With its 13,000 students, the Ohm is one of the largest universities of applied sciences in Germany. It develops ideas for the world we live in today and for tomorrow and conducts research into the key issues affecting society. As one of the most research-intensive Bavarian universities and one of the most successful in acquiring external research funding, the Ohm maintains excellent ties with the region’s business sector and is an important driver of innovation in the Nuremberg Metropolitan Region. With more than 160 partnerships with institutions of higher education around the world, the university is also a global player.

Thirteen Faculties and the Ohm Professional School offer accredited bachelor’s and master’s degree programmes as well as certificate and part-time professional programmes, and dual system options.

Current facts and figures

Winter semester 2025/2026

Winter semester 2025/2026

12,481 students (from 110 nations & incl. 117 consortium students) 

	Overall	German	International	Female	Male	New students
Students	12,481	10,908	1,573	5,176	7,257	3,413
Bachelor’s degree programmes	9,889	8,720	1,169	4,126	5,722	2,678
Master’s degree programmes	2,115	1,816	299	837	1,274	508
Continuing education master’s degree programmes/certificates	477	372	105	213	261	227

Subject group	Overall	German	International	Female	Male	New students
	131	123	8	91	40	70
Human Medicine / Health Sciences	153	135	18	107	46	51
Engineering Sciences	6,410	5,554	856	1,528	4,866	1,865
Art, Fine Arts	526	459	67	355	159	82
Mathematics, Natural Sciences	650	563	87	249	396	259
Law, Economics, and Social Sciences	4,611	4,074	537	2,846	1,750	1,086

Faculty/Institute	Overall	German	International	Female	Male	New students
Applied Chemistry	307	267	40	149	155	109
Applied Mathematics, Physics and Humanities	490	432	58	190	297	225
Architecture	342	305	37	206	134	66
Civil Engineering	717	677	40	195	520	232
Business Administration	2,969	2,431	538	1,477	1,488	785
Design	516	450	66	349	156	82
Electrical Engineering, Precision Engineering, Information Technology	1,787	1,539	248	403	1,380	494
Computer Science	1,142	1,008	134	229	909	298
Mechanical Engineering and Building Services Engineering	1,468	1,241	227	216	1,251	473
School of Health	237	216	21	189	48	76
Social Sciences	1,523	1,470	53	1,218	295	290
Process Engineering	228	199	29	51	177	62
Materials Engineering	254	244	10	62	191	104
OHM Professional School	339	298	41	145	193	101

 

Employees & adjunct faculty

Overall	1,746
Professors	363
Academic and research staff (without professors)	219
Administrative staff	703
Student helpers & tutors	461
Adjunct faculty	703

Version date: 7 December 2025

Number of students from summer semester 2010 - winter semester 2025/2026