Life in Würzburg

Würzburg is a medium-sized university town located at the heart of Germany and the EU. It is located not far from Frankfurt airport and within a few hours ride – by train or car – of many large German and European cities. With its baroque architecture, the marvelous surrounding vineyards and its Mediterranean flair, Würzburg is sometimes referred to as the “northernmost city of Italy”. Würzburg is beautifully located at the Main river, overlooked by a medieval fortress. It also hosts the UNESCO world heritage baroque `Residenz’ palace with its world-famous staircase and ceiling fresco.
With approximately 29.000 students among 130.000 inhabitants, Würzburg is one of the youngest cities in the region with large variety of cultural activities, where it is easy to make new friends. Würzburg is also considered one of the safest cities in Germany and has the advantage of comparably low living costs.

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Public Transportation

Würzburg offers an extensive and very reliable public transportation network of buses and trams. You will find complete details on connections, prices, timetables, route planning and everything else on their website VVM.

Students at Würzburg University enjoy free access to all buses and trams in and around the city center. 

Physics in Würzburg has a long and venerable tradition with numerous nobel prize winners. More information can be found here.

The faculties of the Julius-Maximilians-University are spread all over the city. The physics faculty is located at Campus Hubland South and Campus Hubland North.

There are two Dining areas (Mensa) located in between those two and Cafeterias.

The  main Library of the JMU is also located in Campus Hubland South, but every faculty has in addition also a seperate  subject-specific library, for physics students located right in the main physics building. Materials in these subject-specific libraries are usually accessible to the entire campus community, but often cannot be borrowed and are available during more limited hours.

The 15 chairs (involving 25 professors) at the Faculty of Physics and Astronomy in Würzburg cover a broad range of topics within condensed matter physics, particle and astrophysics, energy research, quantum- and nanooptics, optoelectronics and imaging technologies, combining experimental, theoretical and applied approaches. More information about our current research can be found here.