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25SEP 2025
FAU news
Qualification for the world championships
Juggling writing her Master’s thesis, working in the press department and competitions: FAU staff member and student Rebecca Luber The excitement is palpable: Jury and spectators are looking down on the stage from the stands, the dance crew makes its entrance, the presenter calls out “Ready? Begin!” and finally the music begins. Rebecca Luber is […]
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23SEP 2025
Rankings
Top-cited scientists: FAU reseachers amongst the top 2 percent
New “Stanford List” has been published According to the Stanford List 2025, 236 scientists at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) are among the top two percent of the most cited researchers worldwide. Eight FAU researchers are ranked among the top 50 in their field. This year’s ranking takes into account a total of 236,313 researchers, with 10,665 […]
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05SEP 2025
A cup with the President
A cup with the President – Episode 30: Prof. Dr. Peter Uhrig
A visit to Prof. Dr. Peter Uhrig, Chair of Big Data Linguistics Each semester, FAU President Prof. Dr. Joachim Hornegger visits professors in their institutes. He visits them there to talk about their research, to discover what is close to their heart and to get to know them better. Our series introduces you to the […]
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04SEP 2025
FAU news
ERC Grant: Nanocrystals and social wellbeing in the world of work
Two FAU researchers awarded coveted EU funding worth millions of euros Two researchers from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have been awarded a Starting Grant each from the European Research Council (ERC). In the new round, Dr. Carlos L. Bassani with the project “Kinetic Pathways to Control Nanocrystal Shapes“ (kineticSHAPES) and Prof. Dr. Adrian Meier with the […]
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03SEP 2025
FAU news
Heisenberg funding: New Professorship for FAU
DFG funding for research into brain plasticity A great success for FAU: The German Research Foundation (DFG) has awarded Heisenberg funding to Prof. Dr. Ruth Beckervordersandforth, Professorship for Molecular Neuropathology at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU). With her research, Professor Beckervordersandforth would like to identify cellular and molecular mechanisms which allow astrocytes to control and improve the […]DFG funding for research into brain plasticity A great success for FAU: The German Research Foundation (DFG) has awarded Heisenberg funding to Prof. Dr. Ruth Beckervordersandforth, Professorship for Molecular Neuropathology at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU). With her research, Professor Beckervordersandforth would like to identify cellular and molecular mechanisms which allow astrocytes to control and improve the […]
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02SEP 2025
FAU news
Presented: The University Council of FAU on video
The University Council functions like a supervisory board: It supports FAU with strategic decisions and advises the University during development planning. In addition, it is also involved in selecting members of the Executive Board. The University Council consists of representatives from academia, culture, business and various professions and the elected members of the Senate. FAU […]
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28AUG 2025
A cup with the President
A Cup with the President – Episode 29: Prof. Dr. Kai Phillip Schmidt
A visit to Prof. Dr. Kai Phillip Schmidt, Chair of Theoretical Physics Each semester, FAU President Prof. Dr. Joachim Hornegger visits professors in their institutes. He visits them there to talk about their research, to discover what is close to their heart and to get to know them better. Our series introduces you to the […]
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25AUG 2025
FAU news
Innovative inclusion project now also on video
A video has been produced about prospective teaching assistants in the “Inklusive Bildung in Bayern (IBB)” project. It was produced by the Multimedia Center of the RRZE, and it is now available in FAU’s video portal. In around five and a half minutes, the video explains the background and aim of the project initiated by […]
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22AUG 2025
A cup with the President
A cup with the President – Episode 28: Prof. Dr. Grieshaber-Bouyer
A visit to Prof. Dr. Grieshaber-Bouyer, Professor of Clinical Systems Immunology Each semester, FAU President Prof. Dr. Joachim Hornegger visits professors in their institutes. He visits them there to talk about their research, to discover what is close to their heart and to get to know them better. Our series introduces you to the researchers […]
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19AUG 2025
A cup with the President
A cup with the President – Episode 27: Prof. Dr. Sarah Necker
A visit to Prof. Dr. Sarah Necker, Professor of Economics and Director of the ifo Center Each semester, FAU President Prof. Dr. Joachim Hornegger visits professors in their institutes. He visits them there to talk about their research, to discover what is close to their heart and to get to know them better. Our series […]
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18AUG 2025
Rankings
University rankings: the battle for the top places
The importance of university rankings Universities strive to gain one of the top places in international and national rankings. There are a number of different rankings: Shanghai-Ranking, THE-Ranking, QS-Ranking. Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) is included in each of these three prestigious university rankings. But what do they actually indicate? And what impact do they have? We […]The importance of university rankings Universities strive to gain one of the top places in international and national rankings. There are a number of different rankings: Shanghai-Ranking, THE-Ranking, QS-Ranking. Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) is included in each of these three prestigious university rankings. But what do they actually indicate? And what impact do they have? We […]
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18AUG 2025
Rankings
Shanghai Ranking 2025: success for FAU on a national and an international scale
Renewed success in the current Shanghai Ranking 2025: FAU has advanced a total of four places in the international comparison, landing on place 242. Compared to other universities in Germany, FAU has advanced one place to rank 17th overall. In the category “per capita performance”, FAU is ranked 95th, once more among the top one […]
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