Otto-Friedrich-University
Bamberg
a brief portrayal
A brief history
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1647: Prince Bishop of Bamberg, Melchior Otto Voit von
Salzburg, issued the deed of foundation for an
“Academia”. Teaching began one year later.
1735 Faculty of Law
1749 Faculty of Medicine
1773 Universitas Ottoniana-Fridericiana
1803 deed repealed, only theological and philosophical
studies continued
1939 closed by government
1945 teaching began again in Theology and Philosophy
and also in Law, political and natural Sciences
Second Foundation
1972 Second Foundation
 1988 Given the old name:
Otto-Friedrich-University
The Reorganisation and Reconstruction
of the University took place based on
the concept of a
University in the town
- listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage
Site.
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Faculty of
Catholic Theology
Old Testament
New Testament
Church History
Dogmatics
Fundamental Theology
Social and Individual Ethics
in the building of the
former Jesuit-College
Church Law
Pastoral Theology, Liturgy
Religious Education
Faculty of Education Science,
Philosophy and Psychology
Philosophy
Psychology
Education Science
in the building of the
former gynacological Clinic
Teacher Training (and
Educational Theory) in several
subjects
Faculty of Language an
Literature
GermanLanguage and Literature
English Language and Literature
Roman Laguages and Literature
Latin / Greek
Slavic Studies
i.a. in the building of the
former Jesuit School
Oriental Studies
Communications Science
Faculty of History
and Geography
History
Art History
Heritage Conservation
Archaeology
in the so called Weddinghouse and
the former Slaughterhouse
European Ethnology
Geography
Faculty of Social and
Economic Sciences
Sociology
Political Science
Economics
Business Administration
Economics and Business
Education
in the building of the former
Teacher Training Centre
Law
Statistics
Faculty of Applied
Computer Sciences
in the building of the former
Teaching-Trainer Centre
Information Systems
Applied Computer Sciences
- in Media Studies
- in the Humanities
- in Cultural Sciences
- in Communications Theory
Principles of Information
Technology
School for Social Work
In accordance with the
regulations that apply
to a Polytechnic:
in the building of a former
leather manufacturer
Social Work and several
subjects
Centres of Excellence
 Centre
for Medieval Studies
 Centre for Interreligious Studies
 Centre for European Studies
 Centre for Interdisciplinary Computing
 Centre for Research and Teaching in
Didactics/Teaching methodology
Facts and Numbers
 138
(Full-) Professors
 300 Academic staff
 260 Staff (administration, library, etc.)
 8850 Students
Graduate Schools
 Science
of Art – Heritage conservation
 Common anthropological elements in
Christianity and Islam
 Markets and social systems in Europe
 Consciousness and conflicts between
generations in antiquity and the middle ages
 High-technology entrepreneurship
Focus 1
Language based cultural Area-Studies
 Orientalism: Arabic, Iranic and Turkish
Language, Literature, Culture and History;
Islamic / Religious Studies
 Slavic Language, Literature, Culture and
History
Focus 2
Medieval Studies incl. applied Science of
Art and protection of Cultural Assets
 History, Languages, Literature, Art History
and Philosophy of Middle Ages
 Archaeology, Heritage Conservation
Focus 3
Social and Behavioural Studies
 Sociology (incl. Demography)
 Political Science (incl. Public Administration)
 Psychology
Focus 4
Economic Studies with a focus on
Europe and the international area
 European Business Administration
 European Economic Studies
Focus 5
Applied Computer Science
Information Systems
 Applied Computer Science in the Media Studies
 Applied Computer Science in the Humanities and
in Cultural Studies
 Cognitive Systems
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Rankings (Spiegel, 2004)
Rankings (Spiegel, 2004)
International Relations
Student exchanges with 137 institutions
worldwide
 27 of them are partner universities
 More than 30 % of the students per year
complete part of their studies abroad
 Non-German students represent 10 % of the
current student body
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International Office
Introduction and welcome weeks
 German courses (Tandem program)
 Student´s residences
 Student organisations
 Sports and cultural events
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University with a new profile in an old town
Problems?
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Not at the University
of Bamberg!
• Extremely
limited resources
• Bachelor/Master degrees
• Internationalization of faculty
Program for our next 2 days
Monday
Tuesday
09:00 Welcome and presentation of Bamberg
University
09:30 – 10:30 International Entrepreneurship: Joint seminars/projects bet-ween
ASU & Bamberg, ASU & Alicante and UNF
& Alicante
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 12:00 International Entrepreneurship
at the U Bamberg: Two examples
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
13:00 – 18:00 Groupwork (2 groups)
19:00 Dinner at Palais Schrottenberg
09:00 – 09:30 Bamberg as a business region
09:30 – 10:00 Student experiences in the
U.S.
10:15 – 11:30 AIESEC: How students
support student exchange
11:30 Quick Lunch
12:15 – 14:00 Presentation of Prof. Michael
Mirow, former head of business development
at Siemens AG
14:30 – 15:30 Presentation of the North
Bavarian Business Plan Competition (Dr.
Carsten Rudolph)
16:00 – 17:00 Guided tour: Bamberg’s cribs
17:00 – 20:00 Free time (Visit of Bamberg’s
Christmas market)??
Evening: t.b.a.