Why you should choose the University of Regensburg

About the University of Regensburg

The University of Regensburg (UR) is a nationally and internationally highly renowned center of research and teaching with a strong tradition in international cooperation. With its twelve faculties, it has a broad variety of disciplines with an excellent research spectrum, an attractive range of courses and a high sense of social responsibility. The UR stands for diversity, an open-minded approach to the world, and shaping the future.

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Select your (Post)Doc-Representatives!

All of you who are currently pursuing a doctorate or who are obtaining further academic qualifications after completing your doctorate are warmly invited to participate in the selection of your representatives on the WIN boards.

The Advisory Board (Beirat) will have one person respectively as a representative from each of these three groups:

  • Doctoral researchers who are members of structured programs,
  • Doctoral researchers who are not members of structured programs, and
  • Researchers obtaining further qualifications after their doctorate like postdocs and candidates working on their habilitation.

Our schedule: Nominate your candidates by July 4, 2025. Visit the WIN-Treff on July 8, 2025. Register to vote until Tuesday, July 22. The election will take place between 14 and 25 July 2025.

Service restrictions in the University Library from 26 to 30 June 2025

The University Library will be transitioning to the new open-source library system FOLIO on July 1, 2025. To prepare for the switch, some library services will be temporarily unavailable from June 23 to 30, 2025:

  • No borrowing, returns, requests or renewals
  • No access to library account and watch lists
  • If you have created watch lists, please make sure to export them by June 22, as they will not be transferred to the new system

What will remain available: Searching the catalog, access to e-resources, study spaces, and collection of already requested items.

Starting July 1, we will be back for you with upgraded technology, new features and all the services you are used to.

Research at UR

The University of Regensburg (UR) is a globally connected university offering the full range of academic disciplines. Its scientists enjoy extensive opportunities to develop and participate in both individual and collaborative research projects.