Snippets of the Network

Now that the previous International Doctoral Programs in the humanities, social sciences and economics will soon be withdrawing from their funding, three new programs in these disciplines have been accepted for funding.

For the fifth consecutive time, the Elite Graduate Program “Finance & Information Management” (FIM) has maintained the top rank in the nationwide CHE Master-Ranking.

Stu­dents of the Elite Grad­uate Pro­gram "Cultural Studies of the Middle East" pre­sent­ed their the­matic dossi­er on the image of East­ern Eu­rope in the satiri­cal maga­zine Sim­plicis­simus with an online event and dis­cuss­ed it with ex­perts.

The Low­er Fran­coni­an Me­morial Year Foundation for Sci­ence and the Jul­ius-Maximil­ians-Universi­ty of Würzburg have awarded Dr. rer. nat. Luca Ag­netta a doc­torate award in recognition of his out­stand­ing scien­tific work.

35 doctoral students from the universities of Munich, Erlangen-Nuremberg, Regensburg and Berlin took part in the digital summer school "Applied Microeconomics", which was jointly run with the Collaborative Research Centre "Rationality and Competition”.

A number of classes have successfully completed the international master's degree program "Global Change Ecology" (GCE) since it was founded in 2006. Several GCE alumni report on their time after graduation and give the students tips on the way.

Würzburg students of the elite graduate program "Satellite Technology" use the hands-on character of the program to set up a ground station to receive radio transmissions via the geostationary satellite Es'hail 2 / QO-100.

Professors and students of the Erlangen Elite Graduate Program "Integrated Immunology" are engaged in research and diagnostics in the fight against SARS-CoV-2.

The Max Weber-Program continues its support and program in times of corona. Various digital events and offers are available. Financial aid for a semester abroad is possible on specific conditions.

Joint conference “Electronic properties of 2D semiconductors” (EP2DS) and “Modulated semiconductor structures” (MSS) in Würzburg.