Eichstatt

eichstaett.de 1,5 tb information Eichstätt is a small historic town in Upper Bavaria with 13,500 inhabitants and 1400 years of history, famous for its baroque architecture, Jura Museum with Archaeopteryx fossils and UNESCO Altmühltal Geopark. The Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt enrolls about 4,800 students across 4 faculties spanning theology, philosophy, languages and business in Ingolstadt. Under President Dr. Klaus Stüwe since 2023, it received 5.86 million euro in Bavarian funding for digital transformation and AI programs. It is developing an international campus in Shandong, China and launching new sustainability master's degrees. Key strengths are its Catholic identity, small class sizes and strategic location between Munich and Nuremberg.