In the 2023/24 winter semester, a total of 12.075 students were enrolled at the University of Bayreuth, 2.619 of them in their 1st semester. Moreover, there were 2.092 new graduates of bachelor's, master's, teaching, and law degree programmes in 2022.
The next generation of academics is equally impressive: 1,381 people were working on their doctoral thesis in Bayreuth in 2022, 199 of whom completed their doctorate.
In the field of research, the University of Bayreuth was in a good position in 2021: of 244.2 million euros of its total income, 67.2 million euros came from third-party funding.
Meanwhile, 2,617 full-time employees – including 1,601 academic employees, including 274 professors - contributed to the success of the University of Bayreuth.