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28OCT 2025
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CyberMentor celebrates 20 years of successfully encouraging girls to get involved in STEM
Germany’s largest online mentoring program for girls in STEM is celebrating 20 years of success, with the latest round starting in October this year. The online mentoring program CyberMentor started a new mentoring round on October 20, 2025, marking their 20 year anniversary. CyberMentor has been sparking enthusiasm for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) […]
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27OCT 2025
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Energy supply: Europe Chooses Solar Power and Import Independence
Study examines how the wishes of the population can be incorporated into the planning of energy systems Renewable energy is today the cheapest source of electricity available. In order to meet the goals agreed under the Paris Agreement, the share of renewables must be expanded to 100 per cent by the 2030s. However, this expansion […]
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24OCT 2025
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New research project: How bacteria stick together
FAU starts new international research project Bacteria use surfaces to join together into complex heterogeneous communities known as biofilms. Within a group, bacteria in a biofilm are extremely resistant to various environmental influences. How these biofilms form is the subject of a new international research project at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU). The German Research Foundation (DFG) […]FAU starts new international research project Bacteria use surfaces to join together into complex heterogeneous communities known as biofilms. Within a group, bacteria in a biofilm are extremely resistant to various environmental influences. How these biofilms form is the subject of a new international research project at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU). The German Research Foundation (DFG) […]
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23OCT 2025
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Lest we forget: “Stumbling threshold” in remembrance of victims of National Socialism
FAU Vice President Hirsch thanks high school students at Sigena Gymnasium for their work A stumbling threshold (“Stolperschwelle”) in front of the building of the School of Business, Economics and Society at FAU in Findelgasse in Nuremberg has been installed in remembrance of eleven schoolgirls murdered during the Nazi regime and the just over 120 […]
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22OCT 2025
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Dies academicus 2025: FAU’s anniversary on November 4
University celebrates 282nd Dies academicus On Friday November 4, the University will open the doors of Heinrich Lades Halle in Erlangen to welcome its members, friends and supporters from 4 pm to officially celebrate its founding day. The event is open to all and participation is free of charge. Guests are requested to register below. […]
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21OCT 2025
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Glacier research: Artificial intelligence allows researchers to calculate snow drifts
FAU doctoral candidate develops an AI model that allows more accurate predictions of glacial melt How does wind affect the distribution of snow on glaciers and what impact does this have on glacial melt? Manuel Saigger from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) is investigating these questions with an AI model. At the Institute of Geography, he is […]
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21OCT 2025
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QuNET achieves another milestone
Foundation for a future quantum network – quantum channels tested in flight It is not easy to send individual photons from an aircraft in a targeted manner, capture them in a ground station, and also detect them. Researchers have now succeeded in doing exactly that: They even measured various quantum channels between an aircraft and […]
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20OCT 2025
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Study provides hope for new therapies for pulmonary fibrosis and cancer
In collaboration with researchers from FAU, a team of US scientists has identified a mechanism that seems to play a significant role in both diseases A current study could lead to completely new approaches to treatment for diseases such as pulmonary fibrosis and cancer in the medium term. Its results show that a mechanism called […]
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17OCT 2025
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Nobel Prize in Physics: Top-level research on quantum technology also in Erlangen
During the year of quantum physics, three scientists from this discipline have received a special honor: the Nobel Prize in Physics. The researchers created the basis for the development of the next generation of quantum technology, including quantum cryptography, quantum computers and quantum sensors. These topics are now being researched at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and […]During the year of quantum physics, three scientists from this discipline have received a special honor: the Nobel Prize in Physics. The researchers created the basis for the development of the next generation of quantum technology, including quantum cryptography, quantum computers and quantum sensors. These topics are now being researched at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and […]
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15OCT 2025
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Erlangen Declaration for Diversity, Respect and Tolerance.
FAU is one of the first to sign the Erlangen Declaration for Diversity, Respect and Tolerance. On October 6, FAU Vice President People Prof. Dr. Andreas Hirsch signed the declaration in Erlangen city hall. FAU was among the first to sign the declaration with other stakeholders from the city of Erlangen. ”The historical city of […]
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14OCT 2025
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First semester welcome: Welcome to FAU
Every year, FAU welcomes its new students with the FAU Freshman Welcome Ceremony in the Heinrich-Lades-Halle in Erlangen and on the WiSo campus in Nuremberg. In Erlangen, the president and the university management welcomed the new freshmen, there was a DJ set and: The new FAU backpacks! In addition, all important contact persons were available […]
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14OCT 2025
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THE World University Rankings 2025
FAU top of the ranking for patents and third-party funding In the recently published international THE World University Rankings, FAU remains among the top 10 percent of participating universities in 2025. Compared with almost 2,200 universities across the globe, FAU ranked 206th overall. We are particularly pleased with our ranking in the key area of […]
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