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Sustainability at the JMU

Home to more than 30,000 people and a hotbed of innovation and ideas, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU) wants to play a pioneering role in sustainability. The following pages describe what we are doing to integrate sustainability into our research, teaching and campus operations. Some of the information provided on these pages has been taken from the 2020/21 JMU sustainability report.

If you think that something is missing from the following pages or needs updating, feel free to email us at vp-sustainability@uni-wuerzburg.de.

JMU mission statement

'We fulfil our social responsibility by advocating the basic rights of democracy, supporting humanitarian activities and promoting a sustainable use of resources.'

In her position as Vice-President of the University of Würzburg, Prof. Dr. Anja Schlömerkemper is responsible for the portfolio of 'equal opportunity, career planning and sustainability'.

Sustainability Laboratory at JMU (WueLAB)

Download Sustainability Report (German)

Sustainability Committee

Office of Occupational Health and Safety, Animal Welfare and Environmental Protection

The Bavarian Network for Sustainability in Higher Education

Our commitment

Research

Teaching

Campus management

Social sustainability

The JMU has also made a commitment to social sustainability.

The status quo of sustainability at the JMU

How sustainable are we at the JMU?
The ‘Nachhaltige Hochschule: Kriterien zur Bestandsaufnahme’ project defines 45 criteria for surveying the status quo of sustainability at higher education institutions. They help universities implement sustainability across their activities.

Find out how we are doing