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01DEC 2025
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QS Sustainability Ranking 2025: Significant improvement for FAU
FAU among the top 20 most sustainable universities in the world Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg has performed well once again in the QS Sustainability Ranking 2025, significantly improving its position both on a national and an international level. At place 200 internationally (#229 in the previous year) and place 12 in Germany (#14 last year), FAU has […]
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28NOV 2025
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Digital tools to encourage greater independence for the visually impaired
Hakan Calim has an ambitious goal. He aims to digitalize the physical tactile paving found in train stations or public areas to help guide people with visual impairments.
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27NOV 2025
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Digital sovereignty – new empires, big tech and geopolitics
An interview with FAU cultural geographer Prof. Dr. Georg Glasze The term “digital sovereignty” emerged in the mid 2010’s to signify a move away from the boundless digital utopia of the 80’s and 90’s and has influenced political debates ever since. But what does digital sovereignty mean and why is it increasingly playing a geopolitical […]
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25NOV 2025
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Touring exhibition: “The Nazis didn’t just disappear”
High school students are working on an exhibition with FAU about dealing with the National Socialist era. Whether its court trials against former concentration camp staff or the public debate about street names, how we deal with the National Socialist era is the subject of much debate. The touring exhibition “Die Nazis waren ja nicht […]
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24NOV 2025
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FAU achieves success with three Collaborative Research Centers
DFG funding for research into stem cell transplants and tissue from a 3D printer Major success for FAU: The German Research Foundation (DFG) has awarded funding for a new Collaborative Research Center at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg for autoimmune diseases. The DFG is also providing a further funding period for two Transregio projects involving FAU. New treatment […]
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20NOV 2025
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Moving knowledge: Experience FAU’s new digital appearance
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg has a new digital home.
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19NOV 2025
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Shanghai subject ranking: FAU in the top 100 worldwide in five subjects
2025 Shanghai Global Ranking of Academic Subjects has been published FAU is listed among the 100 most prestigious universities in the world in five subjects (four in 2024). In Germany, FAU even managed to jump into the top 10 in 18 subjects (17 in 2024). A total of more than 2000 universities all over the […]
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17NOV 2025
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FAU Ambassador: Strengthening ties between Erlangen and Cambridge
An interview with FAU Ambassador and Van Eck Professor Harald Haas The University nominated Prof. Harald Haas as an FAU Ambassador during this year’s FAU Awards ceremony. Originally from Franconia, he now holds the position of Van Eck Professor of Engineering at Cambridge University. In our interview, he talks about his connections to the region, […]
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14NOV 2025
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Five FAU researchers among the most highly cited in their subjects.
Highly Cited Researchers List 2025 published Five researchers from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) are included in the Highly Cited Researchers List. This list names the 6868 most influential researchers across the globe in 2025. With a total of 363 researchers included in the list, Germany is ranked number 4. The five FAU researchers are: Prof. Dr. […]
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12NOV 2025
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Researchers discover ultrafast light-driven electron slide effect
Researchers demonstrate a previously unknown effect of electron acceleration with ultrashort laser pulses. Researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and the University of Rostock have discovered a groundbreaking effect in which electrons are strongly accelerated by just a single oscillation of a laser pulse. Previously, this effect was only visible with long laser pulses. Researchers have […]Researchers demonstrate a previously unknown effect of electron acceleration with ultrashort laser pulses. Researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and the University of Rostock have discovered a groundbreaking effect in which electrons are strongly accelerated by just a single oscillation of a laser pulse. Previously, this effect was only visible with long laser pulses. Researchers have […]
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11NOV 2025
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Study: AI learns grammar rules through reading
FAU researchers corroborate the theory of cognitive linguistics AI models are able to derive the rules of human language without being provided with explicit information about grammar and word classes. This is the conclusion reached by researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU). Their experiment corroborates the theory of cognitive linguistics that states, in contrast to the […]FAU researchers corroborate the theory of cognitive linguistics AI models are able to derive the rules of human language without being provided with explicit information about grammar and word classes. This is the conclusion reached by researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU). Their experiment corroborates the theory of cognitive linguistics that states, in contrast to the […]
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10NOV 2025
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Digital Geopolitics: Franco-German Insights into Questions of Digital Sovereignty
A panel discussion in English on Monday, November 17, 2025 in Erlangen Since the mid-2010s, the term “digital sovereignty” has shaped debates worldwide—marking a departure from boundless, techno-deterministic visions of the digital age. In Erlangen, researchers from FAU and the French research group “Geopolitics of the Datasphere” present the international volume Geopolitics of Digital Sovereignty. […]A panel discussion in English on Monday, November 17, 2025 in Erlangen Since the mid-2010s, the term “digital sovereignty” has shaped debates worldwide—marking a departure from boundless, techno-deterministic visions of the digital age. In Erlangen, researchers from FAU and the French research group “Geopolitics of the Datasphere” present the international volume Geopolitics of Digital Sovereignty. […]
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