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26NOV 2024
FAU news
DFG Funding Atlas: Seventh place for FAU
Seventh place in the DFG Funding Atlas 2024: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) has again shown that it is one of Germany’s top universities and above all how successful it is in attracting public research funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG). FAU acquired approximately 290 million euros of DFG funding Between 2020 and 2022, FAU received […]
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26NOV 2024
FAU news
FAU Teaching Award presented to early career researchers
Since 2016, FAU has awarded the annual University Teaching Award to early career researchers in recognition of excellent achievements in teaching. The award was presented to five researchers at FAU in 2024: Emel Löffelholz from the Department of Didactics (Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology), Dr. jur. Hyun Jung Lee from the Professorship for […]
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25NOV 2024
A cup with the President
A Cup with the President – Episode 14: Prof. Dr. Benedikt Morschheuser
Visiting Prof. Dr. Benedikt Morschheuser, Professorship for Information Systems (Gamification) Each semester, FAU President Prof. Dr. Joachim Hornegger visits professors who have just recently joined FAU. At their respective institutes, he gets to know them better as they talk about their research and share what is important to them. This series serves as a brief […]
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25NOV 2024
A cup with the President
A Cup with the President – Episode 16: Prof. Dr. Andreas Kist
At the office of Prof. Dr. Andreas Kist, Professorship for Artificial Intelligence in Communication Disorders Each semester, FAU President Prof. Dr. Joachim Hornegger visits professors who have just recently joined FAU. At their respective institutes, he gets to know them better as they talk about their research and share what is important to them. This […]
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22NOV 2024
Alumni
FAU Alumni #JobInsights: Veronika Kamer
Veronika Kamer studied Book Studies and German at our FAU. She works as a project manager at da kapo, an agency for sustainable brand communication in Fürth. In FAU Alumni #JobInsights, Veronika advises students to make valuable contacts and to keep their eyes open already during their studies. She also gives tips for preparing for […]
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21NOV 2024
FAU news
FAU researchers among the most highly cited in their subjects
Four researchers from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) are included in the Highly Cited Researchers List. This list names the 6886 most influential researchers across the globe in 2024. With a total of 332 researchers included in the list, Germany is ranked number 4. The four FAU researchers are: Prof. Dr. Georg Schett, Chair of Internal Medicine […]
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18NOV 2024
FAU news
It is time to register for examinations again
Remember to register for examinations now! You can register now for your examinations on campo.fau.de. Registration is open until December 8 (11:59 pm). All the information you need is available on the website of the Examination Office If you have any difficulties registering, for example if your examination is not listed, please first contact your […]
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18NOV 2024
FAU news
Random noise improves performance of AI systems
Noise, i.e., superimposing random fluctuations over signals, generally makes it more difficult to interpret information. Anyone who has tried to follow the news while listening to a radio program with a fuzzy signal knows that from their own experience. However, neural networks actually seem to benefit from a slight amount of noise being mixed into […]
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14NOV 2024
FAU news
FAU in the top 100 worldwide in four subjects
Shanghai subject ranking 2024 has been published FAU is listed among the 100 most prestigious universities in the world in four subjects. In Germany, FAU even managed to jump into the top 10 in seventeen subjects. A total of more than 5000 universities all over the world were evaluated in the ranking. In Telecommunication Engineering, […]
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14NOV 2024
FAU news
FAU Digital Tech Fellows Program receives 2024 “MöglichMacher” award
Excellent support for start-ups at Bavarian universities is rewarded: the “MöglichMacher” – Bayerischer Hochschulpreis Entrepreneurship” (Bavarian university award for entrepreneurship) has been awarded for the second time and FAU’s Digital Tech Fellows Program has scooped up one of the awards. Second place in the university category and 10,000 euros prize money goes to FAU’s entrepreneurship […]Excellent support for start-ups at Bavarian universities is rewarded: the “MöglichMacher” – Bayerischer Hochschulpreis Entrepreneurship” (Bavarian university award for entrepreneurship) has been awarded for the second time and FAU’s Digital Tech Fellows Program has scooped up one of the awards. Second place in the university category and 10,000 euros prize money goes to FAU’s entrepreneurship […]
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13NOV 2024
Study
FAUdoctorate Kick-Off Event
Have you recently started proceeding a doctoral project or do you want to know more about the services for doctoral candidates and the doctoral process in general at FAU? Then we are happy to invite you on behalf of the Vice President Professor Hirsch to our FAUdoctorate Kick-off Event on 21 November for the Academic […]
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11NOV 2024
Alumni
FAU Schlossgartenfest 2025: Alumni discount on Christmas pre-sale!
Did you study or conduct research at FAU? Then take advantage of your alumni benefit and secure the perfect Christmas gift with tickets for the FAU Schlossgartenfest on Saturday, June 28, 2025. Alumni registered in our free FAU Alumni Network will receive an alumni discount and can purchase up to two tickets for €99.50 each. […]
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