News
DFG Funding Atlas: Göttingen University in 15th place in Germany
Göttingen University is one of the 15 best universities in Germany according to the DFG Funding Atlas 2024. From 2020 to 2022, it acquired a total of 232.5 million euros in research funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG). The life sciences were once again particularly successful, taking fifth place in Germany. The subjects with the highest DFG ratings at the University of Göttingen include Agricultural Sciences, Forest Sciences, and Veterinary MedicineThe DFG Funding Atlas is regarded as the most important ranking for universities in Germany. more…
Building climate resilient cocoa farming in West Africa
Agroforestry systems, which integrate trees and shrubs into farming, are vital to achieving sustainable cocoa production in West Africa where 70 percent of the world cocoa is produced. Climate change induced drought means that it is ever more critical to adapt farming practices and find new approaches. Research led by scientists from the University of Göttingen sheds light on a promising new approach to improve climate resilience in cocoa agroforestry across West Africa. more…
Senate confirms its original decision to vote President Professor Metin Tolan out of office
The Senate's proposal to vote out the President of the University of Göttingen on 21 October 2024 had been very clearly rejected by the University’s highest supervisory body, the University Foundation Committee, due to incomprehensible reasoning. The ensuing joint meeting of the two bodies took place on 20 November 2024, as it is anchored in the University's constitution. At the end of the joint meeting, no agreement could be reached between the committees. As a result, the Senate confirmed its decision to vote Professor Metin Tolan out of office in a session held immediately afterwards. more…
The trail of the master forger: new evidence discovered
A document held in Göttingen University’s Faculty of Humanities has been revealed as an 18th century forgery. The document purports to be from 1266, but mentions a church in Pisa that was not built until later. This discovery is the result of a team of researchers consisting of a historian from the University of Göttingen working with Italian researchers. They were actually looking for exhibits for the Forum Wissen, the knowledge museum of the University, when they stumbled across this fascinating forgery. more…
All press releases
Further news
Lower Saxony against antisemitism
The University of Göttingen has joined the ‘Niedersachsen gegen Antisemitismus’ (Lower Saxony against antisemitism) campaign. The aim of the campaign is to recognise antisemitism in everyday life, to confront it and to robustly argue against it. The campaign, launched by Professor Gerhard Wegner, is supported by a broad network of state institutions and initiatives. more…
Millions in funding for interstellar astrochemistry research
Professor Alec Wodtke, Professor of Chemistry at the University of Göttingen and Director at the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Multidisciplinary Natural Sciences in Göttingen, is involved in a Synergy Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). The EU is funding the IRASTRO project for six years with a total of around twelve million euros. In addition to Wodtke, three other European scientists are involved. more…