Year: 2022

The Dean's Office wishes you and your families a Merry Christmas and a joyous holiday season. Thank you for the excellent cooperation in the past year. We wish you health and success in the New Year. The dean's office of the faculty is closed from December 24th, 2022 to December 30th, 2022 and can ...

The Berlin underground stop "Onkel Tom’s Hütte" causes controversy. Its name is borrowed from the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, published in 1852 and therefore the term 'Uncle Tom' is  linked to a painful history marked by racism. A petition is now calling for the name of the sta...

In the ranking of the ‘Top 50 Start-ups’ 2021, mentalis has reached fourth place. Launched in 2018, the company offers digital follow-up care after (partial) inpatient treatment for mental illnesses and is a spin-off of the chair of Psychology I at the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and The...

From now until 10 October 2022, female doctoral and postdoctoral researchers of the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology can apply for the next round of the FAU Mentoring Proramme ARIADNEphil. The 18-months programme starts in January 2023. The offer is free of charge and designed...

Two projects at the Chair of Health Psychology are receiving funding from the DFG. The project ‘FEARFALL: Chronic stress level and functional health in older adults: the impact and role of fear of falling’ was launched on 1 June 2022 and is a joint project together with the Institute for Institute f...

In summer term 2022, the faculty bids a warm welcome to all new colleagues. To a great start into your stay at FAU!   Prof. Dr. Gabriel Zeilinger has been Chair of Regional History of Bavaria and Franconia since 1 April 2022. He arrived here from Rostock University, where the Freiburg-bor...

Major success for researchers of the faculty: The German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved funding for two new research training groups (RTG) in fall 2022. This means that the DFG is providing around 8,6 million euros of funding for young researchers at FAU who are completing doctoral degrees i...

Academic freedom is a universal human right. However, almost two out of five people worldwide live in countries where academic freedom has been increasingly restricted over the past ten years, including Brazil, India, Cameroon, Russia, Thailand, and the USA. This is indicated by the Academic Freedom...

Ukrainians studying at our university and faculty are currently in an extremely difficult situation. University Management, together with the faculties, has decided that we will do everything possible to support these students. We would like to draw your attention to the following immediate measu...

Prof. Dr. Vincent C. Müller was selected for a Humboldt Professorship for Artificial Intelligence – Germany’s most valuable research award – and will be receiving a call to FAU. Negotiations will begin shortly; if they are successful, the prize will be awarded in 2022. For FAU, this is the fifth suc...