Press Releases

Once again, several researchers from the University of Würzburg are among the “Highly Cited Researchers”. In 2024, four professors make the list. Their work is frequently cited by colleagues worldwide.

The Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Würzburg has awarded Josef Schuster, President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, an honorary doctorate for his services to science and church life.

The Senate of the University of Würzburg has adopted a code of conduct entitled ‘Science – Freedom and Responsibility’. It shows how JMU defines and applies the freedom of science.

Milestone for German-language large language models: the first purely German large language model has been trained at the University of Würzburg. It was created at the Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science (CAIDAS).

A recent study from the University of Würzburg unveiled a key enzyme involved in producing selenoproteins, opening new strategies for treating certain types of cancer in children.

Once again, the ‘Global Ranking of Academic Subjects’ confirms JMU's top performance in medical technology, biological sciences, and physics. Moreover, the university is above average in other fields.

1st place in Germany, 1st place in Europe, 3rd place worldwide: JMU's Virtual Reality researchers achieve these top results in the CSRankings. The university is also top in other areas.

Professors Ivo Boneca, Mark Brönstrup, and Christophe Zimmer have been awarded one of the most prestigious European research prizes, an ERC Synergy Grant worth eleven million euros.