The interdisciplinary FAU alumni network is at the heart of our large FAU Community. Former students from across the globe come together here and network with each other.
Find your former fellow students in our alumni network. Get back in touch or make new contacts, discuss your profession, academic topics or life with others from different generations and keep up-to-date with what’s going on at your FAU.
We appreciate that the knowledge and experience of former members of our University is invaluable. We hope you will stay in touch.
Benefit from the network
Vorteile für Netzwerker/-innen: Wie FAU-Alumni profitieren
Joining our free Alumni Network allows you to not only benefit from a lifelong friendship with your university and the FAU family but also participate in various events and make use of our unique range of benefits. Register free of charge in our FAU Community Portal. In the group “FAU Alumni Netzwerk”, we keep you up to date with the latest information about benefits, events and news from the network.
We are constantly adding to the services we offer. We currently offer the following benefits:
Nurture your own online network, look for former fellow students, join groups, don’t miss out on any events, manage your member profile and subscribe to the FAU Newsletter.
Go to FAU Community portal
As a member of the FAU Alumni Network, you receive your own personal FAU Alumni Card. This not only demonstrates your lasting connection to FAU, you can also use it to take advantage of alumni benefits or to take part in alumni events at FAU. In the FAU Community you can download a digital copy of your FAU Alumni Card from your profile.
The contingent of discount cards for alumni is exhausted for 2025.
Alumni registered in the FAU Alumni Network will receive discounted Schlossgartenfest tickets for 99.50 euros each – a maximum of two tickets. Additional tickets can be purchased at the normal price of 150 euros each. To receive the alumni discount, please send an email to alumni@fau.de with the subject “FAU Schlossgartenfest” and your Alumni ID. You will find the Alumni ID on your FAU Alumni Card in your profile in the FAU Community. You will then receive the corresponding alumni order form from FAU Alumni Management. Information about the FAU Schlossgartenfest.
Show that you are part of the FAU Alumni Network with your e-mail address (firstname.lastname@alumni.fau.de). University alumni can apply for their own e-mail address.
Who can apply for an alumni e-mail account?
Alumni: All individuals who have gained an academic qualification at FAU and who have signed up to the FAU Community.
Research Alumni: All researchers that have spent at least three months at FAU who are internationally mobile and who have signed up to the FAU Community.
Why apply for an alumni e-mail account?
As a former member of FAU, you can have e-mails sent to your FAU address firstname.lastname@fau.de forwarded to the new address firstname.lastname@alumni.fau.de. You can set up this forwarding service in the IdM portal as described in this link: https://www.anleitungen.rrze.fau.de/e-mail/exchange/email-zustellung-aendern/
In addition, you can send e-mails from your FAU alumni e-mail address.
How to apply for an Alumni Email Account
If you already have an IdM account
- Log in to your IdM account
- Click on “General settings” in the menu on the left under “Settings & Applications”. Under the Alumni section click ‘apply’ and follow the instructions. You will need a valid FAU community ID to apply. Your name and title in the FAU Community must be the same as stored in the IdM system.
- Once you have an IdM alumni account you can apply for an e-mail account here in just a few steps.
- The easiest way to access your FAU Alumni mailbox is via the following website: https://mail.alumni.fau.dePlease enter your e-mail address (firstname.lastname@alumni.fau.de) as user name and your password.Once your account is authorized you can add it to an e-mail client such as Thunderbird. Instructions for setting up your alumni email account https://www.anleitungen.rrze.fau.de/e-mail/alumni-postfach-einrichten/
If you do not have an IdM account:
- Step 1: Go to the IdM website and click on “Get started”. Next, select “New at FAU” and “Register”. Click “I want to become a member” under “IdM user accounts for alumni” and follow the instructions.
- Step 2: Your IdM account is not fully activated immediately after registering in the IdM portal. Log in to the IdM portal using your user name and password, and apply for your IdM alumni access under ‘Settings and applications’. To do this, follow the procedure described in the section ‘If you already have an IdM account’. You will need a valid FAU community ID to apply. Your name and title in the FAU Community must be the same as stored in the IdM system.
- Step 3: Once your IdM alumni access is approved, you will receive an activation letter by post from FAU Alumni Management. Using the letter, you can now activate your IdM account in the IdM portal.
- Step 4: Log in to the IdM portal using your fully activated IdM account and read how to apply for an alumni e-mail account. Follow this link to the IdM portal to apply for your alumni e-mail account.
