At the end of January, Würzburg will once again become a meeting point for film enthusiasts: From 29 January to 1 February 2026, the 52nd International Film Weekend Würzburg will take place. In add…
Anyone experiencing empty tutorials, postponed exercises or delayed marking at the university today is not encountering coincidence, but strike action. On Wednesday, 28 January, the trade unions ve…
How does a university behave in times of war and dictatorship? The history of JMU in the First and Second World Wars, particularly during the Nazi era, reveals a tension between adaptation, opportu…
From student-dominated beginnings through professorial hierarchies to higher education reform with equal-status groups: The history of student participation at Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzbu…
Universities as corporations with their own jurisdiction, students in the student prison and vineyards owned by the university – what sounds like a historical film was reality at the JMU for centur…
Describing a typical "day in the life" of a Biomedicine student is not so easy. The timetable is so varied that sometimes you don't even know exactly which day of the week it is. And that's without…
The nature of the archipelago islands, the lakes, forests and of course beautiful Helsinki. Finland had plenty to offer when I spent a week in the country last year. What has stuck with me most sin…
It's Thursday, 6:00 a.m. The alarm clock, my personal arch-enemy, sings its morning song. After a strategic dose of caffeine, my journey to the placement school begins; fortunately, Deutsche Bahn w…
I am currently spending my semester abroad at the 'Universidade de Coimbra' in Portugal – a university with an incredibly vibrant and visible tradition. When academic celebrations here are held wit…
Barcelona, Paris or Amsterdam have been popular and classic Erasmus destinations for years, but increasingly more students are now drawn to Eastern Europe. On the "Country Factsheets" of the offici…
