Folkwang

Folkwang University of the Arts in figures

Students

  • Total number: 1.653
  • German: 63,3 %
  • International: 36,7 %

as of October 2025
 

Teachers  

  • Professors: 101
      including guest professorships: 2
      including visiting professorships: 2
  • Teaching staff for special tasks / Artistic/Academic staff: 87
  • Contract teachers: 249
  • Total teachers: 437


Other staff  

  • Other staff Administration & Technics): 165
      including trainees: 6
      interns: 1
     

as of January 2026
 

Budget     

Size of budget: 39,8 million euros
as of November 2025
 

Third-Party Funding

Financial year 2025: €2,684,377
Financial year 2024: €2,762,520