Two students sit at the roundabout of the Bayreuth campus

The University of Bayreuth in numbers

Starting out relatively small in 1975 with 632 students, 22 endowed chairs, and three departments, the University of Bayreuth is now firmly anchored in the national and international university landscape. These days, every semester, approximately 12,500 students are enrolled in one or more of the 170 degree programmes offered by our seven faculties. And academics also seem to feel right at home at our university, which is guided by the principle of interdisciplinarity. In fact, two thirds of our employees are academic staff, including over 270 professors.

Data and facts at a glance

Students & graduates

12.516: students
2.612: students in their 1st semester
2.419: degrees

Funding

€ 236,0 million: in total income
€ 64,2 million: in third-party funding

Personell

2.617: full-time employees
1.601: scientific employees
274: professorships

Doctorates

1.381: Doctoral Candidates
199: Completed doctorates

In the 2021/22 winter semester, a total of 12,969 students were enrolled at the University of Bayreuth, 2,813 of them in their 1st semester. Moreover, there were 2,419 new graduates of bachelor's, master's, teaching, and law degree programmes in 2021.

The next generation of academics is equally impressive: 1,416 people were working on their doctoral thesis in Bayreuth in 2021, 175 of whom completed their doctorate.

In the field of research, the University of Bayreuth was in a good position in 2021: of 236.0 million eurosof its total income, 64.2 million euros came from third-party funding.

Meanwhile, 2,671 full-time employees – including 1,647 academic employees, including 259 professors - contributed to the success of the University of Bayreuth.