The German Society for Materials Science (DGM) is a leading organization in the field of materials science and engineering, fostering research, innovation, and collaboration. Each year, the DGM Nachwuchspreis (Young Talent Award) recognizes outstanding achievements by early-career scientists in adva...
My name is Laura Adilova. I have just started my Master’s degree “Advanced Materials and Processes” (MAP) at FAU. My choice of the university was based on FAU’s strong reputation in Engineering and Materials Science, along with its emphasis on interdisciplinary research. The MAP program combines eve...
We are proud to announce that our MAP Chairs Prof. Nicolas Vogel and Prof. Peter Felfer were awarded as best lecture with their course "Basics in Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology 1 - Mechanical and Optical Properties"! This recognition was achieved through the latest evaluation of all courses in th...
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) belongs to the top 15 percent of universities worldwide according to the latest QS World University Ranking. Compared to the previous year, FAU has moved up five places and is now ranked at place 224 of 1503.
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FAU supports its top students as part of the Germany Scholarship (Deutschlandstipendium) program. Each semester, scholarships of 3,600 euros for one year are awarded to the most gifted students. The unique feature of this scholarship is that half of the money comes from companies, donors, friends of...
Students at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg have given their university top scores in the new Center for Higher Education (CHE) ranking, the most comprehensive university ranking in German-speaking countries. All eleven subjects rated at FAU were given top scores with the subjects ...
Four subjects from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have been included in this year’s QS subject ranking for the first time: Geology, Law, Psychology and Archeology. After one year’s break, Pharmacy has once more returned to the ranking. A total of 21 subjects from FAU are lis...
This year, the German Association of Crystal Growth (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kristallzüchtung und Kristallwachstum, DGKK) honors IKZ postdoctoral researcher Dr. Ta-Shun Chou with the Young Scientist Award for his excellent research on the development of a growth process for β-Gallium oxide films...
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My name is Beatrice Maquilan, and I’m a first year graduate student at FAU, taking Advanced Materials and Processing (MAP). I’m also an Equal Opportunities Fellowship holder at the Collaborative Research Center 1452 “Catalysis at Liquid Interfaces” (CRC 1452). On top of my academic work, I try to ex...
