Welcome to Campus Kulmbach!

Find out more about our interdisciplinary fields of research and get to know our professors. ...more

Winners of the architectural competition

The Europe-wide architectural competition for the first construction phase of the new campus in Kulmbach has been decided: The design by Stuttgart-based a+r Architekten with bäuerle landschaftsarchitektur + stadtplanung came out on top out of 18 submissions. ...more

Our Buddy Programme

To ease the start for our newcomers, we are looking for people that have ties to Kulmbach. Whether it is having coffee or going on an excursion together, visiting a concert, playing sports or just chatting: The project aims to create acquaintances and friendships across cultural differences. ...more

35 graduates - 30 Master's Students and the first five Bachelor's Students celebrated their successful graduation on 09 November 2024. Congratulations and all the best for the future!

The core topics of our faculty: Food, Nutrition, Health

What is behind the tree core topics that the Faculty of Life Sciences: Food, Nutrition and Health is dealing with? Learn more in our clips. ...more

New Master´s Programme Food System Sciences

Food chemistry, human physiology, food law and bioeconomy combined in a pioneering study programme. Start in winter semester 24/25. ...more

B.Sc. "Lebensmittel- und Gesundheitswissenschaften"

The current global challenges in the field of nutrition and health are the focus of this bachelor's programme. Lots of information about the course content can be found here: ...more

Facts about nutrition: the Ernährungsradar.

In cooperation between professors and students of the Faculty of Life Sciences and the Akademie für Neue Medien, evidence-based and comprehensible media contributions on current topics related to nutrition are produced - supported by the Oberfrankenstiftung. ...more

Visit our Specialized Library!

Our Specialized Library offers our students a large selection of specialist literature, modern workstations and expert service - have a look on it! ...more

Winners of the architectural competition for the faculty in Kulmbach announced

The Europe-wide architectural competition for the first construction phase of the new campus in Kulmbach has been decided: On 24.09.2024, the jury selected the winners. The design by Stuttgart-based a+r Architekten with bäuerle landschaftsarchitektur + stadtplanung came out on top out of 18 submissions. ...more

New and innovative: the Faculty of Life Sciences: Food, Nutrition and Health

The concept of the youngest faculty at the University of Bayreuth follows a holistic approach. In accordance with the tradition of the University of Bayreuth, it deals with interdisciplinary research and teaching on the great challenges of our time:

What are the causal relationships between risk of disease and life style and/or nutrition?
Which individual, social, cultural, and/or socio-economic factors hinder healthy lifestyles and diets?
How can providing people with sufficient quantities of healthy food be improved?

The Faculty of Life Sciences: Food, Nutrition and Health aims to find answers to these questions and challenges through its interdisciplinary approach, and to develop innovative solutions. To this end, the natural science perspective, which focuses on current, far-reaching methodological revolutions in the life sciences, is combined with modern concepts from the economic, legal, social, and behavioural sciences. It interlinks with the special competencies offered by the nutrition cluster in Kulmbach with a large number of official institutions and a wide range of food-producing industries.

Study at the Faculty of Life Sciences

In winter semester 2024/25 we offer the following study programmes:

Bachelor's programme "Lebensmittel- und Gesundheitswissenschaften"
Master's programmes "Food Quality and Safety", "Food System Sciences" and "Global Food, Nutrition and Health"

Find out more about our study programmes from the professors of the faculty or hear what our students have to say about their studies.

Take a look at our new, state-of-the-art practical labs. Still have questions? Find the answers here!

Were we able to arouse your interest? Then become part of the Faculty of Life Sciences. Click here for the application platform.
Application period (only for Master's programmes): 01.03.-15.06.
Enrolment period for the winter semester 2024/25 (all programmes): 15.04.-26.09.24

The University of Bayreuth in Kulmbach - the milestones
As the youngest of seven faculties at the University of Bayreuth, the Faculty of Life Sciences: Food, Nutrition and Health is still in its developmental phase. However, a lot has happened since the decision of the Bavarian Council of Ministers in June 2017 to found the faculty until the planning order for the new campus building was issued in May 2023. See for yourself!

Study

In the summer semester 2024 a total of 253 students are enrolled in the two existing master's programmes "Global Food, Nutrition and Health" and "Food Quality and Safety" as well as in the bachelor's programme "Lebensmittel- und Gesundheitswissenschaften" ...more

Professorships

An internationally experienced and steadily growing team of - in the summer semester 2024 - 13 professors is commited to developing and expanding our faculty. Closely cooperating in teaching, highly active and perfectly networked in research, they create the conditions for a sustainable and well-founded education for our students and for the scientific expertise of the faculty ...more

Kulmbach site

The Kulmbach campus currently extends over five buildings and covers almost 10,000 m² for classrooms, laboratories, offices, mensa, library and more. The administration of he faculty is located in the former administration building of the Kulmbacher Spinnerei ...more