▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 7 – 1 9 6 8 ▁winter ▁sem ester , ▁initially ▁housing ▁fac ult ies ▁in ▁Law ▁and ▁Business ▁Sciences ▁and ▁Philosoph y . ▁During ▁the ▁summer ▁sem ester ▁of ▁ 1 9 6 8 ▁the ▁fac ulty ▁of ▁The ology ▁was ▁created . ▁Currently , ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Reg ens burg ▁houses ▁eleven ▁fac ult ies . ▁ ▁The ▁university ▁act ively ▁particip ates ▁in ▁the ▁European ▁Union ' s ▁SO CR AT ES ▁programme ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁several ▁TE MP US ▁program mes . ▁Its ▁most ▁famous ▁academic , ▁the ▁previous ▁Pope ▁Bened ict ▁XVI , ▁served ▁as ▁a ▁professor ▁there ▁until ▁ 1 9 7 7 ▁and ▁formally ▁retain s ▁his ▁chair ▁in ▁the ology . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Att empt s ▁to ▁establish ▁a ▁university ▁in ▁Reg ens burg ▁had ▁been ▁advoc ated ▁since ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 5 th ▁century . ▁In ▁ 1 4 8 7 , ▁Duke ▁Al bre cht ▁IV ▁of ▁Bav aria ▁and ▁the ▁Reg ens burg ▁city ▁council ▁sent ▁a ▁pet ition ▁to ▁Pope ▁In noc ent ▁VIII ▁to ▁establish ▁a ▁university ▁within ▁the ▁city . ▁The ▁idea ▁was ▁rejected , ▁failing ▁for ▁economic ▁reasons . ▁In ▁ 1 5 6 2 , ▁Cro at ian ▁Protest ant ▁reform er ▁Matth ias ▁F la cius ▁again ▁advoc ated ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁a ▁university ▁in ▁the ▁city , ▁arg uing ▁that ▁a ▁university ▁in ▁Reg ens burg ▁would ▁spread ▁the ▁ideas ▁of ▁the ▁Protest ant ▁Re formation ▁to