Gründungsservice Universität Erfurt

About Gründungsservice Universität Erfurt

Since its re-establishment in 1994, the University of Erfurt has firmly established itself in the national and international higher education landscape with an explicit profile in cultural and social sciences. With its focus on religion, humanities and cultural studies, society, and teacher education, it is a centrally located institution for education and research, with approximately 6,000 students, around 100 professorships, and approximately 400 academic staff and 300 administrative staff. The University of Erfurt, certified as "family-friendly," has prioritized interdisciplinary approaches and Bachelor's and Master's degree programs from the outset as a reform university with its attractive and sometimes unconventional teaching and research profile. It engages with the major societal challenges of our time and is committed to international scientific cooperation for global participation in knowledge and science. On its centrally located campus in the state capital, the University of Erfurt facilitates direct communication and promotes intensive study and interdisciplinary research through its short distances. It also serves as a model for other universities with its mentoring system, the "Studium Fundamentale," and career orientation. It also features two Professional Schools modeled after American institutions: the Willy Brandt School of Public Policy and the Erfurt School of Education, which is responsible for coordinating teacher training that is exemplary nationwide.