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07NOV 2025
FAU news
Dies academicus 2025: Record third-party funding, but increasingly limited flexibility
Appeal to policymakers: “We need a special program to renovate Bavarian universities” “The vibrant, distinctive melody of FAU arises from the diversity of voices: the voices of all those who, with passion, curiosity, and skill enliven our university every day.” With this metaphor, Prof. Dr. Joachim Hornegger, President of Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), once again underscores […]Appeal to policymakers: “We need a special program to renovate Bavarian universities” “The vibrant, distinctive melody of FAU arises from the diversity of voices: the voices of all those who, with passion, curiosity, and skill enliven our university every day.” With this metaphor, Prof. Dr. Joachim Hornegger, President of Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), once again underscores […]
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05NOV 2025
FAU news
University ranking: successful results in CWTS Leiden Ranking 2025
FAU is among the top ten in Germany One indication of a researcher’s reputation among peers is how often their publications are cited. This measurable factor is taken as the basis for evaluating all universities in the CWTS Leiden Ranking Open Edition. Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg has performed excellently in this year’s ranking, particularly in comparison with […]
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05NOV 2025
FAU news
Special achievements: The 2025 FAU Awards
Honoring distinguished personalities and academic achievements at FAU In the run up to the University’s Dies Academicus anniversary celebrations in 2025, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) has once more recognized extraordinary people for their services at and for FAU with the “FAU Awards”. These are this year’s winners of the FAU Awards. This year, the FAU Awards […]Honoring distinguished personalities and academic achievements at FAU In the run up to the University’s Dies Academicus anniversary celebrations in 2025, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) has once more recognized extraordinary people for their services at and for FAU with the “FAU Awards”. These are this year’s winners of the FAU Awards. This year, the FAU Awards […]
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28OCT 2025
FAU news
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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23OCT 2025
FAU news
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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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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13OCT 2025
FAU news
FAU’s Roman boat: Rowing in order to learn something about yourself
Interdisciplinary FAU project uses Roman boat to work with young people As the F.A.N., one of Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg’s Roman vessels, crossed the Altmühlsee lake at the beginning of August, the crew was not made up of the team that usually sits at the oars of the replica boat. Rather, on that day, the crew of […]
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30SEP 2025
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Censorship in digital space: a short-sighted solution
FAU experts speak out against a social media ban for children and adolescents. No more reels, no selfies with funny filters, no heated discussion columns. Silence in digital space. The debate about a social media ban for children and adolescents is increasingly gaining traction in Germany as well as in other countries. Calls for a […]
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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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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
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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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