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State of Hesse funds Kassel research project on cyber security in industry
The University of Kassel is a partner in a new research project on cyber security in industrial plants funded by the…Student animated films for the double anniversary of GRIMMWELT and World Documentary Heritage
Two Kassel teams receive Hessen Ideas Scholarship - female funding for the first time
For the first time, Hessen Ideen is awarding grants specifically to female founders in order to increase the proportion…Fans become experts
How the university is strengthening fan work in German soccerWhale hunting in the Faroe Islands - slaughter or cultural technique?
Interview with Prof. Dr. Tobias Plieniger: "Understand, don't condemn"The future of hydrogen: small atom, big challenge
Materials scientist Wenwen Song creates secure connections for the industry of tomorrowPoppies will soon also be available in dark purple
"Mohnopoly" research project: Two agricultural scientists are researching new poppy varietiesStrengthening democracy through participation - kick-off in Kassel
Democracy becomes strong through participation. That is why a strong democracy needs the commitment of its citizens. But…Hessian universities warn of structural underfunding
Reaction of the Hessian university presidents to the draft of the Hessian Higher Education Pact 2026-2031: The plans of…Kassel-Vellmar cycle highway: construction work begins
The Holländischer Platz campus will be connected to the planned Kassel-Vellmar high-speed cycle link. The construction…Four out of ten employees in hospital social services in Germany are exhausted
Employees in hospital social services are under significantly more psychological stress than professionals in other…University of Kassel surveys students and employees on mobility
How do students and employees get to the university - and what has changed in recent years? In order to provide…From remembrance culture to inclusion: Hesse promotes innovative democracy research
With the "Strengthening Democracy Research Hesse" programme, the Hessian Ministry of Science supports research projects…Vietnamese delegation in Kassel
A delegation from Vietnamese science and politics, led by Vice Minister of Education Nguyen Van Phuc, visited the…Prof. Dr. Caroline Fischer
New at the Faculty of Business and EconomicsMINT-Mach-Saturday on June 14
Launching a water rocket, experimenting with chocolate or virtual welding - science becomes an experience at the STEM…Träger des Kasseler Kunstpreises 2025 stehen fest
Studying sustainability: University launches unique offensive of new degree programmes
Making a difference with a degree course: Anyone who is convinced that climate protection, social stability and economic…K-BOB STAR wins the prestigious MuVi award
Nachruf auf Dr. Matthias Wesseler
Millions in funding for switchable glasses with dimmable plastic lenses
So-called electrochromic plastic lenses and visors for sports and protective eyewear, helmets or medical applications,…"Rohwolle ist laut Verordnung gefährlich"
Kapriolen der Wirtschaft und ihrer Regulierung: Prof. Dr. Susanne Ritzmann forscht zum Design des Weglassens und…Teaching degree: University cooperates with the Sara Nussbaum Center
The University of Kassel and the Kassel Sara Nussbaum Center for Jewish Life will be working more closely together in…New publication: Attractive nursing professions through collective bargaining autonomy
Policy brief on mobility and social participation
Sustainability: the die is cast
Using a new Sustain Tour, the Green Office provides an overview of how the University of Kassel is contributing to the…Treviranus-Medaille für Kasseler Genetiker Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Nellen
Der Verband Biologie, Biowissenschaften und Biomedizin in Deutschland (VBIO e V.) ehrt den Genetiker Prof. Dr. Wolfgang…The lost library of the Walkemühle near Melsungen in double focus
From 1922 to March 1933, the Walkemühle country education center near Melsungen was the central educational institution…Universität Kassel gleich zweifach in digitaler Bildung ausgezeichnet
Erneut konnte die Universität Kassel ihre Kompetenz in digitaler Bildung unter Beweis stellen: Gleich zweimal wurden…DIRECTIONS research project strengthens trust in digital education solutions
The DIRECTIONS (Data Protection Certification for Educational Information Systems) research project, funded by the…documenta Institute reorganized: Independent and strong in research
The documenta Institute in Kassel is being given a new structure for the future: After a founding phase under the…Prof. Dr. Sebastian Lins
New at the Faculty of Business and EconomicsCivil engineering and environmental engineering top the CHE ranking - Other top subjects
The University of Kassel is an excellent place to study. This is confirmed by the renowned degree course ranking of the…The best idea is the "pasture fence robot": 14th UNIKAT ideas competition at the University of Kassel
At the award ceremony of the 14th UNIKAT ideas competition on Wednesday evening (May 7), the first prize went to the…University of Kassel donates combined heat and power plant to Ukrainian hospital
The hospital in a town in western Ukraine receives urgently needed energy infrastructure from northern Hesse: The…Higher education pact: Delay is an opportunity for adequate funding
