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CHARM-EU launches a new Open Call for micro-credentials and online courses - Submit now and increase your visibility across Europe!

As part of the CHARM-EU network, lecturers are invited to submit courses for the Transnational Online Learning (TOL) programme in the winter semester 2026/2027.

The Doctoral Day for Master's students and doctoral candidates will take place at JMU on 13 May - with lots of information about doctoral and career paths. The registration deadline is 4 May.

What does the future of our democracy look like? The University of Würzburg is exploring this question in a new series of public events. It starts on 29 April 2026.

The conclave - the election of the Vicar of Christ. One year after the death of Pope Francis, the Schelling Forum is offering a lecture followed by a discussion on the topic of the papal election.

Punch cards, games journalism, digital art: from 22 April, the public lecture series "Hack & Play" at the University of Würzburg will take you on a journey back to the digital beginnings.

Photographs, videos and personal objects give a voice to refugee women from Ukraine: The exhibition "Stories of Flight and Arrival" can be seen at the University of Würzburg from 30 April 2026.

Class 8b from Maria-Ward-Gymnasium Aschaffenburg won the competition at the Lower Franconian Dialect Institute's pupils' day. Their audio guide for their home town won over the jury.

Students have come up with stories about field herbs - from the perspective of the plants. The results can be seen from Wednesday 29 April in the Philosophy Building and on the Internet.

On 25 April 2026, the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University Hospital of Würzburg invites to an information afternoon that will address highly topical issues relating to the mental health of children and adolescents.

Drought significantly reduces the reproductive success of bumblebee colonies. This is shown by a new study conducted by a research team at the University of Würzburg. This also has consequences for plant pollination.

How can forest changes be recognised at an early stage and informed decisions made for climate-resilient forests? This question has been addressed by a project that is now providing an app for forest monitoring.

Femicides, the killing of women and girls because of their gender, are the topic of the "Würzburger Kellergespräche" (Cellar Talks) on 28 April 2026. The day before, professor Eric Hilgendorf will give an introductory lecture on the subject.

Deposits in the macula - the most important visual area in the centre of the retina - can lead to a gradual loss of vision. The University Hospital Würzburg (UKW) is involved in various clinical studies.