- Step 5: The easiest way to access your FAU Alumni mailbox with the mail address firstname.lastname@alumni.fau.de is via the following website: https://mail.alumni.fau.dePlease enter your e-mail address (firstname.lastname@alumni.fau.de) as user name and your password.Once your account is authorized you can add it to an e-mail client such as Thunderbird. Instructions for setting up your alumni email account https://www.anleitungen.rrze.fau.de/e-mail/alumni-postfach-einrichten/
Please contact alumni@fau.de if you have any questions about alumni email accounts.
FAU Alumni can take part in online courses offered by RRZE using their alumni e-mail address (see E-mail account for FAU Alumni above). They pay the same course fee as public service employees in Bavaria.
Online IT courses offered by RRZE
How to register for RRZE courses
- To register for our IT courses, you will need a user account for the RRZE training center. Go to the login page at: https://www.kurse.rrze.fau.de/login
- For technical reasons, please select “other facilities” rather than FAU.
- Enter your personal details and select “Create account”. Please enter your alumni e-mail address to register.
- After you have registered, you will receive an e-mail with your user ID (similar to u123456).
- Add your status group: Alumni (FAU) Your e-mail address (@alumni.fau.de) is proof of your status group.
- You can already register for courses even if your status group has not been confirmed by RRZE.
- Open the courses page in the same browser window that you logged to your user account with.
https://www.kurse.rrze.fau.de/kursangebot - You can register for individual courses via the link “Further information, registration and waiting list”.
- When you register for a course, please select the status group “Alumni”.
- For detailed instructions with screenshots, refer to the PDF document How to register for RRZE courses for alumni
We are happy to reserve places for alumni at the annual birthday celebrations of FAU on November 4. If you are interested, please send an e-mail by October 10 to alumni@fau.de with the subject ‘Dies’. Applications will be dealt with in the order they are received.
Members of our FAU Alumni Network receive a discount on continuing education courses at FAU upon presentation of their Alumni ID. For more information, please contact alumni@fau.de with the subject “Alumni-Rabatt Weiterbildung”.
Our networkers will receive a 15% alumni bonus on all seminars freely available from the KniggeAkademie. The KniggeAkademie was established in 1993 and is the leading institute for modern manners and respectful communication.
You receive your discount by showing the digital version of your FAU Alumni Card. You will find your FAU Alumni Card in your profile in the FAU Community, provided you are a member of the “FAU Alumni-Netzwerk” group.
The Philharmonic Choir of Nuremberg offers all members of the FAU community special discounts for attending one of its upcoming choir concerts:
J. S. Bach, Christmas Oratorio, cantatas 1 and 4-6, on Sunday December 7, 2025 at 5 pm.
Students receive a 50% discount, all other members a 20% discount on the ticket price.
Tickets are available for a regular price of 40/37/33/27/24 euros. The discount is taken off these prices. A processing fee of 2.50 is charged.
Places are allocated according to the best seat principle. The tickets are available for collection from the box office at the Meistersingerhalle on the day of the concert under your name from 4 pm.
Please send your ticket requests to info@philharmonischer-chor-nuernberg.de stating your FAU Community ID. This can be found in your profile in the FAU Community.
We would like to thank Rainer Ostermeyer, the director of the Philharmonic Choir of Nuremberg, for this special offer.
To the website of the Philharmonic Choir of Nuremberg with information on the concert
Specific alumni associations at the faculties
FAU alumni associations
In addition to FAU’s university-wide alumni network, there are also specific alumni associations at the faculties. Some of the associations also act as sponsoring associations for the various faculties.
Choose your subject area:
- Alumni & Freunde WiSo Nürnberg e.V. (afwn) (Alumni & Friends of WiSo Nürnberg)
This association is for alumni, friends and supporters of FAU’s School of Business, Economics and Society. It members include 1200 students and graduates, entrepreneurs and businesses, professors and staff members, and other people with connections to the School. Its wide range of activities focus mainly on sharing thoughts and experiences, and promoting the School of Business, Economics and Society at FAU.
Further information and contact details:Alumni & Freunde WiSo Nürnberg e.V. (afwn) - alumni * der juristischen fakultät erlangen (a*jfe) e.V. (alumni of the School of Law in Erlangen)
a*jfe aims include staying in contact, exchanging information and ideas, combining theory and practice, supporting recent law graduates and keeping up to date with current developments. The association is aimed at all those who successfully passed a State Examination, completed their doctoral degree, or a habilitation at the School of Law at FAU.
Further information and contact details: a*jfe – alumni * der juristischen fakultät erlangen e.V. - Health Compass e.V.: Alumni association for students, former members, sponsors and other people interested in all aspects of health management and health economics
Health Compass e.V. aims to encourage closer links between research and practical applications as well as to encourage networking among current and former students from all disciplines who are interested in the health sector. The members organize company visits, trips to congresses and symposia, workshops and training seminars, practice-oriented talks, career events and podium discussions. Further information and contact details: Health Compass e.V.
