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The University of Göttingen receives European award for innovation in internationalisation

The University of Göttingen has received the “Institutional Award for Innovation in Internationalisation 2015” from the European Association for International Education (EAIE). This European prize rewards higher education institutions who have an outstanding internationalisation strategy and are forging innovative pathways in internationalisation.
The international awards committee found that the University has developed and implemented an outstanding and comprehensive internationalisation strategy in the past years, … Continued

Establishment of the International Center for Advanced Studies of Energy Conversion in Göttingen

The energy problem is one of the biggest global challenges of our time. Problems such as: global warming, habitat destruction, species extinction, poverty, hunger, disease and even armed human conflict either directly result from or are profoundly aggravated by ways in which humans produce and consume energy. Hence, energy science and technology development today generally focus either on issues of improving energy production or improving the efficiency of energy use. … Continued

University of Göttingen in numbers

Please refer to our fact sheet for latest numbers of international students, staff and cooperation partners of the University of Göttingen. Currently, 31,000 students study at the University of Göttingen, around 12% of them come from abroad. … Continued

New student guide

We are happy to present you our new Guide for International Students. This guide will help newly admitted international students with the first formalities and first step towards a productive and enjoyable stay in Göttingen. Throughout its 70 pages, the guide offers practical information on the city’s and university’s infrastructure and leisure activities as well as advices on how to organise their stay in Göttingen. … Continued

List of courses taught in English

The University of Göttingen offers a growing number of degree programmes for our regular students and single courses in English language for our exchange students. In our latest directory of modules you will find the list of courses offered in English in the upcoming academic year. The list is subject to slight changes from semester to semester; … Continued

Watching a rainbow form with the world’s fastest spectrometer

Scientists at the University of Göttingen film formation of ultrashort laser pulses in real time

Extremely short, intense optical signals are essential in basic research, manufacturing, and ophthalmology. Emitted from a special breed of lasers, these ultrashort flashes of light are fundamentally different from the output of a conventional, monochromatic laser. This flashed emission consists of a broadband spectrum – a rainbow – and the shorter the pulse, … Continued

Snail shells offer clue in unravelling common origins of body asymmetry

An international team of researchers has discovered a gene in snails that determines whether their shells twist clockwise or anti-clockwise – and could offer clues to how the same gene affects body asymmetry in other animals including humans. The research, published in the journal Current Biology is an important step in understanding how our organs are placed asymmetrically within the body and why this process can sometimes go wrong when some or all of the major internal organs are reversed or mirrored from their normal placement in the body. … Continued

Göttingen goes pink

Every year Göttingen central campus welcomes new sommer term students with cherry blossoms. That’s definetely one of the best moments to be on campus! … Continued

Göttingen’s historic student prison for „nonsense of all kinds“

A hundred years ago, Göttingen was a different world. It was a time when horse carriages were still driving through the streets and candles burnt insight lanterns. But it was also a time, in which “constant laziness” could bring you to prison. Every student, who committed a minor crime, was to be judged by the academic court. … Continued

Meet us at NAFSA and EAIE

This year the University of Göttingen will be present at NAFSA and EAIE. Write us an email at international@uni-goettingen.de if you are also there and would like to arrange a meeting. We will be delighted to see you! … Continued

Contact

The International Office
Von-Siebold-Straße 2
37075 Göttingen, Germany
Phone: +49 551 39 21328
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