The University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

The University of Erlangen Nuremberg (German: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg or FAU) a university in the cities of Erlangen and Nuremberg in Bavaria, Germany. It is the second largest state university in Bavaria, having eleven faculties, 265 chairs, and 10,000 employees. Of the faculties, nine are located in Erlangen and two in Nuremberg. There are 25,814 students enrolled (winter semester 2005/2006) at the university, of which about 2/3 are in Erlangen and 1/3 in Nuremberg. There are about 2,500 foreign students.



The castle in the center of Erlangen, known to many simply as the Schloss, is home to a large part of the university's administration

Faculties

The following faculties were part of the university: (sorted in the order in which they were founded)

• Theological faculty
• Law faculty
• Medical faculty
• Philosophical faculty I (philosophy, history, and social sciences)
• Philosophical Faculty II (languages and literature)
• Science faculty I (mathematics and physics)
• Science faculty II (biology, chemistry, and pharmaceutics)
• Science faculty III (geography, geology / mineralogy /paleontology)
• Business- and social sciences faculty (1961) in Nuremberg
• Technical Faculty (1966)
• Pedagogical faculty (1972) in Nuremberg

In February 2007 the senate of the university decided upon a restructuring into five faculties. Since October 2007 the FAU consists of:

• Philosophical faculty and department of theology
• Law and business science faculty
• Medical faculty
• Science faculty
• Technical faculty

Law School, School of Business and Economics


Law School

Institute of Legal History

• Chair of Civil Law, Roman Law and Ancient Legal History (Prof. Dr. Spengler)
• Chair of Civil Law, German an European Legal History (Prof. Dr. Mertens)

Institute of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Criminology

• Chair of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure (Prof. Dr. Jahn)
• Chair of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Legal Philosophy (Prof. Dr. Kudlich)
• Chair of Criminal Law and Criminology (Prof. Dr. Streng)

Institute of German & International Private and Civil Procedural Law

• Chair of Civil Law, Civil Procedure and Non-Contentious Jurisdiction (Prof. Dr. Stamm)
• Chair of Private Law, Private International Law and Comparative Law (Prof. Dr. Rohe, M.A.)
• Chair of German, European & International Private and Commercial Law (Prof. Dr. Ackermann)
• Chair of Private Law (Prof. Dr. Micklitz-Rößler)

Institute of Commercial and Labour Law

• Chair of Civil Law and Labour Law (Prof. Dr. Caspers)
• Chair of Civil Law, Commercial and Business Law (Prof. Dr. Schürnbrand)
• Chair of Labour Law and Social Law (N.N.)

Institute of Constitutional and Administrative Law

• Chair of Public Law (Prof. Dr. Geis)
• Chair of Public Law (Prof. Dr. Wegener)
• Chair of Public Law (Prof. Dr. Jestaedt)

Institute of Philosophy of Law and General Political Science

• Chair of Public Law, International Law and Legal Philosophy (Prof. Dr. Grzeszick, LL. M. N.N.)

Hans-Liermann-Institute for Ecclesiastical Law

• Chair of Ecclesiastical Law, Constitutional and Administrative Law (Prof. Dr. de Wall)

Institute of Law and Technology

• Chair of Civil Law, Law and Data Processing, Personal Data Protection Law (Prof. Dr. Vieweg)

Institute for Legal Practice & Law

Institute of Commercial Law

• Chair of Commercial Private Law and Insurance Law (Prof. Dr. Herrmann)
• Chair of German and International Law of Taxation, Financial and Budgetary Law (Prof. Dr. Reiß)

At present still directly linked to the Law School

• Chair of law of taxation (Prof. Dr. Crezelius)
• Chair of Public Law, European Law (N.N.)

Related Links:

University of Erlangen-Nuremberg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://www.uni-erlangen.org/research...-degrees.shtml
http://www.ub.uni-erlangen.de/

Contact

University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
Schlossplatz 4
91054 Erlangen, Germany
Tel.: +49 9131 85-0
Fax: +49 9131 85-22131
www.uni-erlangen.org

Press and Communications Office
Schlossplatz 3, Erlangen
Tel.: +49 9131 85-24036
Fax: +49 9131 85-24806
presse@zuv.uni-erlangen.de
www.uni-erlangen.org/infocentre/press-office

Centre for Information and Advice
Schlossplatz 3, Erlangen
Tel.: +49 9131 85-23333 bzw. -24444
ibz@zuv.uni-erlangen.de
www.uni-erlangen.org/studying

Central Office for International Affairs
Schlossplatz 3, Erlangen
Tel.: +49 9131 85-24800
www.uni-erlangen.org/international/aaa/