The University of Erfurt’s research activities are highly diversified. The following two university-wide areas of specialization are of key importance in shaping the University of Erfurt’s research profile:

These areas of specialization have been further intensified by the creation of graduate schools and graduate centers. The first graduate school at the University of Erfurt, jointly operated by the Max Weber Center, the Interdisciplinary Forum on Religion, and the Gotha Research Center, opened in the fall of 2008.