On 31 August 2016, the University of Göttingen received the official approval of the DAAD for the establishment of the German-Colombian Peace Institute. The Peace Institute is a joint project between consortia of German and Colombian Universities. The German consortium is formed by the Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, the University of Göttingen, the Lateinamerika Institut – Freie Universität Berlin, … Weiterlesen
The new European Master Degree programme in “Plant Health in Sustainable Cropping Systems” has officially started with a kick-off meeting in Valencia in October 2016. 21 students from 13 different countries, as well as the coordinators from the partner Universities attended the meeting.
The “PlantHealth” Master Programme is funded by the European commission and is jointly organised by the Universities of Göttingen (Germany), … Weiterlesen
A delegation of the Nanjing University Business School (NUBS) visited the Faculty of Economic Sciences of the University of Göttingen on September 5, 2016. During the visit, the deans of Nanjing and Göttingen, Prof. Shen Kunrong and Prof. Dr. Lutz M. Kolbe, signed an agreement for a double degree programme. The programme will be established within the framework of a new Master’s Programme in Global Business at the Faculty of Economic Sciences. … Weiterlesen
The IRTG 1816 is a unique collaborative research initiative with partner sites in Germany and UK funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) and the British Heart Foundation, respectively.
Nationwide the IRTG 1816 is the only DFG funded collaborative international PhD programme between a partner site in Germany and UK. The mission of the IRTG 1816 is to offer excellent doctoral researchers the opportunity to perform their doctoral work in a cutting edge topic within the field of cardiovascular science embraced by a structured training programme. … Weiterlesen
The University of Göttingen and the K+S KALI GmbH continue their public-private-partnership “IAPN – Institute of Applied Plant Nutrition”. A corresponding agreement has now been signed. About six years after its foundation, IAPN has been established successfully in research and teaching in the field of applied plant nutrition.
In times of changing climate, IAPN focuses its scientific activities on research about resource efficiency. … Weiterlesen
The European Commission published new calls for proposals within the programme “Erasmus+”. Information on the focus of the different funding schemes as well as on regulations and application processes can be found at the website and in the programme guide. The 2017 deadlines are:
Mobility projects: February 2, 2017
Capacity building projects: February 9, … Weiterlesen
On October 6, 2016 the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) published new calls for 14 programmes. All calls’ texts as well as further information on the different programmes can be found in the DAAD’s project database (in German only). Short descriptions of the programmes can be found here (in German only).
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The Erasmus Mundus Project INSPIRE (South Africa) has launched a call for scholarship applications for Master, PhD and Postdocs. Please note that scholarships are available only for EU nationals. The application deadline is the 1st of February 2017.
More details can be found here.
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The Erasmus Mundus Project MAYANET (Latin America) has launched a call for scholarship applications for Master, PhD, Postdocs and Staff. Please note that scholarships are available only for EU nationals. The application deadline is the 4th of December 2016.
More details can be found here.
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The Master’s Programme in Development Economics of the Faculty of Economic Sciences has been included in the scholarship programme „Development-Related Post-Graduate Programmes“ (EPOS) of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for the time period of 1 July 2018 to 31 December 2025.
As part of this programme, up to eight students of the Master’s programme in Development Economics from developing and emerging countries will be supported with an annual individual scholarship and an accompanying support programme. … Weiterlesen
The German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) and the State Committee for the Coordination of the Development of Science and Technology at the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan (KKEWT) would like to further extend the scientific and technological cooperation (WTZ) of both countries.
The support concerns staff exchange, the coordination of bilateral cooperation, … Weiterlesen
A new call for “Innovative Training Networks” (ITN) has been published within the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), which are a part of the European research framework programme “Horizon2020”.
The application deadline is the 10th of January 2017.
The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks (ITN) offer financial support for structured doctoral training for four years. Funding will be provided for the salary of the Phd students. … Weiterlesen
For the third time already, the research training group „GlobalFood“, based at the University of Göttingen, is inviting international researchers to discuss topics of changing agricultural and food markets. Main drivers of this transformation are the vertical integration of global supply chains, an increased demand for environmental, social and quality standards, as well as changing consumer preferences. … Weiterlesen
“Normality – Power – Education” is the title of this semester’s series of lectures within the “’All Equally Different!?’Diversity in theory and practice” cycle.
