Online Info Sessions

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Invitation to the Kulmbach City Talks of the summer term 2026

The first Kulmbach City Talk will take place 12 May, 2026 at 6:00 pm. Attend the lecture on “Fuel for the muscles: Focus on proteins.” We look forward to seeing you! No admission fees. ...more

All about Studying

We provide a comprehensive range of information and support services to help you start your studies in Kulmbach well-prepared, confident and at ease. ...more

Apply now for one of our interdisciplinary study programmes in the Life Sciences! Explore the world of research – with practical, hands-on content and excellent support. The application deadline for the winter semester 2025/26 is June 15, 2025. ...more

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Ten Good Reasons for Campus Kulmbach

There are many good reasons to study on campus in Kulmbach. We have compiled the top ten on our website. ...more

M.Sc. Food System Sciences

Food chemistry, human physiology, food law and bioeconomy combined in a pioneering study programme. You may apply for the winter semester 26/27 from March 1st to June 15th. ...more

M.Sc. Food Quality and Safety

Sustainable production and distribution of healthy food of the highest quality, feeding a steadily growing world population and optimizing existing and developing new supply chains - thanks to interdisciplinarity, various competencies come into play here. You may apply for the winter semester 26/27 from March 1st to June 15th. ...more

M.Sc.Global Food, Nutrition and Health

This Master's program provides students with the interdisciplinary skills required to develop and implement solutions to global challenges at the interface of food, nutrition and health. You may apply for the winter semester 26/27 from March 1st to June 15th. ...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

Job Vacancies - University of Bayreuth Campus Kulmbach

Discover the latest job vacancies for the campus in Kulmbach. We are looking forward to your application! ...more

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

The Faculty of Life Sciences offers interdisciplinary and internationally oriented degree programmes in nutrition, health and quality of life. If you are interested in topics such as healthy eating or the prevention of diseases such as type 2 diabetes, you will find a wide range of study options here.

Our degree programmes:

Applications for all master's programmes for the 2026/27 winter semester are open until June 15, 2026. Enrollment for the bachelor's programme is open from April 15, 2026.

Click here to go to the application portal!

Why study at the Kulmbach campus? Here are 10 good reasons.

Do you have questions about our degree programmes or the campus in Kulmbach? Meet the programme moderators live at our Zoom information events!

You can find all the answers to your questions about applying and studying here.

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

In the winter semester 2025/26 a total of 432 students are enrolled in the master's programmes "Global Food, Nutrition and Health", "Food System Sciences" and "Food Quality and Safety" as well as in the bachelor's programme "Lebensmittel- und Gesundheitswissenschaften" ...more

Research

An internationally experienced and steadily growing team of - in the winter semester 2025/26 - 14 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

Faculty of Life Sciences: Food, Nutrition and Health

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