University of Kiel in Germany

The Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (CAU) was founded in 1665. With 27,000 students and around 3,700 employees, it is the oldest, largest and best-known university in the state between the seas and the only full university in Schleswig-Holstein. Seven Nobel Prize winners worked here. The CAU has been successfully participating in the Excellence Initiative since 2006.

>> Study and teaching

The University of Kiel offers the opportunity to learn a lot and to exchange ideas with many people in 190 courses. In addition to traditional subjects such as law and medicine, the humanities, social and natural sciences are offered. Applied fields of study such as materials and technology sciences or agricultural and nutritional sciences offer very good career options. Teacher training plays a key role. With 21 integrated subjects, future teachers enjoy excellent specialist training and have very good prospects in teaching, learning and educational research.

>> Research

The CAU, as the only full research university in Schleswig-Holstein, has systematically developed four dynamic research focuses in recent years, which are based on the interdisciplinary interaction of strong disciplines: marine sciences, life sciences, society, the environment and culture in transition, as well as nanosciences and surface research. Each individual focus makes substantial contributions to dealing with at least one of the Grand Challenges.

>> Transfer

Universities are not islands. Rather, they work in a variety of ways with, in and for society. They offer space for new ideas, convey knowledge and values, and allow debates on controversial topics. They train specialists, create innovative products and start-ups, support companies in their further development, provide advice and warnings to politicians. In this context, the CAU is the umbrella brand for scientific quality and innovation, for responsibility and transfer. It stands for the university's active role in society. In close collaboration with civil society, it wants to be the engine of regional, supraregional and international development. By searching for and finding groundbreaking inter- and transdisciplinary solutions to the pressing questions of the time. That is why the CAU maintains a wide variety of lively relationships with its partners in science, business, politics and society.