Year: 2025

Congratulations to Katharina Oft! The research assistant at the Chair of Classical Philology was awarded the prize for good teaching by the State Ministry of Science and the Arts. In her teaching, it is particularly important to her to maintain a close supervisory relationship and to actively involve students in the organization of seminars. The award recognizes her outstanding commitment to teaching and is endowed with 5,000 euros.

Greater opportunities in education for people with a migrant background, in particular women and girls, and breaking down barriers to accessing education: these are the focal topics in the program “Integration through education” from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Included in...

Welcome to Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)! Starting a degree is an exciting experience in a new environment with new people, lots of exciting input and many opportunities to try something new. So that you are well prepared to start your degree, make sure you create your s...

Increasing influence of anti-pluralist parties is often associated with lower academic freedom in the respective country. This is one of the findings of the latest Academic Freedom Index (AFI) which is being released March 13, 2025. Scholars of the Institute of Political Science publish the index every year in collaboration with colleagues at the V-Dem Institute at the University of Gothenburg. I

What is the best form of exercise and how often should we exercise to stay healthy? How can institutions encourage exercise? These are the key questions behind the national recommendations for exercise which are being revised by experts from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) on...