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A visit to Prof. Dr. Giovanni Maltese, Professorship for Religious Studies and Intercultural Theology

Students and doctoral candidates can submit election nominations for the university elections until May 6, 2026. In June, students at FAU will vote for their representatives in the Faculty Councils and in the Student Council. With their vote, they will also decide who will represent them in the Student Committees and in the Appointments Council […]

International competition invites young people to try their hand at creative writing

A visit to Prof. Dr. Svenja Bedenlier, Professorship for Education focusing on Digitalization in Higher and Adult Education 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. […]

Two lecturers at FAU have received the Prize for Excellence in Teaching from the Bavarian Ministry of Science.

A visit to Prof. Dr. Paulina Pesch, Professorship for Civil Law, Law of Digitalization, Data Protection Law and Artificial Intelligence Law

Students and researchers from the Department of Chemistry are helping to paint the Roman boats – more volunteers needed

The long-awaited FAU Schlossgartenfest is just around the corner: on 27 June 2026, the FAU Community can once again look forward to a magical evening featuring open-air light installations, live bands, culinary delights, and much more. To mark Mother’s Day, our Alma Mater is hosting a giveaway! Two pairs of tickets to the Schlossgartenfest are […]

FAU Professor Henry Dube, with funding from the Volkswagen Foundation, is developing smart materials based on tiny molecular machines.

Visiting Prof. Dr. Marvin Nipper, Chair of Sustainability Reporting 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 researchers and gives […]

FAU President Joachim Hornegger is inviting 10 students to lunch in the cafeteria on April 24. The new format is called “Meet and Mingle” and gives FAU students the chance to ask the FAU President anything they’ve always wanted to know. What do students want to know? FAU President Prof. Dr. Joachim Hornegger is looking […]

panOPTICUM and Ways of Light exhibition initiated by FAU alumnus The FAU Innovation Influencer 2025 is awarded to Dr. rer. nat. Max Gmelch, formerly Director of Administration and Outreach at the Erlangen Graduate School in Advanced Optical Technologies (SAOT) at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), for his leading role in establishing the panOPTICUM. He accepted the award [&#…