With the start of the 2026/27 winter semester, the University of Technology Nuremberg (UTN) is welcoming its fourth cohort of students. From October 5 to 9, Welcome Week offers a comprehensive program. New students will learn about their studies and the semester ahead while getting to know UTN, their fellow students, Nuremberg, and the surrounding region.
Around 100 new students have enrolled in UTN’s two Master’s degree programs, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (AIR) and Human and Artificial Intelligence (HAI), for the start of the current academic year. The exact number will not be confirmed until November. Both Master’s programs explore artificial intelligence from different perspectives: AIR combines AI and robotics and prepares students for careers in research and industry. HAI brings together computer science, psychology, and philosophy. It focuses on how human thinking and artificial intelligence interact and how this interplay can be shaped responsibly in the future.
With the new cohort, UTN is continuing to expand its range of degree programs. Academic operations began in the 2023/24 winter semester with AIR, and HAI was added in the 2025/26 winter semester. UTN’s first Bachelor’s degree program, Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence, will follow in the 2027/28 winter semester.
Welcome Week officially kicked off with a welcome event on UTN’s new campus in Nuremberg-Lichtenreuth, where members of the Executive Board, department chairs, and student representatives greeted the new students. This is followed by an opportunity to connect with students who are already familiar with everyday university life at UTN and who will share their experiences and insights. From October 5 to 9, the new students will get to know their degree programs, UTN’s various locations, and important points of contact across the university. The program ranges from introductions to IT tools and AI applications to workshops on planning their studies, learning strategies, and intercultural communication. Student initiatives, university services, and various external organizations will also introduce themselves as part of the “WOW@UTN Expo.”
Right from the start, UTN places great importance on helping new students experience its unique “culture of belonging”, that is, a sense of belonging, welcome, and community. “With our fourth cohort, campus life will become even more vibrant. The new students are also helping to shape our UTN. In doing so, they become part of our unique founding story. The small class sizes allow us to establish close contact from the very beginning with faculty, support services, and other UTN members, a connection, which is so defining for us as a young university,” says Prof. Dr. Isa Jahnke, Vice President for Education, and International Affairs, welcoming the program.
Special highlights of the Welcome Week program include a potluck dinner, with students bringing dishes to share, and a guided tour of Nuremberg’s Old Town. On Saturday, October 10, the International Community Day Mittelfranken will round off the week’s program, offering international students in particular opportunities to find information and connect with the wider international community in the region.
Press Photos for Download:
New Students at UTN (Copyright: UTN)
About the University of Technology Nuremberg
The University of Technology Nuremberg (UTN), founded in 2021, is the first newly established public university in Bavaria since 1978. The UTN is a living laboratory building a university for the age of AI and the rapidly advancing changes in technology, business and society. The UTN strives to become a strong regional force in research, teaching and transfer and an internationally leading university of the 21st century with regional roots and a global outlook.
The 37-hectare, sustainable UTN campus will form the center of the new Lichtenreuth district in Nuremberg, close to the historic city center. Around 6,000 students, 200 professors and at least 2,000 employees will study and work there. Study programs will integrate aspects of technology, liberal arts, social sciences and natural sciences to ideally prepare students for the interdisciplinary requirements of the new world of work.
Contact
Head of UnitCommunication Unit
With the start of the 2026/27 winter semester, the University of Technology Nuremberg (UTN) is welcoming its fourth cohort of students. From October 5 to 9, Welcome Week offers a comprehensive program. New students will learn about their studies and the semester ahead while getting to know UTN, their fellow students, Nuremberg, and the surrounding region.
Around 100 new students have enrolled in UTN’s two Master’s degree programs, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (AIR) and Human and Artificial Intelligence (HAI), for the start of the current academic year. The exact number will not be confirmed until November. Both Master’s programs explore artificial intelligence from different perspectives: AIR combines AI and robotics and prepares students for careers in research and industry. HAI brings together computer science, psychology, and philosophy. It focuses on how human thinking and artificial intelligence interact and how this interplay can be shaped responsibly in the future.
With the new cohort, UTN is continuing to expand its range of degree programs. Academic operations began in the 2023/24 winter semester with AIR, and HAI was added in the 2025/26 winter semester. UTN’s first Bachelor’s degree program, Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence, will follow in the 2027/28 winter semester.
Welcome Week officially kicked off with a welcome event on UTN’s new campus in Nuremberg-Lichtenreuth, where members of the Executive Board, department chairs, and student representatives greeted the new students. This is followed by an opportunity to connect with students who are already familiar with everyday university life at UTN and who will share their experiences and insights. From October 5 to 9, the new students will get to know their degree programs, UTN’s various locations, and important points of contact across the university. The program ranges from introductions to IT tools and AI applications to workshops on planning their studies, learning strategies, and intercultural communication. Student initiatives, university services, and various external organizations will also introduce themselves as part of the “WOW@UTN Expo.”
Right from the start, UTN places great importance on helping new students experience its unique “culture of belonging”, that is, a sense of belonging, welcome, and community. “With our fourth cohort, campus life will become even more vibrant. The new students are also helping to shape our UTN. In doing so, they become part of our unique founding story. The small class sizes allow us to establish close contact from the very beginning with faculty, support services, and other UTN members, a connection, which is so defining for us as a young university,” says Prof. Dr. Isa Jahnke, Vice President for Education, and International Affairs, welcoming the program.
Special highlights of the Welcome Week program include a potluck dinner, with students bringing dishes to share, and a guided tour of Nuremberg’s Old Town. On Saturday, October 10, the International Community Day Mittelfranken will round off the week’s program, offering international students in particular opportunities to find information and connect with the wider international community in the region.
Press Photos for Download:
New Students at UTN (Copyright: UTN)
About the University of Technology Nuremberg
The University of Technology Nuremberg (UTN), founded in 2021, is the first newly established public university in Bavaria since 1978. The UTN is a living laboratory building a university for the age of AI and the rapidly advancing changes in technology, business and society. The UTN strives to become a strong regional force in research, teaching and transfer and an internationally leading university of the 21st century with regional roots and a global outlook.
The 37-hectare, sustainable UTN campus will form the center of the new Lichtenreuth district in Nuremberg, close to the historic city center. Around 6,000 students, 200 professors and at least 2,000 employees will study and work there. Study programs will integrate aspects of technology, liberal arts, social sciences and natural sciences to ideally prepare students for the interdisciplinary requirements of the new world of work.
Contact
Peter Diehl
Communication Unit