University of Wurzburg: Statistics
| Position | Category |
|---|---|
| #221 of 14,131 | In the World |
| #78 of 2,785 | In Europe |
| #19 of 369 | In Germany |
| #4 of 45 | In Bavaria |
| #1 of 3 | In Wurzburg |
| #9 of 2,062 | For Pharmacy |
| Top50% | For 184 other topics |
Quick Review
- Acceptance rate
- 18%
- Enrollment
- 28,878
- Male:Female Ratio
- 41:59
- Type
- Non-profit
- Funding
- Public-private
partnership - Highest Degree
- Doctorate
- Website
- uni-wuerzburg.de
- Languages
- German;English
Acceptance rate & Admissions
| Acceptance Rate | 18% |
|---|---|
| Admissions Requirements | Secondary school certificate (Reifezeugnis) or equivalent |
| Academic Calendar | October to July (October - February; April-July) |
| Enrollment | 28,878 |
We've calculated the 18% acceptance rate for University of Wurzburg based on the ratio of admissions to applications and other circumstantial enrollment data. Treat this information as a rough guide and not as a definitive measure of your chances of admission. Different programs may have significantly varying admissions rates.
Research profile
University of Wurzburg is a world-class research university with 69,850 scientific papers published and 2,238,945 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Biology, Chemistry, Medicine, Biochemistry, Physics, Engineering, Genetics, Computer Science, Organic Chemistry, and Quantum and Particle physics.
University of Wurzburg majors
by publication & citation count
Annual publication & citation counts
| Year | Publications | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 775 | 6576 |
| 1991 | 843 | 7447 |
| 1992 | 877 | 8182 |
| 1993 | 896 | 8881 |
| 1994 | 937 | 9634 |
| 1995 | 1066 | 11932 |
| 1996 | 1171 | 13190 |
| 1997 | 1171 | 14138 |
| 1998 | 1454 | 17452 |
| 1999 | 1427 | 19370 |
| 2000 | 1470 | 21866 |
| 2001 | 1423 | 25067 |
| 2002 | 1356 | 27860 |
| 2003 | 1512 | 31130 |
| 2004 | 1509 | 34754 |
| 2005 | 1491 | 40647 |
| 2006 | 1715 | 47292 |
| 2007 | 1887 | 51952 |
| 2008 | 1813 | 56953 |
| 2009 | 1913 | 61994 |
| 2010 | 2010 | 68774 |
| 2011 | 1936 | 76125 |
| 2012 | 2144 | 85220 |
| 2013 | 2283 | 92996 |
| 2014 | 2250 | 99098 |
| 2015 | 2381 | 106790 |
| 2016 | 2370 | 111167 |
| 2017 | 2488 | 120969 |
| 2018 | 2447 | 119849 |
| 2019 | 2785 | 137156 |
| 2020 | 2924 | 158962 |
| 2021 | 3396 | 197100 |
| 2022 | 2859 | 184868 |
Tuition
| International studetns | None (EUR) |
|---|---|
| Local studetns | None (EUR) |
The University of Wurzburg has financial aid programs and on-campus housing.
Programs and Degrees
The table below displays academic fields with programs and courses that lead to Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctorate degrees offered by University of Wurzburg.
Note that the table provides a general overview and might not cover all the specific majors available at the university. Always visit the university's website for the most up-to-date information on the programs offered.
| Programs | Bachelor | Master | Doctoral |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art & Design | No | No | No |
| Biology | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Business | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Chemistry | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Computer Science | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Economics | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Engineering | No | No | No |
| Environmental Science | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Liberal Arts & Social Sciences | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mathematics | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Medicine | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Physics | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Psychology | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Bachelor's Degree | Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering, American Studies, Ancient Civilizations, Archaeology, Art Education, Art History, Arts and Humanities, Asian Studies, Biochemistry, Biology, Biomedicine, Business Administration, Business Computing, Chemistry, Computer Engineering, Computer Networks, Computer Science, Cultural Studies, Economics, English, English Studies, Ethnology, European Studies, Food Technology, French, German, Greek (Classical), Health Sciences, History, Industrial Chemistry, Italian, Latin, Linguistics, Materials Engineering, Mathematical Physics, Mathematics, Mathematics and Computer Science, Museum Studies, Music, Music Education, Musicology, Nanotechnology, Oriental Studies, Pedagogy, Philology, Philosophy, Physical Education, Physics, Political Sciences, Private Law, Protestant Theology, Psychology, Public Law, Religion, Romance Languages, Russian, Social Studies, South Asian Studies, Southeast Asian Studies, Spanish, Special Education, Speech Therapy and Audiology, Sports, Theology |
|---|---|
| Magister | Catholic Theology, Protestant Theology |
| Diplom (Univ) | Law |
