The University of Göttingen is an internationally renowned research university. Founded in 1737 in the Age of Enlightenment, the University is committed to the values of social responsibility of science, democracy, tolerance and justice. It offers a comprehensive range of subjects across 13 faculties: in the natural sciences, humanities, social sciences and medicine. With about 28,000 students and more than 210 degree programmes, the University is one of the largest in Germany.
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Margherita Cusmano, a PhD student in social sciences from Italy has received this year's German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) award for outstanding international students. In her thesis at Göttingen University and the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Cusmano explores how migrants in Germany perceive and judge economic inequality. The panel commended her commitment to refugees, as well as to international students and researchers.
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Apply now: Dorothea Schlözer Programmes
Early career researchers at the Göttingen Campus are invited to apply for the Dorothy Schlözer Career Programmes for female researchers: the Career Coaching programme is for postdocs; and the Mentoring Programme is for postdocs and PhD students in their final year. The programmes are designed to support female early career researchers during this phase of their development. Deadline is 15 November 2025.
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Sedimentary rocks reveal ocean floor cooling
Rocks store information from long ago. For instance, their composition can reveal the environmental conditions during their formation. This makes them extremely important in climate research. This led a research team at the University of Göttingen and the GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences to investigate the following: do the sedimentary rocks known as "cherts" reveal anything about the climate of the past?
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University of Göttingen in Germany’s top ten
Good results for the University of Göttingen. In the current university ranking of the UK’s Times Higher Education (THE), Göttingen was able to maintain its position of 10th place in Germany. In the world rankings, it came 122nd this year. The University scores very well in the area of research quality, achieving a score of 87.2 out of a possible 100 points.
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Human remains return home
The Universities of Göttingen and Freiburg have returned ancestral remains to a delegation from the Republic of the Marshall Islands. The formal handover took place in Göttingen on Tuesday 7 October 2025.
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Bright Future for Solar System School
The Solar System School, the joint graduate school of the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, the University of Göttingen, and the Technical University of Braunschweig, is now a permanent fixture in doctoral training in Göttingen and Braunschweig. The Max Planck Society will continue the School for an indefinite period. The doctoral program offers students from all over the world the opportunity to obtain a doctorate in the field of solar system research as part of a structured graduate program.
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