Budget and External Funding

Development of the university's budget

(as of Juli 2026)
  20182019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Total amount (in m€) 141,63 139,37 143,52 152,51 156,81 158,76 155,85 165,33
University’s budget 89,63 94,14 98,49 114,94 121,86 122,01 129,06 136,57
thereof state subsidy for universities 85,14 86,88 93,23 110,75 119,24 118,83 122,51 129,35
Special state funding 26,30 16,27 19,48 13,77 9,88 8,88 4,00 5,24
External funding 25,70 28,96 25,55 23,80 25,07 27,87 22,78 23,52

Development of income from external funding

(according to Hochschulfinanzstatistik; as of July 2026)
  20182019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Total amount (in m€) 25,70 28,96 25,55 23,80 25,07 27,87 22,78 23,52
Public external funds                
National public funding sources (federal government, state governments, local authorities, other public funding sources) 6,53 7,18 7,40 4,99 5,09 8,62 8,41 8,53
German Research Foundation (incl. CRCs, Excellence Initiative, graduate schools etc.) 13,41 12,92 9,58 12,44 12,40 10,55 9,74 9,22
EU and other international governmental organizations 2,09 2,20 4,02 1,90 1,94 2,98 0,34 0,36
Private sector                
National foundations and similar 1,78 4,35 3,19 2,95 4,76 4,57 3,02 3,92
Other private funding sources 1,89 2,31 1,36 1,52 0,88 1,15 1,27 1,48