Saarland University

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Saarland University is a modern university within the Saar-Lor-Lux region – an active part of Europe defined by the shared borders between Germany, France, and Luxembourg. An international perspective has been a defining feature of Saarland University ever since it was established in cooperation with France in 1948. Today, 16,900 young people are studying in Saarbrücken and Homburg (faculty of medicine), 19 percent of whom are international students. Located in a pleasant woodland setting, the university campus offers students and researchers a broad range of sporting and cultural activities. Together with the numerous cafés and restaurants, it makes the campus an ideal place to relax between lectures or after work. And thanks to the high-speed ICE train link, it takes only two hours to travel from Saarbrücken to Paris.
The transcending boundary is a hallmark of Saarland University – no matter whether these are geographical borders, cultural boundaries, barriers between academic disciplines, or outmoded divisions between academia and economic and cultural life.
Informatics, nanotechnology, biosciences, and Europe are the key disciplines shaping the University's profile. The outstanding reputation of the Department of Informatics was underscored in the national academic excellence initiative, and the numerous internationally recognized, externally funded research projects across all fields of the academic study highlight the quality of the academic work being performed at Saarland University.
Saarland University offers a comprehensive support package for students preparing to start their careers or set up their businesses. Guided by the Contact Centre for Technology Transfer (KWT), students can develop their business ideas, formally register their business ventures, and learn to take their first steps as independent entrepreneurs. The unit's training scheme for young entrepreneurs offers students the possibility to work on project assignments on behalf of local and regional companies.
The University has developed a unique profile in new technologies such as informatics, biosciences, or nanotechnologies, which has led to the establishment of numerous spin-off companies now active on and around campus. These developments highlight the University's role as one of the largest employers in the region and its importance in promoting technology transfer and knowledge to the entire Saar-Lor-Lux region.
Founded in November 1948, Saarland University was initially established as a bilingual university that combined French and German educational traditions while offering a unique European perspective.
The University, which was established with the support of the French Government and the University of Nancy, was the first to be founded west of the River Rhine after the Second World War. At the time, Saarland found itself in the particular situation of being partly autonomous and linked to France by economic and monetary union. Before the University's foundation, clinical training courses for medical students were introduced at the state hospital in Homburg/Saar in January 1946 with the "Centre Universitaire d'Études Supérieures de Hombourg" established on 8 May 1947 under the patronage of the University of Nancy.

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