As a diverse, open and innovative university, FAU thrives on the passion and respect all of its members put into their work. It offers everybody at FAU scope for personal and career development, creates flexibility and provides support in all stages and situations of life. It creates a climate of openness, recognition and equal opportunity, thus promoting excellence in studying, teaching, research and administration.
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.
Influenza led to severe respiratory failure in three-year-old Hannah. Hannah's last chance: extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. This involves enriching the blood with oxygen outside the body. A team from Erlangen University Hospital brought the life-threateningly ill child from Chemnitz to Erlangen for further treatment.
Various costs are incurred during your studies, which can present students with major financial challenges. There is often no time to earn enough money from part-time jobs alongside the university workload. Scholarships can help here. An overview.
Originals or reconstructions of Celtic chariots and wagons can be admired not only in museums and documentary films, but also at FAU. A team led by Prof. Dr. Boris Dreyer has completely reconstructed a single-axle Celtic chariot according to the latest research findings.
Science Minister Blume visited the National Supercomputing Center Erlangen and gave the go-ahead for the currently most powerful AI computer system at universities in Germany. A new milestone in the AI infrastructure for Bavarian researchers.
FAU celebrates topping-out ceremony: Laboratories, workshops and offices for technical chemistry are being built on over 5,500 square meters on the Erlangen-Süd campus of FAU. The state-of-the-art building is part of Bavaria's high-tech agenda.