Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg Especially high-ranked majors: German, sociology, pedagogy The University of Bamberg is a middle-sized University with an academic focus on the humanities, social and economic sciences, as well as human sciences rounded out by application-oriented computer sciences. Interdisciplinary research activity and the ability to combine degree programmes contribute to the university’s distinguished status in Germany’s academic community. At the University of Bamberg, research and teaching are treated as one entity; service facilities and administration foster innovation and productivity. Success can be seen not only in exceptional individual research projects, but also in larger-scale cooperative research. The university is committed to quality teaching, and the high rankings that the university has received are an incentive to continue to strive toward that goal. Semesters in Germany run from October-February and April-July.
