The profile of the University of Erfurt is reflected in its various research activities within the three cross-sectional and research foci "Bildung. Schule. Verhalten." ("Education, School, and Behaviour"); "Religion. Gesellschaft. Weltbeziehungen" ("Religion, Society, and our Relationships to the World") and "Wissen. Räume.Medien." ("Knowledge, Spaces, and Media").