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Basic information

Kind of Institution and funding body
University, public
Year of foundation
1969
Total number of Students
23,433
Students at this campus
23,433
Semester contribution
333.15 €
Tuition fees
no data

Students by area of study

Medicine, Health Science
4.7%
Natural Sciences, Mathematics
19.8%
Law, Economic and Social Sciences
46.2%
Humanities, Languages
18.8%
Engineering Science (incl. Computer Science)
4.8%
Other studies
5.7%

Students by type of degree pursued

Bachelor's degree
39.5%
Master's degree
17.4%
Teacher qualification degree
26.5%
Pre-Bologna degrees
16.1%
Other types of degrees
0.4%

Central services

Opening hours central student counselling

Special features regarding the library

Locations: The library locations in the main university building, in the neighbouring building X and, due to renovation work, in an interim building, are in close proximity to faculties and lecture halls.; Stock: 2.3 million printed media, 1.5 million digital media – also usable at home for university members; Development of specialist medical library incl. services dates to 2021.; Services: Opening hours until 12:00 am and until 10:00 pm on weekends; 95 % of media are freely accessible; around 2,000 individual, group and PC workstations for different forms of learning, some of them reservable; WiFi; Scanning/printing; Academic search engine BASE; dynamically growing range of e-books and e-journals; Excellent advice – on site and digital; Extensive range of training on data and digital skills; Publication services – transformation from subscription-based publishing to open access publications; Research Data Management; Citavi reference management.
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Foreign language center and courses

There is a foreign language centre. Languages offered: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Polish, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Latin, Arabic, Turkish, Ancient Greek, Finnish, German Sign Language, Ukrainian.
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Special features regarding university sports

The university offers its own sports programme. Some courses are free of charge, some subject to fees. Diverse sports programme with over 350 courses in more than 100 different sporting disciplines. Sports facilities and swimming pool are integrated in the main university building; a modern fitness centre (UNIfit; fees apply); Sports hall and adjoining rooms with wheelchair access; Activities available in cooperation with other providers, e.g. golf, climbing; Partner University of Leading Athletics; excursions, e.g. skiing and surfing; large area for individual sports, martial arts and dance.
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Last update 2026: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education