Pro­file of Saar­land Uni­ver­sity

    • Cut­ting-edge re­search

      Saar­land Uni­ver­sity main­tains its com­pet­i­tive po­si­tion in the na­tional and in­ter­na­tional re­search land­scapes by con­tin­u­ously de­vel­op­ing and en­hanc­ing its key re­search areas 'Com­puter Sci­ence', 'Nano-and Life Sci­ences' and 'Eu­rope'. But Saar­land Uni­ver­sity is also com­mit­ted to pro­mot­ing a di­verse range of re­search con­tent and re­search method­olo­gies across a wide range of aca­d­e­mic dis­ci­plines and ac­tively sup­ports promis­ing re­search ini­tia­tives that do not fall within the scope of the uni­ver­sity's three key re­search areas.

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    • In­ter­na­tion­al­ity

      In­ter­na­tion­al­ity is an in­te­gral part of day-to-day life on cam­pus, where peo­ple from dif­fer­ent coun­tries meet and con­nect and where aca­d­e­mic study, teach­ing and re­search have a strong in­ter­na­tional com­po­nent. The in­ter­na­tional di­men­sion at Saar­land Uni­ver­sity is ev­i­dent in the wide range of in­ter­na­tional de­gree pro­grammes on offer, the large num­ber of in­ter­na­tional stu­dents who study here and the nu­mer­ous in­ter­na­tional part­ner­ships and co­op­er­a­tive pro­grammes.

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    • High-qual­ity teach­ing and aca­d­e­mic pro­grammes

      Ex­cel­lent su­per­vi­sion, mod­ern in­fra­struc­ture and a cam­pus with de­part­ments, in­sti­tutes, labs and li­braries all close at hand – Saar­land Uni­ver­sity pro­vides stu­dents with an ideal en­vi­ron­ment in which to study. Thanks to its pol­icy of con­tin­u­ously im­prov­ing its course and pro­gramme cur­ric­ula, Saar­land Uni­ver­sity was one of the first uni­ver­si­ties in Ger­many to achieve Qual­ity As­sur­ance Ac­cred­i­ta­tion. The na­tional and in­ter­na­tional rank­ing ta­bles com­piled by the Ger­man Cen­tre for Higher-Ed­u­ca­tion De­vel­op­ment (CHE) are fur­ther proof of the qual­ity of the teach­ing and study pro­grammes at Saar­land Uni­ver­sity.

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Transcending boundaries is a hallmark of Saarland University no matter whether these are geographical borders, cultural boundaries, barriers between academic disciplines, or outmoded divisions between academia, industry, culture and society.

Saarland University was founded in 1948 as a bilingual university under the auspices of the French government.  The university has earned an international reputation for its research in computer science and informatics and for work in the life sciences and nanosciences. The university is distinguished by its close ties to France and its strong European focus. With its pronounced international focus and its strong ties to universities in Europe and around the world, Saarland University is more international than almost any other medium-sized German university. A distinctive feature of Saarland University is the broad range of cross-border academic programmes that lead to a double-degree qualification or even to a triple-degree qualification if a third foreign partner institution is involved.

Many of the university departments collaborate closely with one another in both teaching and research. Close cooperative ties also connect Saarland University's scientists and researchers with universities around the world as well as with the many external research institutes located on and around the Saarbrücken campus. All of the major German scientific organizations are represented on campus, including two institutes of the Max Planck Society, two institutes within the Leibniz Association, two Fraunhofer institutes of applied research, a Helmholtz research centre and a Helmholtz institute.