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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. 19,437 students were enrolled at the UR, including 1,512 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   
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