About FAU

innovative - international - outstanding

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Facts and figures

Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg

• Founded in 1743

• 5 faculties, 24 departments

• 267 study programs

• 308 academic chairs, 624 professors

• Ca. 6.000 employees

• Nearly 40.000 students

School of Business, Economics and Social Sciences ("WiSo")

• More than 40 academic chairs

• 55 professors

• 14 honorary professors

• Ca. 6.000 students

• ca. 80 PhDs

Networking wordwide

Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg

• One of the best-known State Universities in Germany

• More than 500 partner universities all over the world

• More than 130 research cooperations with major universities worldwide

• Successful cooperations with firms like SIEMENS, adidas, Schaeffler, BMW and many more

School of Business, Economics and Social Sciences ("WiSo")

• Founded in 1918 as Business School in Nuremberg

• More than 100 partner universities worldwide

• International study program full-time and part-time

• Renowned researchers and teachers with international experience

Rankings of FAU and of the School of Business, Economics and Social Sciences

• Reuters-Ranking 2019: “The FAU is one out of two German universities that ranks among the ‚Top 10‘ as most innovative universities: No 1 in Germany and No 2 in Europe“

• CHE-Ranking 2016/17: “The FAU is among the top ranking universities in Information Systems, Industrial Engineering, and Business & Economics“.

• Handelsblatt 2014: “FAU ranks among the top 25 universities in Management Science in Germany“.

Excellent research & practical experience

Excellent research at FAU

• FAU ranks among the top research universities in Germany

• Max-Planck-Institute, Max Planck research school, 2 Fraunhofer Institutes, 24 DFG-funded research clusters

• Cluster of Excellence, BMBF-leading-edge-cluster, 3 DFG doctoral colleges

Global MBA - combining theory with practical experience orientation

• Successful Executive Education Programs since 2004

• University professors with practical experience

• Additional guest speakers from practice

High-ranked Board of Trustees, i.e.

• Daniel Krauss, Founder and CIO of Flix SE

• Prof. Dr. Helmut Haussmann, former German Minister for Economic Affairs

• Dr. Klaus Probst, Chairperson of the Supervisory Board of Leoni AG

• Prof. Dr. Christian Rödl, LL.M., CEO Rödl & Partner