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What do Nobel Prize winner Prof. Dr. Harald zur Hausen, economist Prof. Dr. Veronika Grimm, actor Bjarne Mädel and the founders of Smart City System have in common? They all laid the foundation for their careers at FAU, be it as researchers or as students. You can find out what connects them and oth... Continue

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... Continue

The annual MAP Alumni Round Table has almost become a tradition to give current MAP students more insights into the future professional world. In addition to online excursions to various companies in 2020 and 2021, the MAP Alumni Round Table on 1 July 2021 offered an important addition to the curren... Continue

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... Continue

Until 10 October 2021, our female students can apply for admission to the career mentoring programme ARIADNETechNat master 2022 (programme runtime: January – October 2022) ARIADNETechNat offers individual support in the form of one-to-one mentoring by experienced academics at a higher leve... Continue

Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) is significantly expanding its high-performance computing (HPC) resources with the new Center for National High Performance Computing Erlangen (NHR@FAU) and the award of a contract for a new supercomputer. MAP chair Prof. Erik Bitzek was involv... Continue

Quite early in my Master studies, I became aware that I want to go abroad for preparing my Master thesis since I had already finished my Bachelor’s at FAU. Therefore, I started at the beginning of the second year of MAP to organize such a research stay for my thesis. After having to reject an invita... Continue

Last year's MAP graduates were said goodbye on the evening of 1 July 2021. Unfortunately, due to the Corona pandemic, we could only offer an online event. Nevertheless, it was a very solemn farewell, starting with an inspiring speech by MAP Chair Prof. Erik Bitzek, followed by a slideshow of all gra... Continue

The MAP curriculum includes various soft and scientific skills seminars. This semester, we offered one on patent management. Ece Topraksal, MAP student since October 2020, writes about her experience: "As future engineers and scientists, it is very important for us to learn how patents are create... Continue

FAU has ranked first place again in the prestigious citations per researcher category on a national level in the recently published QS Rankings 2022. At an international level, FAU continues to be listed among the 20 most prestigious universities in the world. Overall, FAU is ranked among the top... Continue