Service Institutions

University Library

The university library serves the literary and reference needs of researchers, students and instructors at the University of Bamberg. Additionally, library resources are also available to other users from the city of Bamberg and the broader community.

Computing Centre

The university computing centre – one of the university’s central institutions – plans, procures and operates the university’s data and language communication infrastructure. With a personal user number, one may take advantage of the extensive software capabilities made available via PC-pool computers and access the university’s data network and internet connection. PC-pools are located in the "Hochzeitshaus", at "An der Universität 5" and in the Computing Centre building.

Language Centre

The language centre offers philological language courses, business language courses and general language courses designed for students from all faculties. Furthermore, all courses in German as a foreign language, preparatory courses for German language examinations required of foreign students for university admission and standardized Latin and Greek examinations fall under the responsibility of the language centre.

Centre for Teacher Training

The Bamberg Centre for Teacher Training was established in order to coordinate teacher training at the University of Bamberg and to promote classroom teaching research. Maintaining and improving the general framework for successful completion of the degree within the standard time as well as generally and sustainably strengthening the University of Bamberg’s teacher training programme are at the core of the centre’s activities.

University-Affiliated Institutions

The University of Bamberg fosters cooperative relationships with numerous regional and inter-regional institutions (ministries, educational institutions, student welfare services). It also maintains partnerships with various foreign universities in the areas of teaching, research and student exchange.

Training Centre for University Teaching

The Training Centre for University Teaching (FBZHL) is a cooperative institution run and financed by the universities of Bamberg, Bayreuth, Erlangen/Nuremberg and Würzburg. The training centre is dedicated to the didactic qualification of non-professorial teaching staff. For this purpose, the FBZHL organizes and carries out advanced university teacher training courses and events for these four Northern Bavarian universities.

Athletics Centre

The University of Bamberg Athletics Centre works to ensure that athletics are and remain a significant part of the university. It is home to degree programmes in sport teaching, oversees the Diplom programme’s required electives in sport, offers popular courses in university-wide athletics and supplements regular course offerings with a variety of activities and events.

University Archives

The University of Bamberg’s archives serve, as it were, as the cultural and historical memory of the university and the institutions representing its historic precursors. According to the Bavarian Archive Act (BayArchivG), the archives are responsible for archiving – cataloguing, evaluating, acquiring, making available and storing and maintaining – all accumulated and, due to their importance, preservation-worthy materials.