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Saarland University

Campus null, 66123 Saarbrücken

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Saarland University

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Saarland University is located in the south-west of Germany on the borders with France and Luxembourg. The university has an international reputation for its research in informatics and its work in nanotechnology and biosciences. Saarland University, which has many international students, is characterised by close ties to France and its focus on Europe.

International research

Saarland University's research capabilities are among the strongest of any medium-sized university in Germany. This is corroborated by the high volume of third-party funding it receives, the international profiles and networks of its researchers and its non-university research institutes – which include two Max Planck institutes, two Leibniz and two Fraunhofer institutes and a Helmholtz institute.

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Affiliated institutions

  • Europe Institute
  • Cluster for European Research
  • Faculty of Empirical Human Sciences and Economic Science
  • Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics
  • France Centre of Saarland University
  • Intel Visual Computing Institute
  • Käte Hamburger Research Centre for Cultural Practices of Reparation (CURE)
  • Faculty of Medicine
  • Multi-Modal Computing and Interaction (MMCI)
  • Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology
  • Faculty of Arts
  • Faculty of Law
  • Saar University and State Library
  • University Archive
  • Saarland University Medical Center
  • Centre of Bioinformatics
  • Center for Biophysics
  • Centre of Human and Molecular Biology (ZHMB)
  • Centre for Teacher Training (ZFL)

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