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Basic information

Kind of Institution and funding body
University, public
Year of foundation
1745
Total number of Students
16,077
Students at this campus
16,077
Semester contribution
383.00 €
Tuition fees
There are no study fees.

Students by area of study

Medicine, Health Science
0%
Natural Sciences, Mathematics
20.7%
Law, Economic and Social Sciences
9.3%
Humanities, Languages
11.7%
Engineering Science (incl. Computer Science)
56.9%
Other studies
1.4%

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: University library and independent institute libraries; Stock: Over 2.6 million media including 26,000 digital journals, 875,000 electronic full texts with a focus on technology and natural sciences as the largest information provider in the region (university library); Services: Central learning location on the main campus with about 900 study spaces for individual and group work, office and graphic workspaces, smartboards, printers, book scanners, copiers, personal advice on questions relating to research and library use, services relating to the basics of academic work (information literacy); Various research-related services (e.g. research data, publication services, research software); National tasks for the Pharmacy Faculty; University Archive; Opening times: Mon - Fri: 7am - midnight, Sat: 10am-10pm, Sun: 10am-5pm / 10pm.
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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, Arabic
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Special features regarding university sports

The university offers its own sports programme. Students attending the institution can participate in the Ostfalia Wolfenbüttel sports programme. In addition, the HVNB strives to ensure that all students of Lower Saxony's universities are entitled to participate in the sports programmes of all study locations within Lower Saxony. Participation is subject to fees. The programme is open to: Students of the higher education institutions in Braunschweig (incl. Ostfalia Wolfenbüttel). As the central facility, the sports centre is a communication, cultural, health and exercise centre. It also offers the possibility to get to know previously unknown forms of movement, which should help those participating to find a personally optimized range of exercise, to bring harmony to their everyday life at university. Similar to workplace health promotion, the sports centre has also been offering a student health promotion project since 10/2017.
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Last update 2026: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education