Saarland University is a campus university located in

• Saarbrücken
• Homburg (Medical Faculty and University Teaching Hospital)

more than 18,500 students

284 professors

1,729 other academic staff

1,515 student teaching and research assistants

1,527 administrative and technical personnel

Founded in 1948 with French support

Early European orientation:

Europa-Institut founded in 1951

Centre juridique franco-allemand established 1955

Attracting numerous distinguished research institutions to the campus has strengthened Saarland's role as a key region for academic and scientific excellence.

 Eight faculties:

• Law and Economics
  Pronounced European focus; other key areas in the field of applied information technology (legal and business informatics)
• Medicine
  Biomedical focus
• Humanities I–III
  Inter-faculty collaboration in the area of cognitive science; comparative cultural studies and research into border regions are additional areas of specialization.
• Natural Science and Technology I–III
  Inter-faculty cooperation in, for example, the field of new materials; new interdisciplinary research work conducted in the areas of computer and communications technology, bioinformatics and nano-biotechnology; numerous international contacts and key research areas of industrial and commercial significance offer motivated students opportunities to gain excellent career-enhancing qualifications.

(Last updated: July 2012)