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Why study at JGU?

Here you find 11 good reasons to study at Mainz University.
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Information for international applicants

You want to enroll at Mainz University? Here you find information on the various options and programs for studying at JGU.
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Studying at Mainz University

This short film gives you an insight into student life and courses of study at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.
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The Gutenberg School of Management and Economics

This video introduces you to our Gutenberg School of Management and Economics, its topics, students, and professors.
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NEWS

JGU starts new student internet portal

You are a freshman and need help with your class schedule? Or do you want to change your subjects? Do you want to train your soft skills to be best prepared for job market requirements? Our new student internet portal can help with all that!
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New application deadlines for master programs

Please apply for the winter semester until May 15, for the summer semester until November 15.
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SERVICE

Information and advice

Studying at university raises all kinds of different questions - find the answers to many of them!
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NEWS

Open Access Publication Funds

Early career researchers of JGU may apply for an absortion of costs of publication fees or article processing charges.
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YES - Young Entrepreneurs in Science

What happens after your postdoc or PhD? Two workshops in May (27.-28. 05.19) and June (17.-18.05.19) will help you to plan a career inside and outside the academic world. Registration is required until 20.05.19.
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PORTAL FOR YOUNG RESEARCHERS

EVENTS & CALLS

Birnstiel Award for Doctoral Research in Molecular Life Sciences

The international “Birnstiel Award” is a joint initiative of Max Birnstiel Foundation and the IMP. The award seeks to honour outstanding PhDh projects in sciences. The call for the inaugural awards opened now, nominations can be submitted by 30 June 2019.
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Sex, Drugs and Rock n’ Roll – Interdisciplinary lecture series at JGU

International junior researches from different academic disciplines talk weekly about their current research projects. The lectures are held in English. Wednesdays, 6 pm – 7:30 pm in Georg-Forster-Building 01 731
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PORTAL FOR YOUNG RESEARCHERS

SUPPORT PROGRAMS

Engaging the listener in your Talk!

The JGU provides the workshop " conference presentation" for postdocs and doctoral candidates. The coach will give you valuabel tipps to improve the physicality of your scientific talk. Dates: 27.05.19, from 9:00-17:00 o' clock. Application required.
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Welcome Center for International Scholars

The Welcome Center of JGU is the point of contact for visiting scholars and their families. We will advise you on all non- academic and practical issues and gladly assist you as a service and information center.
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Gutenberg Council for Young Researchers

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The effects of the Internet on learning in higher education

RMU Initiative Funding for Research to fund educational researchers, computer scientists, linguists, and neuroscientists at the Rhine-Main Universities
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Mainz University welcomes leading researchers and bestows the 2019 Gutenberg Research Award

Annual celebration of the Gutenberg Research College / Public lectures by Corine Defrance in Mainz
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FUNDING ORGANIZATIONS

European funding for outstanding researchers

The ERC supports all disciplines and any career stage in four highly attractive schemes: Starting, Consolidator and Advanced Grants for single researchers, and Synergy Grants for teams of 2-4 principal investigators. Find out more from the JGU EU Office
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Funding for international and cross-sectoral researcher mobility

Marie S.-Curie Actions support researcher mobility irrespective of nationality or career stage. Fellowships provide funding for research and career development. Consortia can apply for doctoral training programmes. Find out more from the JGU EU Office
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SERVICE

New team of experts for research data at JGU

Do you have questions or need support on the subject of research data? The Team of Research Data Experts supports you with services and information. Visit the new website
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"How to shape your Future: Career Planning for PhDs and Postdocs"

This seminar (Sept. 16-17, 2019) helps to answer questions for those who want to plan their career development strategically. It offers possibilities to reflect upon future university careers or alternative career choices.
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THE CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION

The JGU Central Administration

The Central Administration sees itself as a service provider for the professional and personal development of the JGU staff in research and teaching, studying and continuing education as well as in the administration of the University.
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FORMS AND BLANKS

Going on a business trip, applying for professional development, or requesting for leave?

JGU's Human Resources provides information and the respective application forms on questions like those mentioned above. For the time being, the information is available only in German, but please contact the HR Office in case you have any questions.
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HR Excellence in Research

Human Resources Strategy for Researchers

JGU has received the HR Excellence in Research seal of approval of the European Commission for its Human Resources Strategy for Researchers (HRS4R).
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WELCOME BACK

...to your university

Words of welcome from President Professor Georg Krausch to alumnae and alumni of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
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We want to hear from you!

Did you study, teach or research here or were you active in some other way at JGU? Register free of charge and with no further obligation!
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Topics and options...

... for Gutenberg alumni! Our programs for profession and careers, culture and free time. And anyone who wants to make an active contribution is sincerely welcome.
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Gutenberg Alumni in JGU Magazine

Gutenberg alumni return to their alma mater and report on their lives and current projects.
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Services

Groups and societies at JGU

Find alumni groups and alumni societies in your subject and friends' associations relating to your personal area of interest.
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For alumni representatives and societies

Are you the alumni representative of a JGU faculty or of one of the JGU-associated societies? We can provide you with information, new ideas, advertising material and numerous services - use our Teamweb!
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THE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION -
WE SHAPE JGU'S FUTURE

The Johannes Gutenberg University Foundation

The JGU Foundation offers a variety of possibilities for your benefaction for the good of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. Please feel free to contact us for further information.
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FRIENDS AND SPONSORS -
BE PART OF OUR UNIVERSITY!

Multiple options of supporting Mainz University

JGU offers its alumni and other private persons, businesses, institutions, and foundations a variety of options to express their closeness to Mainz University - in the form of contributions, donations, or by will.
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EXAMPLES OF SPONSORED PROJECTS

We can make JGU even better - with your help and support!

The Institute of Molecular Biology, the Green School in the JGU Botanic Garden, and the Family Room - these are just three of the list of recently realized projects sponsored by our friends and partners.
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NEWS

Dental microwear provides clues to dietary habits of lepidosauria

Microscopic images allow to differentiate between carnivores and herbivores and might support the discovery of the first herbivorous terrestrial vertebrates
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Teacher Training Quality Campaign: Mainz University receives EUR 1.2 million to promote teacher training

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and network partners develop digital teaching-learning tools for vocational teacher training
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Beewolves use a gas to preserve food

Scientists discovered that the eggs of the European beewolf produce nitric oxide, a gas preventing the larvae’s food from getting moldy in the warm and humid brood cells
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German Research Foundation funds new research unit examining the microstructure of adaptive polymer gels

Research alliance on Adaptive Polymer Gels with Controlled Network Structure will close a gap in the German research landscape
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Mainz University Research Showreel

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz is one of the leading research universities in Germany, maintaining close ties with regional, national, and international partners in the scientific, cultural, and business sectors.
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The MESA particle accelerator at the PRISMA Cluster of Excellence

The video shows the construction and operating principle of the new Mainz Energy recovering Superconducting Accelerator.
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Magazine

AFRICAN LINGUISTICS

Pilot project on linguistic integration and strategies of language acquisition

4 April 2019

The Department of Anthropology and African Studies of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and the Institute of African Studies of Goethe University Frankfurt initiated the joint pilot project "Africans in the Rhine-Main Region" in early 2019. It is dedicated to the currently hot sociopolitical issue of linguistic integration. The Rhine-Main Universities (RMU) Initiative Funding for Research finances this partnership undertaking ...

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