A new website for the University of Würzburg
The requirements for the design and functionality of websites are constantly changing. After the last revision in 2017, the design, navigation concept and mobile view of the current university website no longer meet current standards. Take a look back at the history of our university website.
Our aim is to create a modern, attractive and intuitive website that attracts prospective students, puts excellent research in the spotlight and brings university life to life. To achieve this goal, we are guided by a clear vision and mission. They give us direction and guide decisions in the relaunch.
The website is of central, strategic importance for the university:
- For many people, the website is the first point of contact with the university be it for prospective students, researchers, potential employees or the interested public. A high-quality digital business card is crucial in order to survive national and international competition.
- Many members of the University of Würzburg use the website on a daily basis. A functional website makes daily work noticeably easier and contributes to an efficient and excellent administration and university.
The relaunch of the website is also part of the brand strategy process currently being carried out at the University of Würzburg. The launch of the new corporate design and the first go-live of the web relaunch are scheduled for November 2026.
Project Manager
- Thomas Brune
Press Office
- Dr Esther Knemeyer
- Konstanze Fürst
- Alisa Hemmrich
- Dr Jacob Schmidt
IT Services
- Matthias Funken
- Sabine Müller
- Martin Schuhmann
The website is a daily companion for many university members and is aimed at different target groups. It is therefore particularly important to take into account the diverse requirements and wishes of the university community. Our project group is therefore deliberately broadly based with members from all status groups at the university.
The project group works together with the core team and our external consultant to develop key requirements for the website in several workshops.
Faculties
- Biocentre:
Markus Kiunke - Faculties of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Mathematics and Computer Science and Physics:
Dr Daniel Bellinger, Dr Ludwig Höllein - Faculty of Human Sciences, Faculty of Catholic Theology, Faculty of Philosophy:
Michael Byrd - Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital:
Dr Marc Appel - Faculty of Law and Economics:
Christian Schlosser
Central Facilities
- University Library:
Dr Katharina Boll-Becht - Professional School of Education:
Prof. Dr Thomas Trefzger
University Administration
- Student Service Centre:
Dr Daniel Hartmann - Service Centre InterNational Transfer:
Katharina Göthner
Accessibility
- Contact and Information Centre for Students with Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses (KIS):
Sandra Mölter
Students
- Student Spokesperson Council:
Yannik Bauer
University-wide participation
On 7 May 2025, students, teaching staff and employees from the entire university came together to exchange ideas for the future website at the World Café. At the World Café, requirements were collected that were directly incorporated into the technical tender - a fundamental step for the successful implementation of the new website.
15 December 2025: Kick-off with the agency Brain Appeal
18 November 2025: Brain Appeal is awarded the contract for the technical implementation
31 October 2025: Start of the university-wide content audit
16 October 2025: Pitch presentations by the technical service providers
12 September 2025: Announcement of a major content audit by email to editors (start: end of October)
30 August 2025: Invitation to tender for technical service providers published
22 July 2025: Kick-off event with the web design service provider pheenetz
19 May 2025: Workshop with pupils from St. Ursula School (press office)
13 May 2025: Intensive workshop II (project group and core team)
7 May 2025: World Café (university-wide participation event)
10 April 2025: Intensive workshop I (project group and core team)
March 2025: Project group convened
Ongoing: Meetings and dialogue with various status groups at the university
What happens next?
The start of the relaunch has been postponed by a few months and is now planned for November 2026. This adjustment creates planning security and enables a realistic, quality-assured implementation. In addition, the relaunch will allow the new student portal currently under development to go online. The migration process for the pages and areas belonging to the first expansion stage is expected to start in July 2026.
We know that switching to the new system is a big step for many people. Our aim is therefore to ease the burden on you as much as possible. We are therefore planning a largely centralised migration. From July, after an initial consultation, the Press and Public Relations department will move your pages to the new system and submit them for approval. In this way, we want to ensure that you are well accompanied and optimally supported.
We advise against completely reorganising pages now. However, you can already do some tidying up work in preparation for the upcoming revision of the pages:
- Delete and/or revise outdated content (pages, texts, images, news, events, etc.)
- Check translations
- Clean up the file list
If you have any questions, please contact onlineredaktion@uni-wuerzburg.de.
We will inform you in good time about the revision process and how we can support you as an editor with training and consultation hours.
You are welcome to send ideas and suggestions for the new website to the online editorial team at any time.
Currently no. There will no longer be fixed tile sizes on the new website, as the system is modular, dynamic and barrier-free. Content automatically adapts to different screen sizes, and images and text are maintained separately (no more text in the image). As the final modules are flexible, it is currently not worth designing new image tiles or fixed formats.
