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Basic information

Kind of Institution and funding body
University of applied sciences, public
Year of foundation
1994
Total number of Students
4,077
Students at this campus
1,540
Semester contribution
72.00 €
Tuition fees
There are no study fees.

Students by area of study

Medicine, Health Science
0%
Natural Sciences, Mathematics
0%
Law, Economic and Social Sciences
3.1%
Humanities, Languages
0%
Engineering Science (incl. Computer Science)
96.9%
Other studies
0%

Students by type of degree pursued

Bachelor's degree
%
Master's degree
%
Teacher qualification degree
%
Pre-Bologna degrees
%
Other types of degrees
%

Central services

Opening hours central student counselling

Special features regarding the library

Locations: 24-hour library in Amberg and Weiden (access with user card); Numerous databases; Scopus AI – provides generated AI search and visual representations of key terms; Stock: Around 65,000 books and 15,000 e-books; Extensive and increasingly expanded range of online media; Service: 24-hour library (open around the clock) via a user card; Regular training courses for students on the use of online media, especially for first-year students; As a public library also accessible to external parties, for literature research in the reading rooms or for loans; Also open to school students, e.g. for coursework and literature research; The university library in Amberg and Weiden has already received several awards for its services
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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, Italian, Russian, Chinese, Czech - also available at UNIcert level. Students may participate in the language programme of OTH Regensburg.
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Special features regarding university sports

The university offers its own sports programme. It is possible for its own students to participate in the sports programme of OTH Regensburg within the framework of the "Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule" between OTH Amberg-Weiden and OTH Regensburg. Participation is free of charge. The programme is open to students of OTH Regensburg in cooperation with the "Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule" between OTH Amberg-Weiden and OTH Regensburg. Sports training times in the university sports hall in Amberg and the city sports halls in Weiden are regularly fully booked. About 800 students take advantage of the diverse range of activities offered by the Sports Department. This includes exercise classes such as yoga, dance, jazz dance and other individual sports. Fellow students can often be recruited as instructors.

Last update 2026: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education