It was supposed to have been signed at the beginning of February: the new Hessian Higher Education Pact, which…Taekwon-Do group from the University of Kassel once again successful at the German Championship and the Online Open World ITF TKD Pattern Championship 2025
On April 5, the "Open German Championship" of the Traditional Taekwon-Do Association took place once again in Rees on…Ballstars project celebrates its 10th anniversary
Bester regionaler Kurzfilm beim 18. Lichter Filmfest kommt von der KHK
Science for coffee: lectures on biodiversity, AI and more
The popular series of coffee talks at UNI:Lokal will continue in the summer semester 2025. In short talks, researchers…University of Kassel raises several million for teaching
The University of Kassel has acquired funding worth several million euros to improve university teaching. It was…Employment of severely disabled persons: State advises in Kassel
The employment rate of severely disabled people in the Hessian state administration is to be maintained and increased in…Investing with added value: too few private investors are familiar with "impact investing"
Despite a noticeable growth trend in sustainable investments, the term "impact investment" is still little known among…GreenSports - actively experiencing sustainability in university sports
With the GreenSports project, General University Sports at the University of Kassel is launching a forward-looking…Number of first-semester students also increased this summer semester
The trend of rising first-year student numbers at the University of Kassel is continuing. According to preliminary…Photovoltaic system to supply Science Park Kassel with green energy in future
Science Park Kassel is taking another important step towards climate neutrality: a photovoltaic system, which has now…Prof. Marie Pohl
New at the School of Art and Design KasselStart of the semester: Musical "inventions" on campus
Under the motto "Back to Campus", the University of Kassel is once again celebrating its return to campus this summer…International research project: What actually is "land"?
What exactly do we mean when we speak of "country" and is "country" automatically the counterpart to "city"? Or has our…Research project makes Kassel's drinking water supply climate-proof
A research project at the University of Kassel is turning Kassel into a pilot city for a climate-resilient water supply.…Kassel UniArchive receives Hessian Archive Prize 2024
Prof. Dr. Marcel Mudrich
New at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural SciencesEnergy expert warns: Dismantling coal-fired power plants jeopardizes the energy transition
If Germany wants to successfully reduce carbon dioxide emissions, then it is high time that the target image of a…City of Hofgeismar and university cooperate with "Innenstadtladen"
A vacant store in Marktstraße in the center of Hofgeismar can become a space for encounters, exchange and joint design:…Prof. Dr. Hannes W. Lampe
New at the Faculty of Business and EconomicsFUSION SoSe25: Public lecture series on infrastructures
Researchers, planners and designers are invited to the weekly public lecture series Fusion to report on their work with…Prof. Dr. Susanne Jurkowski
New at the Faculty of Human SciencesProf. Dr. Matthias Haack
New at the Faculty of Business and EconomicsGraduate of the University of Kassel receives the Bavarian Biodiversity Award
When the chatbot is the worry box: making AI systems safer
This is no longer science fiction: a person chats with an artificial intelligence. In doing so, they reveal intimate…New central reception room and learning space: extension to the casting house completed
After around ten months, the new central learning and reception area for the Casting House and the Engineering Sciences…Prof. Dr. Amru Hussein
New at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural SciencesFirst prize at "Jugend forscht junior" for project on healthy gummy bears
Today, March 29, the winners of the Hessian state competition "Jugend forscht junior" were announced at the University…Kassel Library Night - Five libraries invite you
On Friday, 04.04.2025, the "Night of the Libraries" will take place for the first time nationwide, in which the Kassel…Transfer of the future: UA11+ university alliance visits Kassel
The transfer officers of the UA11+ University Alliance, of which the University of Kassel has been a member since 2022,…Compass for the defossilization of the petrochemical industry in Germany
The petrochemical industry is facing a fundamental change of course: in order to replace fossil raw materials, the…From "backpack ventilation" to "astronaut scales": Jugend forscht junior at the university
Pupils from all over Hesse who are taking part in this year's Jugend forscht junior competition have been working on…Honorary Professor Olaf Däuper strengthens teaching in climate protection law
Maria Finckh is the new Chairwoman of the Scientific Advisory Board for Biodiversity
English and German speakers perceive movements differently
How people perceive and describe movements is not just a question of individual observation - the native language also…University chancellors call for an offensive to simplify administration
In the midst of the ongoing government formation process in Berlin, the Association of Chancellors of German…Wenn wir in 80 Jahren noch die Fenster öfffnen wollen ...
