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Globally connected, research at the University of Regensburg (UR) addresses the challenges of a rapidly changing world, both independently and collaboratively:

Dynamics in the Global World

Material Worlds and Sustainability

Digital Transformations

Integrated Sciences in Life, Health, and Disease

... Impact

UR is committed to ensuring an optimal research environment, nurturing scientists at every career phase, while championing equal opportunities, knowledge exchange, and innovation, through research-friendly infrastructures and dedicated intramural funding programs.

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Cluster of Excellence: Center for Chiral Electronics

The German Research Foundation (DFG) is funding the Cluster of Excellence Center for Chiral Electronics (CCE) with up to 64.5 million euros.?

The University of Regensburg has applied for the cluster together with Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) in Halle, Freie Universit?t Berlin and the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics in Halle. The cluster will start in January 2026 and initially run for seven years.?

The aim of the research collaboration is to develop innovative concepts for energy-efficient and high-performance electronics - based on the hitherto little-used property of chirality. More...

News

11. July 2025

Professor Franz J. Gie?ibl has been admitted to the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Recognition for pioneering work in Quantum Nanoscience at the University of Regensburg

20. June 2025

University of Regensburg improves further in new QS World University Ranking

Significant rise in research and sustainability

17. June 2025

ERC Advanced Grant for Prof. Veronica Egger

10. June 2025

Ecological Transformation and Social Conflicts along the Danube

22. May 2025

Excellence Strategy: Cluster of Excellence for the University of Regensburg

After a long and highly competitive competition, the University of Regensburg (UR) is one of the winners of the Excellence Strategy.

Facts and Figures

Cluster of Excellence

CRCs/TRRs

Third-Party Funding in Mio € (2023)

Scientists (Including Professors)

3031

International Guest Scientists (currently)

335

ERC Grants (currently)

Flagships

Scientists

Collaborative Research

Networks and Infrastructure

Rankings

UR Ranking Information

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UR ScienceBlog

People, Perspectives, Insights

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Fresh Science, Diverse Careers

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Richard H?fer, Professor of Analysis and Numerics of Partial Differential Equations - Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize 2025 _
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The Intuition Game
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UR's intramural funding program supports early career scientists.
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Meet the UR Potentials!
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Simon Lebek is UR’s Professor of Internal Medicine with a focus on Experimental Cardiology and Gene Editing.
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The Trailblazer
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Jan Wilhelm leads the junior research group 'Computational Electronic Structure Theory' at UR’s Institute of Theoretical Physics.
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Breaking the Waves
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Juliane Tomann is UR’s Junior professor for Public History.
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Doing History
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Tenure Track Professor at UR: Annabelle Bohrdt, Institute of Theoretical Physics
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Predicting What Materials Do
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Postdoc at UR: Oleksandr Zabirko, Institute for Slavic Studies.
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Industrial Spaces
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Tatiana Klepikova is UR’s Freigeist Fellow, doing research on queer literatures and cultures.
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Pride and Prejudice
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Research Group Leader at UR: Tomer J. Czaczkes, Institute of Zoology - Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize 2024
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Outsmarting Ants
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Why UR for Doctoral/Postdoctoral Training?

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Doctoral Researchers

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Leibniz ScienceCampus 'Europe and America in the Modern World'

Fraunhofer Units

Support and Structures

UR Intramural Funding Programs

Get Guidance

Universit?t Regensburg Regulations for Ensuring Good Academic Practice (PDF)

Ombudspersons

Guidelines for Handling Research Data (PDF)

Research Data - UR DataHub

Ethics Committee

Internationalization@UR?? | UR international: Internationalization Strategy 2023-2027

UR Data Protection Officer dsb@ur.de | Information sheet on AI (via VPN, German only)

Chairperson

Professor Dr. Ernst Tamm, Vice President for Research

Members

Professor Dr. Andreas Merkt (Catholic Theology)
Professor Dr. Jürgen Kühling (Law)
Professor Dr. Steffen?Sebastian (Business, Economics & Management Information Systems)
Professor Dr. Wolfgang Herr (Medicine)
Professor Dr. Meike Klettke (Informatics and Data Science)
Professor Dr. Katelijne Schiltz (Philosophy, Art History, History and Humanities)
Professor Dr. Angelika Lingnau (Human Sciences)
Professor Dr. Christiane Heibach (Languages, Literatures, and Cultures)
Professor Dr. Clara L?h (Mathematics)
Professor Dr. Dominique Bougeard (Physics)
Professor Dr.?Dina Grohmann (Biology and Pre-Clinical Medicine)
Professor Dr. Oliver Reiser (Chemistry and Pharmacy)