According to a new report that analyses citations of scientific publications, more than 200 researchers from FAU are among the top two percent of the most cited scientists worldwide. Citations are an important criterion to measure the impact of scientific research and describe how often an initial r...
In November 2021, MAP chair Prof. Nicolas Vogel was awarded the “Lehrpreis der Technischen Fakultät” (Teaching award of the Faculty of Engineering). According to the selection committee, the award reflects the excellent student evaluations of the courses given by Prof. Vogel over the last five years...
My name is Akshat Sharma and I come from India. Starting 2021, I will be pursuing my masters in “Advanced Materials and Processes” (MAP) at FAU after completing my bachelors in Chemical Engineering in my home country. It was always my dream to study in the land of science and innovation – Germany - ...
Scholarships are often the first step towards great success stories for many excellent students. We are therefore particularly pleased with MAP student Maria Agustina Esteban, who has been awarded the Collaborative Research Center (CRC)/Sonderforschungsbereich (SFB) 1452: Catalysis at Liquid Interfa...
Since 2012 the senetics healthcare group has honoured innovative institutes and companies in the fields of medical, pharmaceutical and bioengineering technology with the „senetics Innovation Award“. In cooperation with NeZuMed and under the patronage of Klaus Holetschek, the Bavarian State Minister ...
In the current Funding Atlas 2021 from the German Research Foundation (DFG), FAU is ranked as one of the ten leading research universities in Germany. With funding approved by the DFG amounting to a total of 240.6 million euros, FAU has secured a place among the elite. In particular, the humanities ...
In the international Times Higher Education World University Rankings, FAU was again listed among the top 200 universities worldwide for 2022. The University performed well in all areas of the ranking, but did particularly well in the area of research, where it was ranked at place 156, and in indust...
The new Shanghai university ranking has been released. In comparison to other German universities, FAU has moved up one place to number 15. On the international level, it has come in at place 248, an improvement of five places.
The evaluation is based on various performance indicators. Compared t...
Innovators solve problems with unconventional ideas: The FAU alumni start-up Grino Water Solutions has taken on one of the world’s most critical problems in providing clean drinking water with their business concept and has delivered a clever solution: solar-powered water treatment systems. FAU alum...
A group of researchers from the Institute of Biomaterials (WW7) – Dr. Samira Tansaz, former PhD student, Dr. Rainer Detsch, and Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini – were part of the international team „Protein-based lighting“ that won the 2021 Materials Chemistry Division Horizon Prize: Stephanie L Kwolek Awa...