| Master | Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering, American Studies, Ancient Civilizations, Ancient Languages, Applied Linguistics, Applied Mathematics, Archaeology, Art History, Arts and Humanities, Asian Studies, Biochemistry, Biological and Life Sciences, Biology, Biomedicine, Building Technologies, Business Administration, Chemistry, Chinese, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Cultural Studies, Eastern European Studies, Economic and Finance Policy, Economics, Education, Engineering, English, English Studies, Ethnology, European Studies, Food Technology, French, Geography, Geography (Human), German, Greek (Classical), History, Industrial Chemistry, Information Technology, International Economics, Italian, Latin, Linguistics, Literature, Management, Mass Communication, Materials Engineering, Mathematics, Mathematics and Computer Science, Media Studies, Medicine, Medieval Studies, Museum Studies, Music, Music Education, Musicology, Nanotechnology, Neurosciences, Oriental Studies, Philology, Philosophy, Physics, Political Sciences, Psychology, Religion, Romance Languages, Russian, Social Sciences, Social Studies, South Asian Studies, Spanish, Special Education, Surveying and Mapping, Teacher Training, Theology |
| PhD | Arts and Humanities, Biological and Life Sciences, Business Administration, Engineering, Law, Mathematics and Computer Science, Social Sciences, Technology |
| Habilitation | Arts and Humanities, Business Administration, Education, Engineering, Fine Arts, Health Sciences, Home Economics, Information Sciences, Law, Mathematics and Computer Science, Natural Sciences, Religion, Service Trades, Social Sciences, Technology, Transport and Communications, Welfare and Protective Services |
University of Wurzburg alumni
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Rudolf Virchow
- Occupations
- archaeologistwriteranthropologistbiologistphysician
- Biography
-
Rudolf Ludwig Carl Virchow was a German physician, anthropologist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist, writer, editor, and politician. He is known as "the father of modern pathology" and as the founder of social medicine, and to his colleagues, the "Pope of medicine".
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Thomas Bach
- Occupations
- sports officialjuristinternational forum participantfencerpolitician
- Biography
-
Thomas Bach is a German lawyer, former Olympic foil fencer and gold medalists. He has been serving as the ninth and current president of the International Olympic Committee since 10 September 2013, the first ever Olympic champion to be elected for that position. Bach is also a former member of the German Olympic Sports Confederation's executive board.
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Karl Liebknecht
- Occupations
- lawyereditorrevolutionarypolitician
- Biography
-
Karl Paul August Friedrich Liebknecht was a German socialist and anti-militarist. A member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) beginning in 1900, he was one of its deputies in the Reichstag from 1912 to 1916, where he represented the left-revolutionary wing of the party. In 1916 he was expelled from the SPD's parliamentary group for his opposition to the political truce between all parties in the Reichstag while the war lasted. He twice spent time in prison, first for writing an anti-militarism pamphlet in 1907 and then for his role in a 1916 antiwar demonstration. He was released from the second under a general amnesty three weeks before the end of the First World War.
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Alois Alzheimer
- Occupations
- university teacherneuroscientistpsychiatristneurologistphysician
- Biography
-
Alois Alzheimer was a German psychiatrist and neuropathologist and a colleague of Emil Kraepelin. Alzheimer is credited with identifying the first published case of "presenile dementia", which Kraepelin would later identify as Alzheimer's disease.
University of Wurzburg faculties and divisions
| Faculty : Biology | Biology, Biotechnology, Botany, Genetics, Microbiology, Pharmacology, Zoology |
|---|---|
| Faculty : Catholic Theology | Catholic Theology |
| Faculty : Chemistry and Pharmacy | Biochemistry, Food Technology, Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Pharmacy, Physical Chemistry |
| Faculty : Economics | Business Administration, Economics |
| Faculty : Human Sciences | Arts and Humanities, Pedagogy, Philosophy, Political Sciences, Psychology, Religion, Social Studies, Sports, Theology |
| Faculty : Law | Law |
| Faculty : Liberal Arts | American Studies, Ancient Civilizations, Archaeology, Art History, Arts and Humanities, Asian Studies, Cultural Studies, East Asian Studies, Ethnology, French, Geography, German, Germanic Languages, Greek (Classical), History, Indic Languages, Japanese, Latin, Literature, Modern Languages, Music Education, Musicology, Philology, Slavic Languages |
| Faculty : Mathematics and Computer Science | Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics |
| Faculty : Medicine | Anaesthesiology, Dentistry, Hygiene, Immunology, Medicine, Nursing, Otorhinolaryngology, Pharmacology, Surgery, Toxicology, Virology |
| Faculty : Physics and Astronomy | Astronomy and Space Science, Astrophysics, Physics |
| Graduate School : JMU Graduate School of Law, Economics, and Society | Economics, Law, Social Studies |
| Graduate School : JMU Graduate School of Life Sciences | Biological and Life Sciences |
| Graduate School : JMU Graduate School of Science & Technology | Natural Sciences, Technology |
| Graduate School : JMU Graduate School of the Humanities | Arts and Humanities |
General information
| Alternative names | University of Würzburg Universität Würzburg |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1402 |
| Motto | Veritati, der Wahrheit verpflichtet |
Location and contacts
| Address | Sanderring 2 Würzburg, 97070 Germany |
|---|---|
| City population | 128,000 |