University in Germany
Regensburg, Bayern, Germany
University profile
The University of Regensburg (Universität Regensburg, UR) is a full university and campus university on the southern edge of the medieval city of Regensburg in Bavaria. It was founded in 1962 and was originally planned as a regional university; it now describes itself as a nationally and internationally renowned centre of research and teaching, standing for diversity, openness to the world and shaping the future.
The campus lies in the Galgenberg district in the south of Regensburg on an area of 150 hectares. The main campus houses eleven faculties and central facilities such as the library and the computing centre, set in extensive green spaces. The campus also has a sports centre and its own theatre hall, the Theater an der Uni in the Studierendenhaus am Forum, with about 200 seats and up to 100 m2 of stage.
The university has twelve faculties: Catholic Theology; Law; Business, Economics and Management (Wirtschaftswissenschaften); Medicine; Computer Science and Data Science (Informatik und Data Science); Philosophy, Art, History and Social Sciences (Philosophie, Kunst-, Geschichts- und Gesellschaftswissenschaften); Human Sciences (Humanwissenschaften); Language, Literature and Cultural Studies (Sprach-, Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaften); Mathematics; Physics; Biology and Preclinical Medicine; and Chemistry and Pharmacy. Around 150 accredited Bachelor, Master and doctoral programmes are offered.
In the summer semester 2026, 18,127 students were enrolled, including 1,430 international students. At 1 December 2025 the university employed 3,426 people, 315 of them professors. About 16 Master's programmes and one Bachelor's programme are taught in English, and the Language Centre (ZSK) runs German courses from part-time to intensive formats.
Student housing is provided in Regensburg by the Studierendenwerk Niederbayern/Oberpfalz (STWNO), which runs twelve halls with shared flats and single apartments; further private halls exist. The UR has an internationalisation strategy and a Vice President responsible for internationalisation and diversity, and the International Office supports incoming students.
There are no tuition fees for Bachelor, Master and State Examination programmes, including for international students; continuing-education Master's programmes are generally fee-based. Every semester a semester contribution (Semesterbeitrag, not tuition) is paid: EUR 208 for the winter semester 2026, made up of EUR 126.00 for the semester ticket and EUR 82.00 basic contribution for the Studierendenwerk. The preparatory German course costs EUR 530 per semester (as of summer semester 2025).
Awarded by the University of Regensburg to high-achieving students with social or civic engagement: EUR 300 per month for at least one year, independent of BAföG, awarded once a year in the winter semester. Official page.
For financially needy non-EU students from non-industrialised countries; Bachelor and State Examination students need at least two semesters in Regensburg, Master's students at least one. First-year and visiting students are not eligible. The deadline is usually the Friday of the first lecture week each semester.
The university lists the Oskar-Karl-Forster-Stipendium for books and learning materials, Regensburg foundation scholarships, the Bavarian BAYHOST one-year scholarship (graduates from central and eastern European countries, deadline 1 December) and the German scholarship foundations such as the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. Overview of scholarships. BAföG applications go to the STWNO; funding overview.
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View scholarships for University of Regensburg →International applicants need a direct university entrance qualification (Hochschulzugangsberechtigung, HZB). A secondary school diploma from the home country often provides it; where it does not, one to two further years of university study at home may be needed. Entry requirements for a country can be checked in the anabin database of the Standing Conference of Education Ministers or the DAAD database.
Most Bachelor, State Examination and Studienkolleg applications are made online through the Campusportal; other undergraduate applications usually go directly to the university, and only some nationality and subject combinations go through a central service office. EU applicants for human medicine and dentistry apply through hochschulstart. Applicants with foreign certificates must apply for every degree type. Deadlines are 15 January for the summer semester and 15 July for the winter semester. Programmes with aptitude tests require a direct application to the institute concerned, and some programmes require pre-registration through the Bewerberportal within the deadline. Some programmes do not start in both semesters.
Applicants without a direct HZB may attend a Studienkolleg after passing an entrance examination; places are limited and competitive. German level B2 must be reached beforehand. The Studienkolleg München serves all Bavarian universities, and applications are made through the university where the applicant wants to study.
Bachelor, State Examination and German-taught Master's applicants must prove at least B2 at application. For enrolment, DSH with an overall result of DSH-2 is usually required; some programmes require only DSH-1, and law and medical subjects require DSH-3. Medicine, dentistry and pharmacy require DSH-3 or equivalent already at application. DSH can be replaced by certificates such as telc C1 Hochschule or TestDaF. A preparatory German course is available for B1 or B2 applicants (B2 course entry needs a B1 certificate with at least 80 percent of the requirements), but not for medicine, dentistry, molecular medicine or pharmacy.
Applicants to English-taught Master's programmes can be admitted without German. Standardised English certificates are required, and the faculty decides which are accepted.
Faculties review Master's applications directly, set their own deadlines and may require aptitude tests (Eignungsverfahren). Applicants apply to the faculty, and registration on the central platform follows only after the faculty grants admission; a few programmes require direct application through the Campusportal.
The admission decision is issued as a PDF in the Campusportal. The admission letter explains how to accept the place, pay the semester contribution and enrol. Enquiries: Studierendenkanzlei, [email protected], 0941 943-5500.
Main campus, Regensburg (Galgenberg). A 150-hectare campus university at Universitätsstraße 31, 93053 Regensburg, housing eleven faculties and central facilities including the central library and the computing centre, surrounded by green spaces and a campus lake.
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