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Your journey to FAU
Regardless of whether your journey at FAU starts with training, studying, research or any other type of occupation, the University offers help and advice for all stages of your career, pages with information and contacts to assist you.
People at FAU work in administration, teaching or in research, study at one of our five faculties and often keep close ties with the University after they have finished their studies. We have put together information for students, researchers, staff and alumni on the following pages.
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)’s fleet is growing: After the reconstruction of two ancient Roman patrol boats, the F.A.N. and the Danuvia alacris, Prof. Dr. Boris Dreyer, professor of Ancient History at FAU, is now building another boat. The boat in question is a flat-bottomed cargo ship or barge.
We warmly invite all members of our FAU Community to take part in our Christmas raffle and, with a bit of luck, get two of four free tickets for the Schlossgartenfest 2025! We are also giving away one of our coveted FAU owls.
FAU President Prof. Dr. Joachim Hornegger and Prof. Dr. Dominik M. Müller speak About Müller's work regarding upheaval in legal culture, and the bureaucratization of Islam in Episode 17 of A Cup with the President.
“Our rights, our future, right now” is the motto of this year´s International Human Rights Day. It is intended to draw attention to the importance of human rights for the present and the future. But what is the state of human rights and what challenges do research and society face? An interview with Prof. Dr. Grażyna Baranowska.
Dr. Lars Lott, an FAU scientist, is this year's winner of the “Fundamental Academic Values Award”. The academic from the Institute of Political Science receives the second prize of 6,000 euros for his analysis of the phases of growth and decline of academic freedom in historical comparison.
