University of Regensburg

University of Regensburg
Universität Regensburg
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TypePublic university
EstablishedJuly 18, 1962; 62 years ago (1962-07-18)
Academic affiliation
Compostela Group of Universities
Budget€ 238.4 million[1]
PresidentUdo Hebel
Academic staff
1,612[1]
Administrative staff
2,098[1]
Students21,088[2]
Location, ,
Germany

48°59′57″N 12°05′35″E / 48.99923°N 12.09317°E / 48.99923; 12.09317
CampusUrban
Websitewww.uni-regensburg.de/en Edit this at Wikidata

The University of Regensburg (German: Universität Regensburg) is a public research university located in the city of Regensburg, Germany. The university was founded on 18 July 1962 by the Landtag of Bavaria as the fourth full-fledged university in Bavaria. Following groundbreaking in 1965, the university officially opened to students during the 1967–1968 winter semester, initially housing faculties in Law and Business Sciences and Philosophy. During the summer semester of 1968 the faculty of Theology was created. Currently, the University of Regensburg houses eleven faculties.

The university actively participates in the European Union's SOCRATES programme as well as part of the Compostela-Group. Its most famous academic, the previous Pope Benedict XVI, served as a professor there until 1977 and formally retained his chair in theology.

  1. ^ a b c "Jahresbericht 2016" (PDF) (in German). University of Regensburg. pp. 262–265. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Zahlen, Daten und Fakten zur Universität Regensburg". University of Regensburg (in German). Retrieved 21 June 2017.