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27OCT 2022
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Sustainability in focus at FAU’s Dies academicus
As soon as you start to consider what a world where everyone can live well might look like, you soon realize that sustainability is so much more than just protecting the environment and our climate. It runs like a common thread through all areas of our lives – from health care and the economy to […]
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25OCT 2022
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The search for the most innovative start-up
Virtual exhibition spaces, a personalized bra for treating breast cancer or an app that improves physiotherapy treatments were just some of the ideas from the eight teams who recently presented their start-ups at the Zollhof Tech Incubator in Nuremberg. The winning start-up, Evolonic, will travel to Pisa in December to represent FAU at the European […]
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21OCT 2022
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New students’ welcome event with thousands of students
The semester has got off to a flying start with the large new students’ welcome events in Heinrich Lades Halle in Erlangen and at the School of Business, Economics and Society in Nuremberg. Welcome to all our new students! Pictures from the event can be found further down the page. FAU News with President Joachim […]
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20OCT 2022
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Award for outstanding researcher
The Jakob Herz Prize was awarded for the seventh time on Friday October 7, 2022. The prize is awarded together with the Research Foundation at Universitätsklinikum Erlangen every two years for outstanding scientific achievements from theoretical and clinical medicine. This year’s award winner Prof. Dr. Douglas F. Easton from Cambridge (England), received the Jakob Herz […]
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18OCT 2022
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A guide for new students
There are lots of new things waiting for you as a first-year student at FAU. To help you find your feet, we’ve compiled some tips and information about the most important points of contact. New at FAU Congratulations, you’re now officially a student at FAU! As proof of your new status as a student, you’ve […]
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17OCT 2022
Study
Excel, InDesign, Word & Co.
Do you soon have to start formatting your first written assignment? Are you expected to automatically insert cross-references and start numbering pages from page three? Have you collected quantitative data in a study and now need to analyze and prepare statistics using Excel or SPSS? Or do you just like the idea of realizing your […]
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17OCT 2022
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New: Erlangen PODCASTIVAL
Listen to this! The first ever Erlangen PODCASTIVAL starts in October, bringing the ever popular format of podcasts to the stage providing the audience a visual as well as audible experience. “The idea behind podcasts captures the spirit of our times and there has been a huge increase in audience numbers during the past few […]
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17OCT 2022
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“I see human rights work today as a resistance to injustice.”
Germany has a new human rights award, presented by FAU. The FAU Human Rights Award honours internationally distinguished individuals who are committed to human rights research, teaching and practice. The inaugural recipient is the Indian human rights scholar and practitioner Dr. Harsh Mander. In this interview, Dr. Mander talks about his work. Dear Dr. Harsh […]
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17OCT 2022
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Dr. Harsh Mander from India Receives Human Rights Award from FAU
Germany has a new human rights award, presented by FAU. The FAU Human Rights Award honours internationally distinguished individuals who are committed to human rights research, teaching and practice. The inaugural recipient is the Indian human rights scholar and practitioner Dr. Harsh Mander. FAU’s Vice President Research, Prof. Dr. Georg Schett, presented the award and […]
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12OCT 2022
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Among the top 200 in the world
FAU retains its place among the best 200 universities in the world in the annual THE World University Rankings for 2023. Over 1,200 universities across the globe were assessed, with FAU finishing 196th, moving up one place from the year before. Compared to other German universities, FAU came in 22nd. FAU once more proved its […]
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07OCT 2022
Research
“It opened a completely new door in quantum physics”
It doesn’t happen every day that your own doctoral supervisor receives the Nobel Prize. No wonder, then, that FAU quantum physicist Prof. Dr. Joachim Zanthier was a little taken aback when he learned that the Nobel Prize in Physics will be awarded this year to Alain Aspect, from whom Zanthier received his doctoral degree in […]
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07OCT 2022
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All you need to know about the beginning of the semester 2022/23
The lecture period has started. For our new students, it marks the beginning of a new chapter. We are very pleased that we will be able to welcome you on campus and that FAU will once again be a meeting place for sharing experiences and academic discourse. We look forward to getting to know you […]
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