We regularly perform very successfully in internationally-renowned university rankings. Ulm university scores particularly highly for its dedicated teaching and outstanding supervisory relationships. In research we are consistently to the fore in third-party funding and cooperations with industry. Several Ulm researchers are among the most-cited and highly influential worldwide.
About us
Founded in 1967, Ulm University is the youngest university in Baden-Württemberg and has developed dynamically and successfully since its foundation. Its faculties of Engineering, Computer Science and Psychology, Mathematics and Economics, Medicine and Natural Sciences achieve excellence in research and are intensely dedicated to their care of students.
Presenting Ulm University
As a modern, international research university we take an interdisciplinary approach to the global challenges of our time. We conduct excellent basic research while ensuring that it leads to innovations and applications that benefit society: from sustainable battery materials through innovative trauma therapies to quantum-based forward-looking technologies. Our focused range of subjects as a university specialising in STEM and medicine gives us a unique profile and distinguishes us from other universities.
Ulm University has an exceptional history as a young university that works for and with the community and is located on a green campus. It is the heart of Science City Ulm and a beacon in the region and beyond. Excellent research and teaching are our benchmark. Our first-class scientists are known around the world and as teachers are passionate about sharing their expertise. As a result, personal contact and the intensive professional exchange of expertise goes well beyond disciplinary boundaries.
The heart of the Science City
The University is the driving force behind the Science City of Ulm, where an innovative environment of hospitals, technology companies and research institutions has grown up. Ulm University is optimally involved in this blend of science and industry – and purely coincidentally has the highest altitude university campus in Germany.
More about Science City Ulm (in German)
The importance of the University to the City of Ulm
“Established as the result of a citizens’ initiative, today Ulm University is an internationally renowned research university which offers outstanding conditions for study and research in its specialist range of subjects. We shape the topics of the future at an excellent level. Check us out! We look forward to meeting you.”
Prof. Michael Weber
President of Ulm University
“The university is the nucleus of our Science City Ulm, which today powers employment in the region. Good brains are our capital. The university plays a crucial role in finding and keeping them. Science City Ulm without Ulm University? Inconceivable!”
Martin Ansbacher
Mayor of the City of Ulm
“The university plays an immense role not only in the development of young talent but also in marketing the region as an interesting, liveable place that offers an excellent education. Equally important are the many projects involving knowledge transfer between science and industry which we are pleased to be pushing forward together with the university.”
Petra Engstler-Karrasch
Managing Director of IHK Ulm
“The physical proximity of the University Hospital and the university is optimal for top quality, forward-looking medicine. Through an intensive exchange we promote the continuous development of clinical processes, benefiting innovations in medical research and offering both students and staff members a first-class, practical training.”
Prof. Udo X. Kaisers
Chief Medical Director of Ulm University Hospital
Our graduates are highly regarded
We are a university that unites top results with dedication to the personal development of its members.
For us, students are not just a number but valued members of our community. The short distances here mean there is an intimate and open atmosphere, with a straightforward attitude to one another. Ulm University is not only here to deliver knowledge but to help shape the world. This belief can also be seen in our graduates: they are optimally prepared to assume responsibility and shake things up in their sectors.
University rankings: strong in research – dedicated in teaching
Insight into Ulm University
Sustainability & Climate Protection
For many years now, the university has been identifying potential for energy savings. This has now been combined into an official concept for energy saving and climate protection. The goal: to be climate-neutral by 2030.
Internationalisation
Ulm University is a cosmopolitan university: people from more than 100 countries study, research and work on campus. Intercultural sensitivity, openness and tolerance are at the heart of our welcoming culture. A strong network of international partners offers opportunities abroad for students and researchers.
Entrepreneurship
In order to support academics who want to develop business models from their ideas, the Entrepreneur Campus was founded in 2022. It offers events, courses and workshops. The aim is to provide start-up support from Day 1, even before there is a business plan.
More about the Entrepreneur Campus
How we shape the future
We are part of the university community and represent all its staff and students.
“Studies at Ulm University take a very practical approach with a high mentoring quota. In almost every subject we have our own tutors we can talk to. This makes it easy to get help and answers questions quickly.”
Lukas Lilje
Medical student
“At Ulm University's post office, we make sure that letters and parcels get to where they belong. Satisfied customers are important to us. And if there are any problems with the dispatch, we are happy to help.”
Jürgen Kirchvogel
Post office
“I’m part of a motivated team in which everyone supports each other. We attach great importance to an efficient and helpful way of working that benefits everyone at the university.”
Erna Pehlivanovic
Secretariat Division (Dezernat) I
"It is very motivating to work with an international team and in a global, interdisciplinary network on the major challenges of our time."
Prof. Simone Sommer
Institute of Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics
Foundation of Ulm University
Our university had an unusual founding history: the stubborn and assertive people of Ulm had to fight for a university.
02/07/1960
Idea of founding a university
Ulm University task force formed
25/02/1967
Official foundation ceremony
in the Kornhaus
04/07/1967
Officially designated
“Medizinisch-naturwissenschaftliche Hochschule” university
Further information
Virtual tour
Take a look around Ulm University and get a first impression with our 360° images on Google Maps.
Are you looking for a job? Come to Ulm University!
Ulm University staff work for the future – in research, teaching, medical services and support sectors. We want you to feel good here, so as an employer the university offers multifaceted roles in a highly innovative research, teaching and working environment, as well as numerous ways of combining work and life. We also offer many traineeships.