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Finally the time has come - after completing both their racing cars, it’s time for the ‘High-Octane Motorsports’ university team to hit the racetrack for Formula Student. Click on the image gallery to see how the students prepared for the competition.

Astronomers and astrophysicists at FAU are greatly in demand for international projects. The eROSITA mission is no exception. The space telescope is to be used to investigate galaxy clusters.

Under Donald Trump, the USA seems to be heading towards an economic conflict with the EU. Can the current situation already be classed as a trade war? How can companies react to the current US trade policy and do they have any legal means at their disposal? Four experts from FAU give their opinion.

The MIT Germany programme, a cooperation between FAU and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), promotes joint projects in research and teaching. One of these projects is the Global Teaching Labs. In these labs, MIT students hope to inspire school pupils with enthusiasm for STEM subjects. Phoebe Li and Kenny Derek from MIT visited FAU in January and taught pupils at Ohm Gymnasium in Erlangen.

The Nürnberg Digital Festival is in full swing. More than 300 events are being held in the region during the 10-day festival, all focussing on digitalisation in culture, economy and science. FAU is involved this year in several exciting events in Nuremberg, Fürth and Erlangen.

FAU gave the School of Business, Economics, and Society a birthday cake, which was three metres long and decorated in the School’s red colour. The School of Business, Economics, and Society is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year with a series of exciting events.

FAU supports its top students as part of the German government's Germany Scholarship programme. Each semester, scholarships of 3,600 euros for one year are awarded to the most gifted students.