Site development at FAU

A decade of change

Construction measures: FAU is changing its face and the cityscape in Erlangen and Nuremberg

Diagram: City

This decade will bring important construction measures that will have a lasting impact on the appearance of FAU and the cities of Erlangen and Nuremberg in the long term.

Campus development: Consolidating and focusing on three campus locations at FAU

Financing: Free State of Bavaria investing millions of euros

Diagram: Money

Plans are already underway for construction projects worth over 1.5 billion euros, others are to follow.

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View to the future: Impressions from planned construction projects

Draft for the facade of the Himbeerpalast.
Image: Schulz und Schulz Architekten GmbH, Leipzig
Draft for NTC building.
image: doranth post architekten GmbH, Munich
Architect’s model for the Himbeerpalast
Image: FAU/Harald Sippel
Architect’s plan for the interior of the ECAP building.
Image: Glass Kramer Löbbert Architekten GmbH, Berlin together with dichter Architekturgesellschaft mbH, Berlin
Diagram of a multi-story car park.
Diagram: TeamJÜRGENS – architekten und ingenieure
Draft for the exterior of the ECAP building.
image: Glass Kramer Löbbert Architekten GmbH, Berlin together with dichter Architekturgesellschaft mbH, Berlin
Draft for the interior of the ECAP building.
Image: Glass Kramer Löbbert Architekten GmbH, Berlin together with dichter Architekturgesellschaft mbH, Berlin
Visualization of exterior of future lecture hall complex and forecourt
Image: a+r Architekten GmbH

Join in and share your ideasDiagram: Signpost

Would you like to help shape FAU and have your say in our site development? Get involved in our construction community open to all members of FAU (name of group: “Das Jahrzehnt des Wandels – Standortentwicklung an der FAU”, or in English “The decade of change – Site development at FAU”)

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At a glance

The following pages give a brief overview of which areas and which locations of FAU are currently affected, and which new buildings are in the pipeline.

Schloss in Erlangen.
Image: FAU/Celina Henning

FAU Campus Erlangen Center

Roter Platz
Image: FAU/Erich Malter

FAU Campus Erlangen South

WiSo building
Image: David Hartfiel

FAU Campus Nuremberg

Frequently asked questions

Further information

All major construction projects at FAU that the Bavarian government has in principle agreed to implement at the current time or in the future are listed in the currently valid budget of the Free State of Bavaria (see draft for 2023: Einzelplan 15, Anlage S (individual plan 15, Appendix S) (listing of state construction measures totaling over 3,000,000 euros in any individual instance).

Energy-efficient construction and renovation works

As FAU is a Bavarian university, construction and renovation works are subject to the ambitious requirements of the Free State of Bavaria concerning energy-efficient construction. Further information is available (in German) on the following websites:

Contact

FAU Press Office

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91058 Erlangen