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University of Würzburg

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Wurzburg, Germany
=163rd in World University Rankings 2025
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About the University of Würzburg

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The University of Würzburg – full name, the Julius-Maximilians University of Würzburg – located in northern Bavaria, dates back to 1402 and is one the oldest universities in Germany.

After it was all but destroyed during a World War II bombing raid, the university re-established itself in the 1960s on the fringes of the city.

Consisting of 10 faculties, the university has around 28,000 students and offers academic study in the humanities, law and economics, life sciences, and natural sciences and technology.

There is a strong focus on science at the university and many of its centres have won funding from the German Research Foundation. In 2002, one of just three Centres of Excellence funded by the German Research Foundation – the Rudolph Virchow Centre – was launched at Würzburg.

The university is included in the U15 group of German universities, which recognises its status as a research intensive and leading medical institution. Both the university and its hospital together employ around 10,000 staff, including 425 professors, making them two of the largest employers in the region.

Included among the university’s alumni are 14 Nobel laureates, who at some point in their life taught or studied at Würzburg. They include Wilhelm Röntgen who in 1901 won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his research into X-rays.  

Since the 1990s, cross-faculty research centres have been established here, such as the Research Centre for Infectious Diseases, which is home to students and professors from the faculties of medicine, biology, chemistry and pharmacy.

Since 2004, Würzburg has also had a Graduates School that allows doctoral candidates to continue studying at the university.

The city of Würzburg is famous for its remarkable baroque and rococo architecture, while the university itself boasts a botanical garden dating back to the 17th century that contains thousands of different species of plants and covers about nine hectares. It serves many students at different levels on a variety of courses and is also free to the public.

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Key Student Statistics

A breakdown of student statistics at the University of Würzburg

gender ratio
Student gender ratio
62 F : 38 M (1)
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International student percentage
10% (1)
student per staff
Students per staff
37.7 (1)
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Student total
21257 (1)

Based on data collected for the (1) World University Rankings 2025

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Subjects Taught at the University of Würzburg

See below for a range of subjects taught at the University of Würzburg

Arts and Humanities

  • Archaeology
  • Art, Performing Art and Design
  • History, Philosophy and Theology
  • Languages, Literature and Linguistics

Business and Economics

  • Accounting and Finance
  • Business and Management
  • Economics and Econometrics

Computer Science

  • Computer Science

Education Studies

  • Education

Engineering

  • Chemical Engineering
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Law

  • Law

Life Sciences

  • Agriculture and Forestry
  • Biological Sciences
  • Sport Science
  • Veterinary Science

Medical and Health

  • Medicine and Dentistry
  • Other Health

Physical Sciences

  • Chemistry
  • Geology, Environmental, Earth and Marine Sciences
  • Mathematics and Statistics
  • Physics and Astronomy

Psychology

  • Psychology

Social Sciences

  • Communication and Media Studies
  • Geography
  • Politics and International Studies
  • Sociology