- Arabian German Medical Alumni Network (AGMAN)
The aim of the international alumni network AGMAN is to promote joint projects in science and research with institutes and clinics in Arab countries. It focuses on medical training opportunities and congresses in Germany and abroad. - alumni-med.erlangen e.V.
The alumni association alumni-med.erlangen e.V. aims to support research and teaching in medicine, and improve the links between theory and practice. It encourages graduates to stay in touch with their former Faculty of Medicine.
Further information and contact details: Prof. Dr. Neuhuber, alumni-med.erlangen e.V.
- Alumni des Fachbereichs Physik der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg e.V. (Physics Alumni of FAU)
The aim of the alumni association is to nurture and encourage contacts between staff, graduates and students at the Department of Physics as well as partner universities and extramural research associations.
Further information and contact details: Alumni des Fachbereichs Physik der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg e.V. (Physics Alumni of FAU) - Fränkische Geographische Gesellschaft e.V. (Franconian Geographical Society)
The Franconian Geographical Society (FGG) provides anyone interested in geography with geographical facts and keeps them up to date with the latest university research in the field of geography. The society organizes a number of public talks over the course of the year and offers members access to the library and map collection of the Institute of Geography, as well as coordinating alumni services for the Institute.
Further information and contact details: Fränkische Geographische Gesellschaft e.V. (Franconian Geographical Society) - Verein zur Förderung der Mathematik in Erlangen (VFME) (Association for Promoting Mathematics in Erlangen)
The Association directly promotes mathematics at FAU. This includes establishing contacts to graduates and schools and organizing collaboration with academics and practitioners.
Further information and contact details: Verein zur Förderung der Mathematik in Erlangen
- Alumni Technische Fakultät Erlangen (ATE) e.V. (Alumni of the Faculty of Engineering at Erlangen)
The ATE links graduates and sponsors of the Faculty of Engineering at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. The aim of the association is for members to share experiences across various subjects and sectors, to secure the Faculty of Engineering’s reputation in society and to offer a forum for exchanging information and providing feedback for teaching and research from a professional context.
Further information and contact details: ATE – Alumni Technische Fakultät Erlangen e.V. - Deutsch-Chinesischer Förderverein Industrie- und Informationstechnologie (DCFII) (German-Chinese Association for Industry and Information Technology)
The DCFII supports scientific and academic exchange between Chinese or international scholars and professors and local Ph. D students. The association‘s activities include sharing of laboratory instruments and materials, information resources and professional skills as well as establishing contact with former professors and their laboratories or institutes. The focus is interdisciplinary exchange.
Further information and contact: Deutsch-Chinesischer Förderverein Industrie- und Informationstechnologie - FAPS Professional Network e.V.
FAPS Professional Network e.V. (FAPS ProNet e.V.) was established as a non-profit association on 7 October 2016. The association brings together active and former members of staff and supporters of the Institute for Factory Automation and Production Systems (FAPS) at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU). The focus is on networking, collaboration, sharing subject-related and professional benefits and encouraging friendships.
Further information and contact details: FAPS ProNet e.V. - Ehemaligennetzwerks des Lehrstuhls für Konstruktionstechnik der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg e.V. (Alumni network of the Chair of Engineering Design at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)
The association brings together current and former members of staff as well as friends of the Chair of Engineering Design at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. The aim of the association is to help its members to share subject-related information and their personal experiences and provide each other with support.
Further information and contact details: Ehemaligennetzwerks des Lehrstuhls für Konstruktionstechnik der FAU - Essential Society for Impracticable Manufacturing Methods – Association of active and former staff members and friends of the Chair of Manufacturing Technology and the Chair of Photonic Technologies at FAU and the Bavarian Laser Centre GmbH.
The association is for active and former staff members and friends of the Chair of Manufacturing Technology and Chair of Photonic Technologies and the Bavarian Laser Center.
Further information and contact details: Essential Society for Impracticable Manufacturing Methods
United Nations Society Nuremberg (UNSN) e.V.
The United Nations Society Nuremberg e.V. is both an alumni and a sponsorship association. The association provides all current and former FAU members with a network for socializing, making new contacts and sharing subject-related information within the context of political education and promoting key qualifications. In addition, UNSN e.V. organizes conferences open to the public, offers study tours and courses and provides scholarships. The association is especially responsible for funding the FAUMUN project.
Further information and contact details: United Nations Society Nuremberg e.V.
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