The University of Göttingen is an internationally renowned research university. Founded in 1737 in the Age of Enlightenment, the University is committed to the values of social responsibility of science, democracy, tolerance and justice. It offers a comprehensive range of subjects across 13 faculties: in the natural sciences, humanities, social sciences and medicine. With about 28,000 students and more than 210 degree programmes, the University is one of the largest in Germany.
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Discovery unlocks potential of “miracle material” for future electronics
Graphene is an extraordinary material – a sheet of interlocking carbon atoms just one atom thick that is stable and extremely conductive. This makes it useful in a range of areas, such as flexible electronic displays, highly precise sensors, powerful batteries, and efficient solar cells. Researchers have directly observed “Floquet effects” in graphene for the first time, which takes graphene’s potential to a new level. The study was published in Nature Physics.
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25 years of international Molecular Biology and Neurosciences
Göttingen University and the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences celebrate 25 years of their internationally renowned Master’s and PhD programmes, and their two International Max Planck Research Schools in Molecular Biology and Neurosciences. A unique feature is the close collaboration across the Göttingen Campus, bringing together expertise from the University, the University Medical Center Göttingen, the Max Planck Institutes and the German Primate Centre.
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International awards for researchers at the Göttingen Campus
Two researchers at the Göttingen Campus have been awarded ERC Starting Grants by the European Research Council (ERC). Ecologist Dr Anggi Hapsari from the University of Göttingen receives funding of around two million euros for her project "SaLtedPeat". Neuroscientist Dr Oliver Barnsted from the European Neuroscience Institute Göttingen (ENI-G) receives funding of around 1.5 million euros for his project “LearnMamBo“. Both projects will run for five years.
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Making robots fit for the future of recycling
Recycling textiles, cables and other “soft” materials has always been a complex procedure and recycling materials like this pose a real challenge for robots because they are flexible, fiddly and come in a variety of forms. An international research team including Göttingen University will develop versatile solutions for automating soft material recycling. The European Union has funded the “FlexCycle” project for four years with around 7.5 million euros as part of their “Green Deal” programme of funding.
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Göttingen University in Germany’s top 11
The University of Göttingen has achieved a good position in the Shanghai Ranking again. In the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) 2025, it falls in the category of sixth to eleventh place in Germany along with the universities of Frankfurt, Cologne, Mainz, Münster and Tübingen. The ARWU is primarily based on a university’s research performance. Data from more than 2,500 universities worldwide was analysed for this year’s ranking.
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Dinosaur teeth give glimpse of early Earth’s climate
A previously untapped source of data sheds new light on the climate of the early Earth: fossilized dinosaur teeth show that the atmosphere during the Mesozoic era, between 252 and 66 million years ago, contained far more carbon dioxide than it does today. An international research team at the Universities of Göttingen, Mainz and Bochum made this discovery by analysing oxygen isotopes in tooth enamel. They used a newly developed method that opens up opportunities for research into the Earth's climate history.
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