Developments at FAU Campus Erlangen South

Master plan FAU Campus Erlangen South

Large parts of the Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Sciences are located at FAU Campus Erlangen South. A Cabinet resolution has been passed stipulating that in future all areas of the Faculty of Engineering should be consolidated in our campus in the south of Erlangen, which is to be extended accordingly. After taking a close look at the situation, we have drawn up a master plan for FAU Campus Erlangen South that details the various functions and uses of the extended campus that will house the entire Faculty of Engineering in future. We have taken a three-pronged approach involving making more intense use of our existing premises, adding on adjacent plots currently owned by the state and acquiring further premises (from the Siemens campus).

Master plan for FAU Campus Erlangen South

Diagram shows how Faculty of Engineering has grown over the years.
Historical development of Faculty of Engineering at FAU Campus Erlangen (South) – click to expand (image: Heinle Wischer Partnerschaft freier Architekten mbH, Berlin)
Map showing FAU Campus Erlangen (South).
Master plan showing existing premises – click to expand (Image: Heinle Wischer Partnerschaft freier Architekten mbH, Berlin)
Diagram shows vision for the master plan for FAU Campus Erlangen (South).
Vision master plan 2050 – click to expand (image: Heinle Wischer Partnerschaft freier Architekten mbH, Berlin)

The master plan for site development was completed in 2021. It shows how the campus and the planned additional areas can be developed into and perceived as a joint high-tech campus. It describes our guiding vision, projects for the future and landmarks. The master plan offers information about how decisions are to be taken about the future of existing buildings, for example for Computer Science or Materials Science and Engineering, and sets out the planned transformation process in terms of location, functional connections and timescales. It was supplemented in 2023 by an addendum and mission statement on climate protection and adaptation.

Further thematic plans of the masterplan as PDF for download

Atmospheric site plan FAU Campus Erlangen South
Atmospheric site plan FAU Campus Erlangen South – Click to download (PDF, 16.9 MB)
Thematic plan open space concept FAU Campus Erlangen South
Thematic plan open space concept FAU Campus Erlangen South – Click to download (PDF, 3.8 MB)
Thematic Plan Development FAU Campus Erlangen South
Thematic Plan Development FAU Campus Erlangen South – Click to download (PDF, 0.8 MB)

The necessary work to make more intense use of our existing campus has already started, with plans for the new chemistry building well underway. The preparatory work for the construction phase has already started. Two new lecture hall buildings were completed in 2023. The Erlangen Center for Astroparticle Physics and the “Pfauennest” daycare center have already opened.

And now, a further milestone for the development of FAU Erlangen Campus South has been reached with the purchase of an area measuring 105,000 square meters from the Siemens Campus. More about the relocation of the central university administration. However, we are only just starting out on our successful transformation process and many other projects will be required and will be made possible because of the funding.

An important project not only for FAU, but also for the entire state and country:

New building for a North Bavarian High-Performance Computing Center at FAU

In close collaboration with the Leibniz Computing Center, the Erlangen Regional Computing Center (RRZE) at FAU is to be extended and transformed into a high-performance computing center especially for the universities in northern Bavaria. This will allow IT services to be consolidated across regional boundaries.

The new building will be spread over three modules, with one building housing computers, one for offices and one possible extension. It is hoped that the first new building will start operations before 2030.