Saarland University: European university in a global world

Dr. Johannes Abele

Director of the International Office

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Campus university where everything is close at hand

Eight faculties– Law and Economics, – Medicine and

Saarland University Medical Center (located in Homburg),

– Humanities and Social Sciences, – Computer Science and

Mathematics– Natural Sciences and Technology

Founded in 1948 with French assistance

More than 18,000 students

280 professors

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Excellence in research

Key disciplines are shaping the university’s profile:

Informatics– National academic

excellence initiative– Cluster of Excellence– around 400 researchers

Nanotechnology, Life Sciences – around 600 researchers

Strong European focus

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Internationally recognized research institutions located in the vicinity of the university

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Combining top-quality research withexcellence in teaching

Quality assurance: Quality management system in teaching and learning

System accreditation - one of the first universities in Germany with quality seal

120 study programmes:Bachelor´s degree programmes and Master´s programmes

6 post-graduate training programmes

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Studying at Saarland University

Broad range of academic subjects

Mentoring programme

Training in effective teamwork and in intercultural skills

Comprehensive support package for students preparing to start their careers or aiming to set up their own businesses

jUNIts training scheme for young entrepreneurs

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European Focus

Founded in 1948 with French assistance

Early European orientation:– Europa-Institut founded in 1951– Centre juridique franco-allemand

established in 1955– Frankreichzentrum– Renowned institutions with a

European focus CEUS (Collegium Europaeum

Universitatis Saraviensis) Europaicum – a certificate, which is

unique in Germany: Supplementary qualification in European studies

Broad range of cross-border academic programmes

University of the Greater Region

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International focus

365 international partner universities

Around 3,000 international students

25 international degree programmes

with double-degree qualification

International graduate programmes

Erasmus mundus programmes

International collaborative research

partnerships

DAAD-Programmes Eastern Europe

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Knowledge Transfer

University´s Start-up Centre

252 companies, more than 1454

employees

Science Park located next to

Saarbrücken campus

Numerous spin-off companies active

on and around campus

Numerous externally funded research

projects across all fields of academic

study

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Thank you for your kind attention.

Saarland UniversityCampus A4 466123 SaarbrückenGermanyinternational@io.uni-saarland.de

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