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.