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The new application round for the SCIENTIA Career Development Programme 2026 is now open. It is aimed at advanced doctoral students and postdocs at JMU; the application deadline is 15 November 2025.

To mark Jane Goodall's 90th birthday, the University of Würzburg has planted a tree on the Hubland campus. A heat- and drought-resistant wild service tree was chosen.

The cooperation enters the next round. Representatives of the University of Würzburg and the Staatlicher Hofkeller have harvested the grapes for the new UniWein.

15,000 books are housed in the library of the Chair of Ancient History at the University of Würzburg. A digital application is now intended to provide students in their first semesters with better orientation.

Around 140 pupils from all over Germany took part in the STEM summer schools on the campus of the University of Würzburg. A scientific discovery space opened up to them.

The University of Namibia was the destination of a trip by two members of the Professional School of Education. A new research collaboration is one result of this trip - and a yucca palm in the tree avenue there.

A wide range of research work from the life sciences will be presented at the EUREKA! symposium at JMU on 8 and 9 October. The conference is open to all interested parties.

A study by Würzburg University Medicine shows promising initial results in overcoming arachnophobia. Further participants are welcome.

Eliminating toxic and expensive heavy metals in the chemical industry: A new publication from the University of Würzburg Chemistry points the way forward.

An innovative method for fine-tuning genetic material has been developed by an international research team led by the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research in Würzburg.

Dr. Hariharan Moorthy is investigating a special form of cell death that could enable innovative cancer therapies. An Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship allows him to conduct his research at the University of Würzburg.

Developing new batteries and recycling existing ones: These are the goals of two projects at the Institute for Sustainable Chemistry and Catalysis with Boron and the Institute for Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Würzburg.

Benjamin Müsegades helds the Chair of Regional History (Franconian History in the Middle Ages and Modern Times) at the University of Würzburg since 1 September 2025. Würzburg is the perfect place for the medieval expert.

300 exhibitors, 17 exhibition halls, a large outdoor area: the Mainfranken-Messe sets up its tents at the end of September. The University of Würzburg will also be exhibiting there.

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