1. Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg – FAU

2. 19.06.2012 | ARENA 2012 | The founding Fathers 1743 Founded by Margrave Friedrich von Bayreuth 1769 Substantially supported by Margrave Alexander von Ansbach und Bayreuth Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg 2

3. 3 The University 5 Faculties 19 Departments 24 Clinics at the University Hospital, plus 11 associated clinics Business, Economics and Law MedicineMedicineSciencesSciencesEngineeringEngineering Humanities and Theology 19.06.2012 | ARENA 2012 |

4. 640 professors 33.500 Students 12.000 employees 150 study programs 150 M€ third party funding in 2011 The University

5. 19.06.2012 | ARENA 2012 | Internationalisation ● Many internationally known top scientists ● 150 Humboldt fellows and awardees ● 2.500 foreign students ● 9 English degree courses ● 12 double degree courses ● 500 partner universities in more than 70 countries ● University campus in Busan, South Korea

6. 19.06.2012 | ARENA 2012 | Major Research Areas + numerous Research Focus Areas at Faculties/Schools

7. 19.06.2012 | ARENA 2012 | Research – some Facts and Figures 2 Projects in the Excellence Initiative: Excellence Cluster ‚Engineering of Advanced Materials‘ Graduate School ‚School of Advanced Optical Technologies‘ 9 DFG-Collaborative Research Centres 11 DFG-Research Units 7 DFG-Research Training Groups 6 DFG Priority Programmes 25 Interdisciplinary Centres 7

8. 19.06.2012 | ARENA 2012 | Research – some Facts and Figures 8 1International FMER-Consortium for Research in the Humanities 2Fraunhofer Institutes 1International Audio Laboratories Erlangen („Audiolabs“) 1Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light 1Max Planck Research School 1FMER-Cluster „Medical Valley EMN“ 1Energy Campus Nuremberg (EnCN) 12Bavarian Research Coorporation Groups 9Projects in the ‚Emerging Fields‘ Initiative

9. 19.06.2012 | ARENA 2012 | Founded at the FAU in 2007 11 working groups with more than eighty scientists including Astronomy group at the Dr. Remeis Observatory, Bamberg Largest university partner in the Helmholtz Alliance Astroparticle Physics School for Astroparticle Physics (SAT) Electronics and mechanics workshop with more than twenty technicians and more than 2000 m 2 of laboratory space The Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics – ECAP ©Carsten Przygoda/ pixelio.depixelio.de Foto: Richard Tuffs, MPIK / arranged: Milde Marketing Key Topics: Neutrino astronomy (Projects ANTARES & KM3NeT) Very-high-energy gamma-ray astronomy (H.E.S.S. & CTA) Development of acoustic particle detectors (AMADEUS) X-ray telescopes (eROSITA &ATHENA)

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