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Semester abroad without barriers: University of Graz wins award for promoting inclusion

The University of Graz has been awarded the Internationalization Award for its new inclusion initiative. Students with fewer opportunities now also…

Fair distribution: Researchers determine just greenhouse gas budgets for all EU regions

Ten years ago, on 12 December 2015, the Paris Climate Agreement was signed at the UN Climate Conference. In order to limit global warming to well…

Books, buildings, biodiversity: what's happening at Campus 2026

The campus will be expanded as a biodiverse habitat in 2026: for example with new quarters for bats. The university site is also becoming more…

Ready, steady, go: admissions procedures start on 2 March

The start of the year is often associated with good intentions and new plans. How about studying at the University of Graz?

Around the world in eight stations: Austria's Researcher Night

The University of Graz will once again be a pick-me-up on 24 April 2026. During the Austria-wide "Lange Nacht der Forschung", the campus invites you…

Chemical Christmas show at the University of Graz: An explosive evening at the Schauspielh

At the beginning of December, the University of Graz transformed the theater into a laboratory: as part of “Chemical Life,” teacher training students…

Train by train: Koralm railway accelerates exchange between the Universities

Lectures at the University of Klagenfurt in the morning, seminars at the University of Graz in the afternoon: Austria's longest tunnel and a journey…

On the trail of the Big Bang: University of Graz receives 1.5 million euros for doctoral programmes

The Austrian Science Fund FWF has selected the Doctoral Programme in Theoretical Particle Physics at the University of Graz for funding from the…

From trans women and knee prostheses: sports science prizes awarded

Walking better with a prosthesis, successfully getting rid of excess weight, training more effectively, more fairness for trans people in sport: these…

Influential: Rupert Baumgartner and Holger Hoff among the highly cited researchers

The number of publications in scientific journals is considered to be a measure of a researcher's scientific achievement. How often these works are…

Nobel Lecture 2025: How evolution enters chemistry

During the Nobel Lecture at BioTechMed-Graz, Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry Frances H. Arnold provided insight into her research on the directed…

Austria's economy in transition: How we are emerging from the recession

Austria is in the midst of its longest recession in years. At the University of Graz's economic talks on November 25, experts discussed high labor…

Gemeinsam in Orange

Die vier Grazer Universitäten bekennen sich in einem gemeinsamen Erklärung zu einem klaren Nein gegenüber sexueller Belästigung, geschlechtsbezogener…

Koralmbahn: How an archduke's idea became reality

Archduke Johann of Austria, brother of Emperor Franz I/II, Styrian aristocrat and bridge builder into the modern age, is the founding father of the…

Hotter high up: researchers prove particularly rapid climate change in the mountains

On average, the climate in the mountains warms up half as fast as in the lowlands. At the same time, precipitation and snow cover are decreasing to a…

Human rights prize : for a more peaceful and just world

"The awarding of a human rights prize is an appropriate act to express the ethical responsibility of the sciences for a more peaceful and just world."…