Prof. Dr. Aldo Boccaccini, Chair of Materials Science (Biomaterials), Prof. Dr. Christoph Brabec, Chair of Materials Science (Materials of Electronics and Energy Technology), and Prof. Dr. Patrick Schmuki, Chair of Materials Science (Corrosion and Surface Engineering), are under the world's 300 most... Continue

The MAP Elite Masters Programme is one of the first accredited degree courses at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität-Erlangen-Nürnberg. Continue

In the recently published Shangahi academic subject ranking for 2017, the subject Materials Science and Engineering at the FAU was ranked under the top 100 Universities world wide, in position 75. On the German national level,  Materials Science and Engineering was ranked 5th best. Continue

A year in advance, Maximilian Göltz and his friend began preparing for a semester abroad in Brazil in 2014. This involved contacting professors, searching for universities and studying Portuguese. As a MAP-student, I successfully applied for an educational travel grant. Taking advantage of the good ... Continue

Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini, Chair of the Institute of Materials Science (Biomaterials) at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, will hold this year's Diels-Planck-Lecture at the University of Kiel. For the honorable task, an outstanding and leading scientist in the field of nanosciences... Continue

For his lectures on "Biomimetic synthesis of materials", Prof. Dr. Stephan Wolf (Department of Materials, Institute of Glass and Ceramics), was awarded the 2nd prize for the best lecture in the winter semester 2016/2017 in the Faculty of Engineering.   Continue

Prof. Frank Bitzek, the “lord of the fractures”, Chair of General Materials Properties was visited by the Franconian Television Company. He and his team are investigating how cracks in certain materials correlate with microstructural elements. For this purpose, they test the mechanical properties of... Continue