During the summer semester, students of the Elite Master’s Program “Advanced Materials and Processes” (MAP) had the opportunity to attend the cycle of lectures in "New Business Development" conducted by MAP Advisory Board Member Dr. Andreas Hoff, Evonik Technology & Infrastructure.
At the beg...
The Faculty of Engineering at FAU has received a distinguished professorship from the Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts: As part of the High-Tech Agenda Bavaria, Prof. Dr. Bastian Etzold, Chair of Power-to-X Technologies, has been awarded five million euros in funding.
“Bastian Etzo...
MAP student Sahib Abdullayev carried out his miniproject in collaboration with the group of Prof. Nicolas Joly from the Department of Physics and the Max Planck Institute for the Science of the Light (MPI). The goal was the measurement of a chemical reaction catalyzed by an enzyme. During the course...
From May to August, I did my research internship at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland. There I had the opportunity to work in the Soft Materials Laboratory (SMaL) of MAP Advisory Board Member Professor Esther Amstad.
EPFL is renowned for its academic excellence and cu...
FAU made some impressive gains in this year’s QS World University Ranking as it climbed more than 100 places and is now 229th out of 1503 universities. This means FAU is among the top 16 percent of all universities worldwide.
Excellent ranking for citations worldwide
Specifically, the University i...
The 2023 MAP Alumni Round Table Discussion, a long-standing tradition within the MAP program, has been an invaluable platform for MAP students to engage and connect with esteemed MAP alumni. We are delighted to share that this year's MAP Alumni Round Table took place on 26 May 2023, bringing togethe...
In the DynaMMO project, Prof. Dr. Tanja Franken is carrying out research into catalysts for dynamic reaction control. Thanks to the project’s major potential for innovation, the FAU professor has now received a starting grant from the European Research Council (ERC) entailing funding of over 1.8 mil...
Lara Đelević, MAP student of the matriculation group 2021, was asked to give an interview for one of Germany's top newspapers. The MAP program publishes this interview in full length.
1. Please, tell me a little bit about you (where do you live/ age/ graduation/ working field)
My name is Lara ...
In order to be able to specifically support very good female students, the Collaborative Research Centre 1452 (CRC), in which MAP's host Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBI) is involved, is offering an equal opportunity scholarship. This scholarship is aimed at very good internati...
Following the 2023 MAP Poster Session, the MAP students of the 2021 starting class presented the MAP Best lecturer Award to their favorite lecturers Prof. Matthias Thommes and Dr. Stefan E. Wolf . You can read the students' speeches to their lecturers below.
Oswaldo Luengas' speech for Prof. Matthi...
