionstechnik


M.Sc. Julian Schirmer
Technische Hochschule Nürnberg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Produktionstechnik
Janina Schmidt
Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Ressource Efficiency and Materials

Markus Schmidtner
Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften Landshut
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Digitalisation

Andreas Schütz
Technische Hochschule Würzburg-Schweinfurt
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Digitalisation
Georg Seifert
Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Mobility and Transport




Thomas Trabold
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Energy

Ann-Catrin Uhr-Müller
Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften Coburg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Energy
M.Sc. Jorrit Voigt
Technische Hochschule Aschaffenburg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Produktionstechnik

Diogo Wachtel Granado
Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Mobility and Transport


Tobias Weidlich
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Jan Winter
Munich University of Applied Sciences
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Ressource Efficiency and Materials

Martin Zapf
Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften Coburg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Energy

Maximilian Zwingel
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Mobility and Transport
Alumni

Dr. rer. nat. Isabelle Aillaud
Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften Coburg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Gesundheit

Dr.-Ing. Katja Auernhammer
Technische Hochschule Nürnberg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Digitalisation

Dr.-Ing. Jonas Denck
Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Gesundheit


Dr. Florian Gulden
Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Ressource Efficiency and Materials

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gabriel Herl
Deggendorf Institute of Technology
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Digitalisation

Dr.-Ing. Konstantin Huber
Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften Landshut
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Energy
Daniel Hummel
Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Energy

Dr. Stephan Rapp
Munich University of Applied Sciences
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Ressource Efficiency and Materials
Dr.-Ing. Stefanie Reil
Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Energy


Dr.-Ing. Martin Thema
Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Regensburg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Energy

Dr.-Ing. Markus Zoppelt
Technische Hochschule Nürnberg
Member of Joint Academic Partnership:Digitalisation
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Wissenschaftliche Weiterbildung
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Die FAU vertritt das Prinzip des lebenslangen Lernens und verfolgt das Ziel, durch den konsequenten Ausbau ihrer akademischen Weiterbildungsangebote Wissen in allen Lebensphasen zu aktualisieren, zu vertiefen und auszubauen. Die FAU bietet Weiterbildungsinteressierten mit der Kontaktstelle für Wissens- und Technologietransfer – Wissenschaftliche Weiterbildung ein vielfältiges Angebot an Seminaren und berufsbegleitenden Studiengängen.
Die „Kontaktstelle Wissens- und Technologietransfer – Wissenschaftliche Weiterbildung“ der FAU bietet Lehrstühlen und Institutionen Beratung und Unterstützung bei der Entwicklung, Durchführung und Administration von Angeboten der wissenschaftlichen Weiterbildung (Studiengänge, Seminare, Workshops etc.) an.