What Is the University of Augsburg Website?

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uni-augsburg.de is the official website of the University of Augsburg, a medium-sized public university in Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany. It is the central entry point for anyone who wants to explore the university's degree programmes, research profile, campus, or services for international students and researchers. The site is aimed at prospective and current students, international visitors and scholars, researchers, media, and alumni.

What the university is

According to the site, the University of Augsburg describes itself with these figures and features:

Attribute Detail
Type Medium-sized public university
Location Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany (campus on the city's southern fringe)
Professors 307
Students 19,057
Degree programmes 93
Faculties 8, spanning humanities and social sciences through applied computer science and medicine
Campus Parkland campus with its own lake

The university highlights two interdisciplinary research focuses: the Centre for Climate Resilience and the Centre for Advanced Analytics and Predictive Sciences. Its broader research profile lists environment and climate, health and medicine, physics and life sciences, new materials and resources, data and artificial intelligence, society and history, economy and law, languages, literatures and cultures, teaching and learning, and art and music.

Who the site is for

The homepage organizes content by target group, with dedicated sections for:

  • International students – information for those applying from abroad
  • International visiting scholars – support for visiting researchers
  • Media and press – resources for journalists
  • Alumni – services for former students
  • Prospective and current students – degree programmes, international applications, and restricted admission programmes

It also links to job offers for professorial, postdoc, and doctoral positions, and to a Welcome Service that supports international researchers starting in Germany.

What you can do on the site

  • Explore study options – browse the 93 degree programmes and check which have restricted admission
  • Apply as an international student – follow the dedicated international applications path
  • Review research areas – read the research profile and learn about the interdisciplinary centres
  • Find doctoral and postdoc support – the graduate centre and graduate schools provide support for doctoral candidates and postdoctoral researchers
  • Learn about the city and campus – pages describe the parkland campus and Augsburg as one of Germany's oldest cities, the third largest in Bavaria, and a family-friendly location near the Alps
  • Check international connections – the university participates in Erasmus+ and maintains two strategic partnerships plus numerous cooperations outside Erasmus

Practical notes

The site is in English, with content organized around the questions most visitors arrive with: what can I study, how do I apply, what is research like here, and what support exists for international guests. If you are considering the university, start with the degree programmes and international applications pages; if you are a researcher, the research profile and Welcome Service pages are the most direct route.