Plain language: What research is being done at the University of Bayreuth?
Many scholars and scientists do research
at the University of Bayreuth.
Scholars look for new knowledge.
They draw up a plan:
- What exactly do they want to know?
- What do they already know about this topic?
- How can they learn more?
- How will they check their knowledge?
Then scholars work according to this plan.
They write down every step very precisely.
All of this together is called research.
Other people can read about it in the research results:
- What information is available on a topic?
- What information has been proven?
- What do the scholars know?
- What do the scholars guess?
- What do the scholars not know?
Many questions cannot be answered by one researcher alone.
At the University of Bayreuth, researchers from different fields think about these questions.
Everyone knows his or her field well.
Together they often find good solutions.
They write and talk about their results.
The results are meant to improve the lives of all people.
Scholars conduct research in many different areas.
For example:
- Ecology and Environmental Sciences
How do humans, animals, and plants live together on Earth?
- Polymer Research and Colloid Research
How can people make new materials?
For example, surfaces that cannot be scratched,
or material that cannot get dirty.
- African Studies
What can we learn about and from Africa?
What can we learn from working together with people from Africa?
- Bavarian Geo-Institute
What does the Earth look like from the inside?
There are many important questions for science and for society still to be answered.
Only together can researchers find good answers.
That is why researchers at the University of Bayreuth join forces
with other researchers.
They form research associations for a specific period of time
and for a specific research question.
Together they look for new ways to find good solutions.
The University of Bayreuth helps young researchers in particular.
People can do their doctorate und habilitation at the University.
There are many different funding programmes.
This is how different researchers get to know each other at the University of Bayreuth. They come from all over the world.
They work together and they learn from each other.
A research project costs a lot of money.
Researchers have to find a sponsor.
Sponsors can be private companies, the state, or various organisations.
There are many different funding programmes.
The University of Bayreuth helps and advises researchers.
The researchers have to send in a good application.
Then it is easier for them to find the right sponsor.
Also of interest:
What can you find on the website of the University of Bayreuth? Click here.
General information on the University of Bayreuth. Click here.
General information on studying. Click here.
With what countries is the University of Bayreuth in contact? Click here.
What else besides studying can you do on the grounds of the University of Bayreuth? Click here.
What sort of links are there between the University and business? Click here.
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