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An honorary doctorate (Dr.-Ing. E.h.) from the Faculty of Engineering was awarded to Professor Fujimoto on Monday, 22 January 2018. Professor Fujimoto gained his Bachelor’s, Master’s and doctoral degrees from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, EECS, at MIT in 1979, 198...

At our university, we find a large range of courses in medical, theological, technical and scientific fields, among them some unique, interdisciplinary Master programmes. One of them is MAP – Advanced Materials and Processes. The MAP programme is international and English-taught. It combines the dis...

FAU IT specialists in demonstrate the structural problems inherent in single device-based authentication processes. IT specialists at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have demonstrated that 31 apps for mobile online banking are not secure, including those of the German banks ...

new material system that can be used in efficient and durable solar cells

FAU researchers are participating in a project aimed at making the supply of renewable electricity more stable Grid operators need to do more than simply distribute the electricity generated by wind farms and photovoltaic plants. They also have to ensure a consistent quality of supply. Achieving th...

The Open Research Challenge (ORC) is a global competition organized bi-annually by FAU with an open innovation platform: openresearchchallenge.org. The competition is designed to enhance the international visibility of FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg and highlight the cutting-edge research that is being compl...

Rahul (23), Medical Engineering The buses and trains within our region operate with good frequency. For those who use the public transport every day, I recommend to buy the full time semester ticket. Make use of the semester ticket to travel and explore new places all over the VGN area. For travel ...

Both universities intend to collaborate on additive manufacturing research Princeton University and Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) intend to collaborate in researching future aspects of laser materials processing. The Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Ma...

On 29 September 2017 the German Research Foundation (DFG) announced which of the 195 submitted draft proposals of Clusters of Excellence made the leap into the second round of the excellence competition within the framework of Germany’s Excellence Strategy. The FAU has now been selected to proce...

FAU-based scientist publishes feasibility study of carbon dioxide-free heavy goods road transport It will probably always be necessary to transport new machine parts, trainers and cured meats from A to B – at least for the foreseeable future. Goods transport plays an important role in the industria...