Saarland University
Saarland University (USAAR) is a mid-sized, dynamic, research-oriented university in Southwest Germany near France, Luxembourg, and Belgium located on two campuses, Saarbrücken and Homburg. A hallmark of Saarland University is its highly interdisciplinary scientific profile, with intensive cooperation across institutes, subjects, and faculty boundaries, and its tight collaboration with non-university research institutions that have been attracted to the USAAR campus over the years. The university maintains a wide spectrum of disciplines in research and education, including medicine, law, economics, humanities, natural sciences, and engineering. Today, 16,700 people are studying in Saarbrücken and Homburg (Faculty of Medicine), 20 percent of whom are international students. Saarland University’s institutional identity is defined by three main areas of research and teaching: “Computer Sciences,” “NanoBioMed Sciences,” and “European Studies and Internationality.” The campus of USAAR is also home to other major research institutions, such as Max Planck, Helmholtz, Leibniz, and Fraunhofer institutes or the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence. USAAR is very active in national and international research collaborations in different funding instruments and settings. Its Department for Research Management fully supports USAAR's scientists in acquiring and administering their research projects and in translating their research results into business.
