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.
Statistical data
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Employees 3,412
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Professors 315
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Students in the summer semester 2025 19,260
As of 1 December 2024, 3,412 people were employed at the University of Regensburg, 315 of whom were professors. As at 31 May 2025, 19,260 students were enrolled at the UR, including 1,471 international students.
Student numbers
| Winter semester | Number of students | Summer semester | Number of students | |
| 2011/12 | 20,273 | 2012 | 18,951 | |
| 2012/13 | 20,397 | 2013 | 19,054 | |
| 2013/14 | 21,174 | 2014 | 20,186 | |
| 2014/15 | 21,450 | 2015 | 20,321 | |
| 2015/16 | 21,558 | 2016 | 20,294 | |
| 2016/17 | 21,088 | 2017 | 20,001 | |
| 2017/18 | 21,416 | 2018 | 20,003 | |
| 2018/19 | 21,376 | 2019 | 20,055 | |
| 2019/20 | 21,167 | 2020 | 19,704 | |
| 2020/21 | 21,207 | 2021 | 19,896 | |
| 2021/22 | 21,090 | 2022 | 19,749 | |
| 2022/23 | 20,981 | 2023 | 19,668 | |
| 2023/24 | 20,753 | 2024 | 19,491 | |
| 2024/25 | 20,635 | 2025 | 19,260 |