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Facts and figures

The University of Regensburg (UR), founded in 1962, is a modern campus university on the southern edge of the medieval city. It offers a wide range of subjects and impresses with its good student-teacher ratio and excellent infrastructure. Initially planned as a regional university in the middle of the 20th century, it has developed into a renowned, internationally oriented centre for research and teaching in the new millennium.

Learn more about the university's history.

Statistical data

  • Employees 3,412

  • Professors 315

  • Students in the summer semester 2025 19,260

As of 1 December 2025, 3,426 people were employed at the University of Regensburg, 315 of whom were professors. 

In the summer semester of 2026, a total of 18,127 students are enrolled at the University of Regensburg, including 1,430 international students.

Student numbers

Winter semesterNumber of students Summer semesterNumber of students
2011/1220,273 201218,951
2012/1320,397 201319,054
2013/1421,174 201420,186
2014/1521,450 201520,321
2015/1621,558 201620,294
2016/1721,088 201720,001
2017/1821,416 201820,003
2018/1921,376 201920,055
2019/2021,167 202019,704
2020/2121,207 202119,896
2021/2221,090 202219,749
2022/2320,981 202319,668
2023/2420,753 202419,491
2024/2520,635 202519,260
2025/2619,437 202618,127
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