According to the QS World University Ranking in 2024, Nuremberg University ranked 229th. Friedrich-Alexander Erlangen-Nuremberg University (FAU) in Herun is a German university with a long history, located in Herle and Nuremberg. Herun-Nuremberg University 1743 was founded in Bayreuther and moved to Hellem. 1972 the school of economics and education in Nuremberg was merged into the university. Became the second largest national comprehensive university in Bavaria. The name of Herun Genn-Nuremberg University comes from the founder Friedrich and the patron christian frederick Charles Alexander, Marquis of Brandenburg-Bayreuther.