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Basic information

Kind of Institution and funding body
University, public
Year of foundation
1647
Total number of Students
11,311
Students at this campus
11,311
Semester contribution
113.80 €
Tuition fees
There are no study fees.

Students by area of study

Medicine, Health Science
0%
Natural Sciences, Mathematics
3.9%
Law, Economic and Social Sciences
49.3%
Humanities, Languages
26.1%
Engineering Science (incl. Computer Science)
19.1%
Other studies
1.7%

Students by type of degree pursued

Bachelor's degree
40.2%
Master's degree
32.1%
Teacher qualification degree
25.1%
Pre-Bologna degrees
0%
Other types of degrees
2.6%

Central services

Opening hours central student counselling

Special features regarding the library

Locations: Theology and Philosophy; Human Sciences; Social Sciences and Economics; Linguistics and Literary Studies; History and Geosciences; ERBA Library; Stock: 1.6 million printed volumes; 1.2 million licensed and freely accessible e-books; 70,000 licensed electronic journals; 800 current journals in printed format; 1,200 databases; Service: Bamberg university library is divided into six sites and is therefore convenient for everyone. Open 24/7 for students with a chip card. It provides the required literature largely online, supports students, teachers and researchers in literature and information research, in publishing and in research data management. It operates the open-access university publishing house University of Bamberg Press and promotes the open-access transformation of scientific publications.
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Foreign language center and courses

There is a foreign language centre. Languages offered: English, French, German as a Foreign Language, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Swedish, Polish, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Latin, Arabic, Turkish, Ancient Greek, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Hebrew, Catalan, Croatian, Persian, Serbian, Czech, Ukrainian, specialised language courses.
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Special features regarding university sports

The university offers its own sports programme. The students of the University of Bamberg can also use the university sports services of all Bavarian universities. Some courses are free of charge, some subject to fees. We offer courses in fitness, exercise courses, martial arts, court sports, dancing and team sports. The students and staff of the University of Bamberg have inexpensive access to a very diverse and high quality offer. The activities are monitored by well-qualified instructors. For some health-oriented courses, health insurance funds retroactively pay out a bonus.
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Last update 2024: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education

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