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Number of faculties: 7
Number of students: 15,000
Number of professors: 150
The University of Augsburg is the sixth largest university in Bavaria. Still young and relatively compact, the modern campus university provides excellent conditions for studying a wide range of subjects, including Business & Economics, Law, the Arts, Social Sciences, Mathematics, Physics, Information Technology and Geography. Interdisciplinary research forms the basis for new types of courses oriented to the challenges of today.
The University of Augsburg was founded in 1970 as the academic centre of the Bavarian South West. Today, it attracts students from far beyond her immediate catchments area, with only just a half drawn from Augsburg and the immediate vicinity. Over 16% come from other German states and the number of foreign students, currently at the 12.5% mark, continues to grow. There are many aspects to the University that make it so attractive. Not only the wide range of degree courses and excellent environment of a campus that is manageable and conductive to study, but also the advantages of belonging to a vibrant, medium-sized city with a population of 250,000 and set in a region that is one of Germany’s most popular holiday destinations. The Alps, with their diverse recreational facilities, are within easy reach, as is the Bavarian capital of Munich. Above all, however, Augsburg itself offers maximal quality of life. Not least its over 2000-year-old history – which boasts such names as Jakob Fugger, Rudolf Diesel and Bertholdt Brecht – is still very much alive, giving the relatively young university town of Augsburg her distinctive charm.
The University’s overall research profile in all of its faculties is shaped by a rigorous striving for interdisciplinary development in research niches with a promising future. In its early years, the University of Augsburg was oriented solely to the arts and social sciences, with its Faculty of Business & Economics, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Catholic Theology and School of Educational Science. The latter then grew and differentiated into the Faculty of Philosophy & Social Sciences and the Faculty of History & Philology. The importance attached from the start to teacher training is represented today by the Central Institute of Didactics. This commitment is also shared by the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, which was furnished from 1980 with the disciplines Mathematics, Physics, Information Technology and Geography. A main focus towards which all faculties work together is Environmental Studies; research in the field of Information Technology/Media/Communication also extends across the disciplines. Likewise, dedication to the interdisciplinary approach shapes the regional research institutes of Canadian, Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies, as well as the Institute of European Cultural History, in charge of a research training group (German Research Foundation). A further research group, as well as responsibility for and involvement in several collaborative research centres, stand for first-rate research in Physics, Mathematics and Sociology.
A wide range of traditional degree courses, leading to the German Magister Artium (MA), the Diplomprüfung (academic diploma in natural sciences, social sciences or economics, equivalent to a MSc) or Staatsprüfung (university degree required for certain professions), is continually being extended to include new BA and MA courses tailored to meet the specific needs of the labour market. On the modular MSc/Diploma course in Business and Economics, students are offered the opportunity of working towards a Franco-German double diploma. As an alternative to the broad MSc/Diploma course in Information Technology or Physics, students may choose to study for a narrower MSc or BSc degree. The BA courses in European Cultural History and Media & Communication are just as much in demand as the interdisciplinary diploma in Law and Business. Advanced or supplementary studies and training programmes in Business Management, Financial Management & E-Commerce, International Business & IT Law and Environmental Ethics (MSc/Diploma) are all postgraduate, requiring a first degree.
All enrolled students are entitled to the so-called Semesterticket which allows them to use public transport within Augsburg free of charge. The tram ride from Augsburg’s city centre to the University’s park-like campus takes only 15 minutes. The concentration of all university facilities on this campus creates excellent conditions for studying. Short distances facilitate everyday life at university, promoting communication and integration. A number of residence-halls, some in the immediate vicinity of the campus, offer accommodation at reasonable prices. Also, renting on Augsburg’s housing market is within the means of a student budget.
Augsburg’s University Library holds over 2,500,000 volumes, most of which are directly accessible. Its generously stocked and well-equipped specialist libraries provide ideal conditions for effective study.
The University Language Centre gives all students the opportunity of optimising their knowledge of and competence in foreign languages. Courses at the University Sports Centre are also open to all students. Co-operation agreements with about fifty universities in all continents supply Augsburg’s students with diverse possibilities for studying abroad. Conversely, the University tries to make foreign students’ stay in Augsburg as comfortable as possible. The University branch of the municipal authority for aliens, set up in 2002 especially for foreign students and academics at all institutions of higher education in Augsburg, is a model project for the whole of Germany.
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