Premises
The Campus in Kulmbach
Teaching at the new satellite campus of the University of Bayreuth in Kulmbach started with the winter semester 2020/21. At that time we had to improvise a lot and rented various rooms at different locations for our lectures. Two years later, at the start of the 2022/23 winter semester, we reached a major milestone when we moved into the Old Spinning Mill ("Alte Spinnerei"), which had been renovated since 2019.
Various lecture rooms, a large lounge, a canteen, a library and several offices are now located here. The faculty administration has its offices in the former administration villa of the Kulmbach Spinning Mill. The laboratories, which have been equipped according to the latest standards, are integrated in the building of the Fritz shopping center, where some of the natural science chairs are also located. (Map of the campus)
Alte Spinnerei (ASP), Hans-Hacker-Straße 10
Right next to the administration villa is the Alte Spinnerei (Old Spinning Mill). In this large historic building the university uses two floors, which can be accessed via the southern staircase (bus terminal ZOB). There is barrier-free access (elevator) on the side facing the villa. The unrenovated part of the building is not part of the University premises - it is the site of the planned “Green Centre”.
1st floor
New auditorium
Our new auditorium, which was inaugurated in time for the opening of the winter semester 2024/25, offers space for 102 students (+ 1 wheelchair space) and is equipped with state-of-the-art technology.
New lecture room
Another seminar room has been set up in the close proximity of the auditorium. The special feature is mobile furniture, which makes it possible to adapt the room to individual teaching situations and create a modern working atmosphere.
Mensa
Our Mensa offers daily changing, healthy and varied meals to our students and employees. From a delicious breakfast to a rich lunch menue including a salad bar to an afternoon snack: balanced, sustainable, local, fair - always taking into account the sustainability guidelines of the Studierendenwerke. A modern and communicative ambience with space for more than 100 guests invites you to linger. Click here for the menue and opening hours. Guest cards are available for non-university guests at the mensa desk. Please be aware that cash payment is not possible.
The laboratory and office space of the chair of Digital Health is also located on the first floor of the Alte Spinnerei.
2nd floor
Lecture Rooms
Four lecture rooms of different sizes are located on the 2nd floor of the Alte Spinnerei, as well as a large lounge area and the PC pool. Apart from that the PULS Study Service Team and the Student Council also have their offices here.
Desk-Sharing Workspaces
There have also been set up four rooms on the second floor of the Alte Spinnerei, each with four desk-sharing workstations. These can be used, for example, by academic staff or for consultation appointments with central university institutions.
Specialized Library
A large selection of literature is available to our students in our well-stocked specialized library. There are 16 workstations and a lounge area with several seats. The sound-absorbing booths in the lounges are equipped with sockets and USB ports. Height-adjustable workstations are available for particularly ergonomic working.
Fritz Shopping Centre, Fritz-Hornschuch-Straße 9
In the Fritz Shopping Centre, right next to the office building of the Campus in Kulmbach, the University of Bayreuth occupies an area of in total 2,800 sqm on several floors. A characteristic scientific working environment has been created. In addition to office space for the professors and their teams, it offers mainly laboratories for novice internships in biology and chemistry with extensive measuring technology, key labs and seminar rooms. All laboratories boast state-of-the-art equipment.
Barrier-free access is provided by elevators.
1st floor
This floor accommodates the offices, meeting rooms and key labs for the professorships Food Metabolome as well as Bioanalytical Sciences and Food Analysis: here PhD students and other scientists find modern labs for their research. Seminar room 139 can be accessed through the door at the end of the corridor (behind H&M).
2nd floor
On this floor you will find the well-equipped state-of-the-art laboratories for novice internships in natural sciences.
3rd floor
The new space on the 3rd floor of the Fritz was occupied at the end of 2023. This is now the home of the Professorships of Biochemistry of Microorganisms, Molecular Exercise Physiology and Nutritional Physiology.
7th floor
The offices, labs and measuring rooms of the professorships for Nutritional Biochemistry as well as for Crop Plant Genetics are located right at the top - with a beautiful view over Kulmbach.
Administration Villa, Fritz-Hornschuch-Straße 13
The offices of the faculty administration as well as the chairs of Food Sociology, Food Supply Chain Management, Food Law and Public Health Nutrition are located here. Since April 2024, the Villa is also home to the professorships for Global Nutrition and Health Policy as well as for Law and Economics of Health and Risk Regulation. On the second floor there is a seminar room as well as the media laboratory.
Please note that there is no barrier-free access for the administration villa.
Seminar room on the 2nd floor
The seminar room offers up to 20 seats and is used for lectures as well as for internal meetings.
Media lab on the 2nd floor
The modern media lab on the Campus in Kulmbach was created in close cooperation with the FZBHL. Here our teachers have the possibility to record their lectures in front of the green screen. In media and presentation training, our students learn and practice how scientific information can be produced and published in a manner that is comprehensible for the public.
