Facts and figures
The University of Passau opened on 9 October 1978 with a total enrolment figure of 463 students in its first semester.
Students
12,217 students and enrolled doctoral researchers (as at 1 October 2019),
including 1,584 international students (12.97%) from e.g. India (174), Austria (152), China PRC (94), Russian Federation (87), Tunisia (73), Pakistan (65), Italy (59), Syria (55), Ukraine (48), France (45), Hungary (44), Turkey (40), Iran (39), Brazil (30), Kosovo (24), Romania (24), Nigeria (23), Czech Republic (23), Vietnam (22), Bangladesh (21), Spain (21), Greece (20), United States (19), Mexico (18), Colombia (17), Morocco (17), Bulgaria (16), Indonesia (16), Egypt (14), Croatia (14), Poland (14), Slovakia (14), Nepal (12), Ghana (11), Serbia (11) and Kazakhstan (10).
Figures by faculty
Professors
| Faculties | Chaired professors (C4/W3) | Non-chaired professors (C3/W2) | Assistant professors (W1) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faculty of Law | 19 | 3 | |
| Business, Economics and Information Systems | 21 | 1 | |
| Arts and Humanities (including the Department of Catholic Theology) | 34 | 22 | |
| Computer Science and Mathematics | 17 | 4 | 1 |
| Totals | 91 | 29 | 2 |
Enrolled students
| Faculties | Enrolled students | of which in their 1st semester of study |
|---|---|---|
| Faculty of Law | 2,277 | 506 |
| Business, Economics and Information Systems | 1,745 | 646 |
| Arts and Humanities (with Department of Catholic Theology, not including Teacher Education Programmes) | 4,338 | 1,170 |
| Computer Science and Mathematics | 1,160 | 240 |
| Teacher Education Programmes | 2,437 | 618 |
| Enrolled doctoral students | 260 | 15 |
| Totals | 12,217 | 3,195 |
The student figures are the total number of students enrolled in programmes offered by the respective faculties. The bachelor’s and master’s programmes as well as the long-cycle teacher education programmes may include modules administered by other faculties.
Staff structure, international partnerships, organisational units
| Staff in primary occupation | Academic Staff | Academic Support Staff | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Numbers | Headcount | FTE | Headcount | FTE | Headcount | FTE |
| Totals | 1,159 | 923.97 | 687 | 546.24 | 472 | 377.73 |
| Male | 547 | 471.75 | 401 | 333.50 | 146 | 138.26 |
| Female | 612 | 452.22 | 286 | 212.74 | 326 | 239.48 |
(Figures as at 1 July 2019)
The University maintains worldwide partnerships with 236 universities and higher education institutions (figure as at 1 October 2018).
Central facilities and services, institutes and research centres
Support for early career researchers
- The Research Services Division
- The Graduate Centre
The Graduate Centre is the first port of call for all organisational and interdisciplinary questions regarding doctoral and postdoctoral research; it provides:- training in and information concerning: research methods, principles of good academic practice, management of academic organisations, and research and non-research career paths
- grants for travel expenses and thesis publication
- individual guidance and a vast selection of up-to-date information materials on science and research as well as on funding programmes and fellowships
- interdisciplinary course formats
- Research Training Groups and Junior Research Groups
- Bavarian Graduate Program in Economics (international research training group of the Bavarian Elite Network)
- Bavarian Research Training Group on Political Theory
- BayWISS Consortium Research Training Groups in the areas of digitalisation, mass media and communication
- DFG Research Training Group 1681/2 Privacy and Digitalisation
- Graduate School of International Cultural Studies (GSICS)
- Tri-national Research Training Group Multimedia, Distributed and Pervasive Secure Systems (MDPS), which offers double doctorate opportunities in Germany, France and Italy
- ZD.B Junior Research Groups in the areas of Software Engineering and Business Information Systems
Study options
Bachelor's programmes
B.A. European Studies
B.A. European Studies Major
B.A. Governance and Public Policy
B.A. Historical Sciences
B.A. International Cultural and Business Studies
B.A. Journalism and Strategic Communication
B.A. Language and Text Sciences
B.A. Media and Communication
Master's programmes
M.A. Caritas Science and Values-based Management
M.A. Development Studies
M.A. European Studies
M.A. Geography: Culture, Environment and Tourism
M.A. Governance and Public Policy
M.A. Historical Sciences
M.A. International Cultural and Business Studies
M.A. Media and Communication
M.A. North and Latin American Studies
M.A. Russian and East Central European Studies
M.A. Semiotics of Texts and Culture
M.Ed. Teaching and Learning Processes
Undergraduate teacher education programmes
Programmes concluding with a state examination:
Primary education
Secondary education (Mittelschule)
Secondary education (Realschule)
Secondary education (Gymnasium)
Programmes concluding with a bachelor's or master's degree:
Bachelor and Master of Education (pilot scheme)
Bachelor's programmes
B.Sc. Computer Science
B.Sc. Internet Computing
B.Sc. Mathematics
Master's programmes
M.Sc. Computational Mathematics
M.Sc. Computer Science
M.Sc. Mobile and Embedded Systems
- Language courses for students of all faculties in Chinese, Czech, English, French, German as a Foreign Language, Indonesian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish and Vietnamese
- Subject-specific language programmes for students of business & economics; cultural studies & international relations; law; and computer science & mathematics
- A wide range of transferable skills courses are offered to all students through the Centre for Careers and Competencies
- Numerous exchange programmes with our international partner universities
- International double degree programmes for students enrolled in the following programmes: Law undergraduate programme; LL.M. German and Russian Law; M.Sc. Business Administration; M.A. European Studies; M.A. Governance and Public Policy; B.A. and M.A. International Cultural and Business Studies; M.Sc. Computational Mathematics; M.Sc. Computer Science; and M.Sc. Mobile and Embedded Systems
Student Services Association (Studentenwerk)
Student halls of residence with approximately 600 rooms.
Refectory with a seating capacity of 560.
Proportion of students receiving BAföG student loans: 14.9% (in winter semester 2016–17)
Website of the Student Services Association (Studentenwerk)
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