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Even 200 years after his death, the work of the German writer Jean Paul offers plenty of room for discussion. On Thursday, 29 January 2026, the Schelling Forum will be the venue for such an exchange.

Researchers from the Universities of Würzburg and Braunschweig have provided empirical evidence for the first time: Maths lessons are a suitable place to promote skills for sustainable development.

Children from less privileged families are less likely to attend grammar school after primary school, despite achieving the same results. Targeted mentoring can reduce this gap.

To sustainably improve personalised cancer medicine: This is the goal that 151 organisations have set themselves in a European project. The University Hospital of Würzburg is one of them.

The Nordhalbener Erklärung aims to draw the attention of state and federal politicians to structurally weak villages and small towns. Researchers from the Würzburg Institute of Geography and Geology support the petition.

The University Hospital of Würzburg is looking for healthy women between the ages of 18 and 60 for a study. The aim is to find out how virtual impressions influence emotions and physiological reactions.

Climate change and biodiversity loss are among the most pressing challenges of our time. With Trees4Adapt, the European Union has launched a project to address these challenges – with the University of Würzburg as a partner.

A junior research group in Würzburg is developing a key technology for scalable quantum systems. The Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space is providing more than 6.6 million euros for this.

On 14 January 2025, a SpaceX rocket launched InnoCube into orbit. The small satellite from the University of Würzburg is now celebrating its first anniversary - and can already look back on some great successes.

Age alone is not an exclusion criterion for modern prostate cancer therapies: urologist Dr Marcel Schwinger was honoured for this finding.

The DFG is funding the establishment of a new centre for magnetic particle imaging at the University of Würzburg with 3.1 million euros. The aim is to make the new technology ready for clinical application.

Read about new appointments, job anniversaries, research sabbaticals and more.

Whether on television, radio, online or in print - researchers at the University of Würzburg are always well represented in the media. Here are some recent examples.

What recent advances have been made in the diagnosis and treatment of tumour diseases? What are the prospects for the future? Experts from the University Hospital of Würzburg will answer questions like these on 24 January 2026.

Democratic regression, "foreign agents" and external pressure: the situation in Georgia and its neighbours will be the subject of a public panel discussion on 20 January.