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Didactics of Geography meets upper secondary education: Five teacher-training students from the University of Würzburg trialled a virtual reality-based lesson at St Ursula Grammar School.

The University of Würzburg, the University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt and the City of Würzburg hope that the new Welcome Centre will serve as a new point of contact for international students and skilled workers. It was officially opened on 3 July.

Supervisor of the Year 2026: Four researchers at the University of Würzburg can now use this title. They were honoured by PhD students from the Graduate School of Life Sciences.

KIS, the Contact and Information Centre for Students with Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses, is now part of the Diversity Coordination Office. The aim is to integrate the services even more closely.

Structured training for PhD students: New programmes are being launched in biochemistry, biology, biomedicine and law. The European Union is providing 18 million euros in funding for these programmes.

Arsim Kastrati is completing his PhD at the University of Würzburg – despite having a severe disability. He was awarded the Röntgen Prize by the Faculty of Physics in recognition of his outstanding academic achievements.

Stephanie Döpper is an expert in Near Eastern archaeology at the University of Würzburg. During a field trip to Oman, she stumbled across a 4,000-year-old artefact.

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

Professor Marcel Romanos from Würzburg University Hospital will be taking part in the Süddeutsche Zeitung’s Health Forum as an ADHD expert. The event will take place online on Wednesday 8 July. Registration is required.

How pain subsides depends on gender – even though the immediate reaction to the injury is largely the same. Researchers at Würzburg University Hospital have made this observation in an animal model.

Students Silas Happ and Marco Stiegelbauer have been newly elected to the University Senate. The full results of the university elections are available on the Electoral Office’s website.

Around 60 teachers, students and other interested parties gathered in Würzburg to discuss decolonial perspectives on English textbooks, digital teaching approaches and approaches to learning.

The externally funded WueCAST project is providing engaging professional development opportunities for students and teaching staff.

The 8th Bavarian Vaccination Week begins on 3 July with an information and consultation initiative organised by the Bavarian Centre for Cancer Research (BZKF). This year’s focus is on raising awareness about the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine.

The University Library is introducing ‘BibBot’, an AI-powered chat assistant: this will supplement the digital enquiry service outside of regular live chat hours. The initiative was launched at the suggestion of students.