News Overview
Seven technical universities form European alliance
Press release | 9 July 2020 | stt
“ENHANCE – European Universities of Technology Alliance” will receive funding from the European Commission to strategically develop its cooperation. The European...
“Learning for the future from the crisis”
In an interview with the magazine DUZ- Wissenschaft&Management, Professor Christian Thomsen, president of TU Berlin, talks about the experiences gained and the consequences arising from the...
New Proofreading Service for Junior Scholars at TU Berlin
A new offer to advance the careers of junior scholars at TU Berlin: The Proofreading Service offers doctoral candidates and research associates a one-off proofreading of an English-language proposal...
Karl Scheel Prize Awarded to Dr. Tobias Heindel
Each year, the Berlin Physical Society (PGzB) awards the Karl Scheel Prize for outstanding scientific work achieved following the completion a doctorate. The prize for 2020 and the accompanying...
Grimme Online Award for “Eigensinn im Bruderland”
Press release | 29 June 2020 | sn
TU Berlin’s Center for Research on Antisemitism has been awarded the Grimme Online Award for its web documentary “Eigensinn im Bruderland”. The prize is for...
4Campus: Our University – Your Start-up Ideas
Technische Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin and Charité – Universitätsmedizin are looking for students with ideas for improving campus life during the...
Focus on Sustainability
If you have always wanted to initiate a project where sustainability is not just a sideline but right at the heart of the research conducted, then TU Berlin’s internal “Pro Nachhaltigkeit” strategic...
Berlin universities seek to offer a mix of digital courses and in-presence teaching
Press release of the State Conference of the Rectors and Presidents of the Higher Education Institutions in Berlin (LKRP) and the Senate Chancellery for Higher Education and Research
It is important...
Dark, Cold, Archetypal - a Peculiarly Berlin Phenomenon
Press release | 10 June 2020 | sn
Dark, passageway, cold, cozy, architectural freak, unique, hole, multifunctional, typically Berlin - Jan Heeres received a full gamut of responses when he asked...
TU Berlin Calls for Respectful and Sensitive Conduct among Members of the University
This is not normal.*
TU Berlin would like to express its unconditional support for all those who suffer discrimination and violence on the basis of ethnic, religious or physical ascriptions or their...
Pop-up Cycle Lanes Provide a Greater Sense of Safety
Joint press release of TU Berlin and IASS Potsdam | sn
The Covid-19 pandemic has also had an influence on mobility. In response to the situation, pop-up cycle lanes have begun to appear in Berlin,...
Call for Proposals and Two Webinars – Berlin Center for Global Engagement
The Berlin Center for Global Engagement (BCGE) published its inaugural call for proposals. The call invites submissions by researchers from the Berlin University Alliance partners. All academic and...
Staff Development: Ten Scholarships Available for Staff at TU Berlin
The part-time four-semester Science Management continuing education program at Technische Universität Berlin is ideal for anyone who needs to learn about the most effective ways to acquire third-party...
New Explainer Videos from Campus Management
What does my digital identity at TU Berlin actually look like? How do I use Campus Management’s basic services? What is the University’s green IT strategy? These are just some of the topics explored...
New drugs screened by a computer
The development of new drugs in medicine can take many years and cost billions of euros. An international team of scientists, including researchers from Freie Universität Berlin and Technische...
New Member of the Deutsches Klima-Konsortium
The Berlin University Alliance has joined the Deutsches Klima-Konsortium (German Climate Consortium, DKK). The consortium represents the leading players in German climate and climate impact research....
“Design and Computation”: New joint degree program of UdK Berlin and TU Berlin
Designers, artists, engineers, natural scientists, humanities scholars, and social scientists can now apply to the new interdisciplinary and research-oriented master’s degree program in Design and...
What Can We As Individuals Do?
In an international meta-study, researchers are examining the options that each of us has to reduce our individual carbon footprints. A research team led by Professor Dr. Felix Creutzig, head of the...
Saltwater in Place of Drinking Water
The use of hydrogen as a source of energy could form an important cornerstone of a new carbon-neutral energy supply system. Ideally, the electrolysis of water required for this could be conducted...
Automatic Detection of Cholera Pathogens in Water
More than 140,000 people die every year from Vibrio cholerae, the pathogen that causes cholera. It is estimated that up to four million people worldwide fall ill with cholera each year. It often...
“In Society, for Society”
Volunteer work in sports clubs, helping out in projects for refugees, supporting a range of sustainability projects – these are just some of the many ways students are working to benefit society....
When working from home is the new normal
What was previously inconceivable is now suddenly the new reality worldwide: Countless people in many organizations, universities, and administration are working from home at a moment’s notice. The...
Extension of Deadline for "Social Cohesion" Call for Proposals
Through the founding of the Berlin University Alliance, Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin, and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin have set...