friedrich-alexander-universität erlangen-nürnberg – fau
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Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg – FAU
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The founding Fathers
1743 Founded by Margrave Friedrich von Bayreuth
1769 Substantially supported byMargrave Alexander vonAnsbach und Bayreuth
Friedrich-Alexander-UniversitätErlangen-Nürnberg
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The University
5 Faculties 19 Departments 24 Clinics at the University Hospital, plus 11 associated clinics
Business, Economics and
LawMedicine Sciences EngineeringHumanities and
Theology
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• 640 professors• 33.500 Students• 12.000 employees• 150 study programs• 150 M€ third party funding in 2011
The University
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Internationalisation
● Many internationally known top scientists● 150 Humboldt fellows and awardees● 2.500 foreign students ● 9 English degree courses● 12 double degree courses● 500 partner universities in more than 70 countries ● University campus in Busan, South Korea
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Major Research Areas
+ numerous Research Focus Areas at Faculties/Schools
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Research – some Facts and Figures
2 Projects in the Excellence Initiative:• Excellence Cluster ‚Engineering of Advanced Materials‘• Graduate School ‚School of Advanced Optical
Technologies‘ 9 DFG-Collaborative Research Centres11 DFG-Research Units 7 DFG-Research Training Groups 6 DFG Priority Programmes25 Interdisciplinary Centres
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Research – some Facts and Figures
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1 International FMER-Consortium for Research in the Humanities
2 Fraunhofer Institutes1 International Audio Laboratories Erlangen („Audiolabs“)1 Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light 1 Max Planck Research School1 FMER-Cluster „Medical Valley EMN“1 Energy Campus Nuremberg (EnCN)
12 Bavarian Research Coorporation Groups9 Projects in the ‚Emerging Fields‘ Initiative
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• Founded at the FAU in 2007 • 11 working groups with more than eighty scientists including
Astronomy group at the Dr. Remeis Observatory, Bamberg• Largest university partner in the Helmholtz Alliance
Astroparticle Physics• School for Astroparticle Physics (SAT)• Electronics and mechanics workshop with more than twenty
technicians and more than 2000 m2 of laboratory space
The Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics – ECAP
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Foto: Richard Tuffs, MPIK / arranged: Milde Marketing
Key Topics: • Neutrino astronomy (Projects ANTARES & KM3NeT)• Very-high-energy gamma-ray astronomy (H.E.S.S. & CTA)• Development of acoustic particle detectors (AMADEUS)• X-ray telescopes (eROSITA &ATHENA)
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