General Information

Excellent fundamental research as a success of the profile areas

The Profile Areas are designed to address interdisciplinary topics and thus to enhance the University’s capability to engage in significant research activities and take on large-scale projects.

By further developing these profile areas, the University seeks to:

Improve the communication and exchange of ideas between scientists and optimize workflows
Pool scientific expertise and improve the alignment and integration of research activities
Create new opportunities to integrate existing initiatives and encourage the bottom-up generation of ideas
Foster and promote inter-faculty development planning initiatives and improve the potential to successfully address new interdisciplinary questions and problems
Enhance the scientific profile of the University, both at the national and international level.

The success of the Profile Areas must be based on excellent fundamental research conducted at the level of the individual disciplines.

The success and significance of the Profile Areas are measured using performance indicators, such as publications, international recognition of research results, and external funding.