Research funding for junior researchers
On 3 April 2019, students, doctoral researchers, postdocs and junior fellows will be able to get first-hand information about the support programmes of the European Union and German scientific organisations. ...more
Digital Pioneers in Bayreuth
Inspiring, surprising, always exciting: the DLD Campus. This year will be the third time, the baby brother of the big Munich innovation conference takes place on the grounds of the University of Bayreuth. 27 June 2019: Save the date! ...more
Prof. Stefan Leible re-elected as university president
In a joint meeting, the University Council and Senate of the University of Bayreuth re-elected Prof. Dr. Stefan Leible. His new term will commence on 1 July 2019. ...more
High-End Science on Microplastics
The German Research Foundation is to install a new Collaborative Research Centre at the University of Bayreuth. The CRC will research the effects of microplastic, including its migration and formation, and develop new approaches to solving this immense environmental problem. ...more
One Cluster of Excellence
Another major success for the University of Bayreuth: Bayreuth’s African Studies were named Cluster of Excellence by an international panel of experts and the ministers of science of Germany’s federal and state governments. ...more
High efficiency at low cost: a new method of cloning
For multiplying DNA molecules, Bayreuth biologists have developed a fast method, versatile enough to be deployed in all areas of biology, biochemistry and biotechnology. ...more
Breakdown of nitrate in groundwater
An international research team with hydrologists from the University of Bayreuth and the Helmholz Centre for Environmental Research comes to the conclusion that the capacity of many deep aquifers to remove nitrate is likely higher than is often assumed. ...more