... dann führt an den Erneuerbaren Energien kein Weg vorbei. Im Uni-Kassel-Podcast rechnet Prof. Dr. Clemens Hoffmann…How do the people of Kassel park their bicycles?
Whether on your doorstep, in the city center or at train stations - safe and convenient bicycle parking is a key…Newcomer project funding for filmmaker Thanh-Giang Nguyen
"At the heart of transformation" - Prof. Dr. Klaus Dörre becomes new visiting professor at the Kassel Institute for Sustainability
The renowned and controversial sociologist Prof. Dr. Klaus Dörre will be a visiting professor at the Kassel Institute…Judith Hermann becomes Grimm Poetics Professor in the summer semester
Judith Hermann is this year's recipient of the Grimm Poetry Professorship at the University of Kassel. The author, who…Study: Deutschlandticket can also work in rural areas
The Deutschlandticket has increased bus use in the area covered by the Nordhessischer Verkehrsverbund (NVV) by around 10…Virtual action day on March 19 provides information on study programs in Hesse
Under the motto "Next stop, university! Find out more about this new stage in your life", the student advisory services…New hall of residence on Wolfhager Strasse
Everyone involved is delighted: today, the Studierendenwerk can open forty new student residences at Wolfhager Straße…Baunatal: Workshops on housing development
Baunatal will continue to need new living space in the future, but where and how much? This has been the subject of…University of Kassel involved in "Disentis Roadmap" for the release of biodiversity data
On March 4, 2025, the world's leading institutions, experts and scientific infrastructures in the field of biodiversity…More researchers from the University of Kassel represented in the Stanford ranking
The University of Kassel is once again strongly represented in the current ranking of the world's most cited scientists…Reflecting on disability, religion and inclusion
Guillaume Dondainas is a research assistant at the Department of Religious EducationAccording to FOCUS-Business: University of Kassel among the "Top National Employers 2025"
According to the latest evaluation by FOCUS-Business in collaboration with research partner FactField, the University of…What the eyes reveal
The PRETINA joint project aims to make eye tracking legally compliant in everyday digital lifeFrom quanta to words
Alumna Sabrina Patsch switched from quantum physics to science journalism and is a successful science slammerWhat drives me - Jannes Lüdtke
Kassel doctoral students and their topics: Transhumanism - The human body as a design objectWBBGR submits three new statements on biodiversity to the BMEL
Just in time for the end of its 6th term of office, the Scientific Advisory Board on Biodiversity and Genetic Resources…Animations from the art academy are shown here
Students bring figures and sounds together at the HÖR.SPIEL Museum in KasselCommission of Experts for Research and Innovation submits report to the Federal Government
Digitalization and decarbonization are likely to increase the competitiveness of German companies and contribute to…New high in research funding
The University of Kassel has set a new record for third-party funding in 2024. This is evident from the figures now…Formal inauguration of Prof. Dr. Martin Braun as head of the Fraunhofer Institute
Prof. Dr. Martin Braun has headed the Fraunhofer Institute for Energy Economics and Energy System Technology IEE in…University of Kassel involved in IPBES report on transformative change
The latest report from the World Biodiversity Council IPBES (Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity…Pfeiffer Foundation honors best theses
Three researchers honored with Cook-Bruns Prize
Material exchange - from a small idea to a big project
The project seminar I Go: Green aims to improve the quality of teaching and learning at the University of Kassel through…DBU and project partners visit plastics processor Pöppelmann
This week, the project partners and the German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU) as the funding body were on site…Dr. Inka Sauter becomes Franz Rosenzweig Visiting Professor
The University of Kassel has appointed Dr. Inka Sauter as Franz Rosenzweig Visiting Professor for the year 2025. She is…Project launched for CO2 balancing in mechanical and plant engineering
The research project "acCO2unt.log - process and design-based CO2 balancing for one-off and small series manufacturers…"The disconnect between science and politics is almost unbearable"
Svenja Quitsch is a political scientist and doctoral candidate at FB 05 (Social Sciences). As part of her doctorate, she…
