News

On 16 May 2024, the MAP soft skills seminar “Career booster or catastrophe?” took place! MAP students once again had the privilege to participate in such an interesting soft skills development event with experienced lecturer Stefan Piekny. It was undoubtedly a new and transformative experience for a...

Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) belongs to the top 15 percent of universities worldwide according to the latest QS World University Ranking. Compared to the previous year, FAU has moved up five places and is now ranked at place 224 of 1503. Excellent ranking for citations F...

In a recent contribution to the field of energy technology, MAP students Akshat Sharma and Lara Đelević have published an insightful study titled "Next‐Generation Proton‐Exchange Membranes in Microbial Fuel Cells: Overcoming Nafion's Limitations" in the Energy Technology journal by Wiley. This work ...

Four subjects from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have been included in this year’s QS subject ranking for the first time: Geology, Law, Psychology and Archeology. After one year’s break, Pharmacy has once more returned to the ranking. A total of 21 subjects from FAU are lis...

This year, the German Association of Crystal Growth (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kristallzüchtung und Kristallwachstum, DGKK) honors IKZ postdoctoral researcher Dr. Ta-Shun Chou with the Young Scientist Award for his excellent research on the development of a growth process for β-Gallium oxide films...

From 18 to 21 March 2024, a group of students from the MAP program embarked on a laboratory trip to the chair for Process Biotechnology at the University Bayreuth. This laboratory trip is a cornerstone for MAP students pursuing the Focal Subject “Biomaterials and Bioprocesses”. By combining theoreti...

The MAP students were presented with a great opportunity to visit Siemens Healthineers in Forchheim on 13 March 2024. It was an amazing experience for us to learn from the pioneers of the industry and see the laboratories with our own eyes. The main topic of discussion was the computed tomography...

From 4 September to 15 December 2023, I was able to complete a research project at the Instituto de Tecnologia Química (ITQ). The ITQ is a highly renowned research institute that specializes in catalysis and chemical processes. The ITQ is based at the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) in Val...

  The MAP poster session for the winter semester 2023/24 finally took place on 01 February 2024, after senior MAP students had prepared to exhibit their posters in front of many visitors, including prospective students, professors, faculty members and staff. This presentation is an annual ev...