In education institutions and processes, normality is (re-)produced, but also pre-supposed. At the same time, diversity is perceived as a deviation from an unspoken standard and thereby perceived as problematic. Those who do not seem to meet certain normality requirements and standards are threatened by disability and disadvantage. … Weiterlesen
The tandem programme of the family service for students with and without children starts again this winter semester. The tandem programme was established to support students with children and aims to improve the exchange between students with and without children. Participants will be sensitised for different phases and circumstances of life and the programme supports family friendly studies and equal opportunities at the university. … Weiterlesen
The consortium universities in the German-Japanese University Network HeKKSaGOn intend to further intensify the exchange between students and young researchers and scientists. At the fifth HeKKSaGOn conference in Karlsruhe, the six rectors and presidents presented their concepts for the advancement of young researchers. The motto was “Increasing Student Mobility for the Scientists and Pioneers of Tomorrow“. … Weiterlesen
With the rapid development of information and communication technologies, individual users, enterprises, governments and other institutions have now access to a variety of data. Such data might be used for information sharing, entertainment, understanding individual behaviors and social problems, or even making business decisions. “Social computing”, a new discipline which aims to address issues that are mostly related to social networks and big data, … Weiterlesen
The second workshop in the course of the first U4 staff training for career professionals at U4 universities successfully took place in Göttingen from 22 to 23 September 2016. The event was organised by the Career Service of the Student and Academic Services Department and the Career Service Unit of the GGNB.
The meeting dealt with international specifics, … Weiterlesen
As part of a two-month stay (staff mobility) Prof. Khabibjon Kushiev from Gulistan University (Uzbekistan) followed the invitation of Prof. Martin Kappas (Department of Geography) at the Department of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing to discuss cooperation in the field of climate change and sustainable land use. The impact of climate change in Central Asia as well as topics of sustainable land use in drylands have been a focus of the department for GIS & … Weiterlesen
This year’s excursion of the Göttingen Graduate School for Neurosciences, Biophysics and Molecular Biosciences (27 August 2016) took the students to Wartburg castle and Eisenach. Almost 30 doctoral students from 14 countries joined the tour. They could escape the summer heat on a guided tour through the Wartburg, where they were introduced to many fascinating facts and stories of the castle’s history. … Weiterlesen
This year’s Hadron Collider Physics Summer School – HASCO 2016 took place from the 17th to the 22nd of July, 2016 in Göttingen. We could welcome 40 Master students from the U4 partner universities in Gent, Groningen and Uppsala,as well as 20 further European partner universities and the European Center for Nuclear Physics (CERN) to the school. … Weiterlesen
Since nine months, the school BBS 1 in Göttingen has been taking part in the programme SPRINT (Sprache und Integration). SPRINT is directed to young refugees who intensively learn German and want to acquire a qualification in the near future.
The school is looking for internships in different areas for these students. The students come from Afghanistan, … Weiterlesen
The University of Göttingen has successfully applied for the Diversity Audit. Together with ten other German universities (including the universities of Cologne, Nürnberg-Erlangen, Hamburg and Vechta) it will go through an accompanied organisational development process throughout the next two years. It is the audits aim to support the universities in creating an atmosphere that enables students and employees to be successful in their work. … Weiterlesen
The International Office of the University of Göttingen is happy to welcome Dr. Mathieu Rousselin who joined the department in July 2016 as Head of the Incoming Office. Through the International Student Office, the Welcome Centre and various projects dealing with integration and inclusion, Mathieu Rousselin is responsible for all services offered to international students and scientists. … Weiterlesen
The International Office of the University of Göttingen is happy to welcome Dr. Katharina Jannasch who joined the department in October 2016 as coordinator for short term programmes.
Being part of the team “Education and Mobility Programmes”, she is responsible for conceptualising and advising faculty members in implementing short term programmes that further intensify the University’s international partnerships. … Weiterlesen
