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Saarland’s European and international outlook Contacts and web links: Saarland is located in the south-west of in the heart International Office of . It is the smallest of Germany’s federal states and Geb. A4 4 - Campus Center shares borders with and . Saarbrücken is Postfach 15 11 50 the capital city of Saarland and with a population of around 66041 Saarbrücken, Germany 180 000 it is the economic and cultural centre of the region. Tel.: +49 (0)681 302-71100 The main campus at is situated just out - Fax: +49 (0)681 302-71101 side Saarbrücken in a pleasant setting with surrounding wood - Mail: [email protected] land. The Faculty of and Saarland University Tea - Saarland University website: www.uni-saarland.de/en ching Hospital are located about 30 km away at the Homburg campus. Together with universities from neighbouring regi - Information for international students: ons in Germany, France, Luxembourg and , Saarland www.uni-saarland.de/orientation University is actively establishing a cross-border, interdisci - International study programmes: plinary academic network as part of the project ‘University www.uni-saarland.de/international-study-programs of the Greater Region’. Master’s programmes: The numerous cafés on campus and the surrounding www.uni-saarland.de/en/master woodland offer plenty of opportunities to relax between or International graduate programmes: after classes. The university also offers a very broad range of www.uni-saarland.de/international-graduate-programs sporting activities at all levels. The Saarland State Theatre and Application and admissions procedure for international students: a number of well-respected film and theatre festivals provide www.uni-saarland.de/application cultural highlights throughout the year. Ballet, dance, classi - Research in computer science and informatics: cal music and a lively club scene are all part of Saarbrücken’s www.cs.uni-saarland.de vibrant cultural landscape. The semester travel ticket provi - European School of Materials: des students with free bus and rail travel throughout Saarland. www.eusmat.net Luxembourg and Paris are only a couple of hours away by Europa-Institut: train and there are regular flights to , and www.europainstitut.de and www.mba-europe.de London. Accommodation and living costs in Saarland are also Saarland University videos: lower than in Germany as a whole. www.uni-saarland.de/en/videos The “University of the Greater Region”: 2 1

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Saarland University on Facebook: d n a www.facebook.com/Saarland.University t S Welcome to Saarland University High-quality study programmes International graduate programmes Located in the south-west of Germany, Saarland University has The eight faculties within Saarland University offer students Saarland University has a number of international graduate earned an international reputation for its research in computer a very broad range of academic subjects. There are 52 Ba - programmes. The Saarbrücken-based Graduate School of science and informatics and for its activities in the life sciences chelor’s degree programmes, 54 Master’s programmes and Computer Science receives financial support from Germa - and nanosciences. The university is also distinguished by close six post-graduate training programmes. A total of 22 are in - ny’s national academic Excellence Initiative. The life sciences ties to France and its strong European focus. ternational degree programmes in which gradates can obtain also host a variety of government-funded graduate schools. a double-degree qualification. The Department of Computer The DocMASE programme coordinated by the European Research on campus Science consistently achieves a top rating in university lea - School of Materials enables graduate students to pursue doc - Scholars, scientists and students at Saarland University colla - gue tables. toral studies in two countries. The ‘GradUS’ at Saarland Uni - borate closely with the numerous highly respected research in - versity is a quality assurance and networking initiative that stitutions situated on and around campus. The university cam - Academic programmes taught in English helps doctoral students from all faculties acquire skills nee - pus in Saarbrücken is home to around 400 research scientists in At Saarland University, the Master’s programmes in infor - ded in research-driven activities within academia and bey - the field of computer science alone, with more than 600 wor - matics, and computer linguistics are taught in ond, as well as offering career workshops. Additionally, some king in the physical sciences and the life sciences, particularly English, as is the interdisciplinary Master’s programme ‘Vi - of the departments and research groups at the university ad - medicine, pharmaceutical science and . sual computing’. The European School of Materials (EUS - vertise doctoral research positions worldwide. and materials engineering represents another key area in which MAT) supervises international programmes that are taught about 300 researchers are currently active. Internationally re - in the languages of the participating host institutions (Eng - Language proficiency cognized research institutions located in the vicinity of the uni - lish, French, German, Spanish). The Europa-Institut at - Students wishing to enrol in one of the Bachelor’s degree pro - versity include: land University also offers the MBA programme ‘European grammes at Saarland University should have a sufficiently Management’ and the Master’s programme ‘European Inte - good knowledge of the . While some Ma - _Max Planck Institute for Informatics gration’. ster’s programmes are taught in English (see panel on left), _Max Planck Institute for Software Systems the language of instruction in most Master’s programmes is _German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) Applying to join a Master’s degree programme German. International students can learn German or im - _Intel Visual Computing Institute Internationals students wishing to enrol in a Master’s degree prove their existing German skills at Saarland University’s _Centre for IT-Security, Privacy and Accountability (CISPA) programme at Saarland University should apply directly to Studienkolleg, which provides foundation courses to help in - _Leibniz Centre for Informatics ( Castle) the university. Only a limited number of places are available ternational students acquire the necessary skills. _Leibniz Institute for New Materials (INM) and competition for certain programmes is high, with only _Steinbeis Material Engineering Centre Saarland (MECS) the best applicants gaining admission. Tuition fees are not International Office _Fraunhofer Institute for Nondestructive Testing (IZFP) and charged for most of the Master’s programmes. University edu - The International Office is the first point of contact for in - Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering cation in Germany is funded by the state. ternational students requiring assistance. The staff at the In - _Korea Institute of Science and Technology Europe ternational Office can help students with the necessary ad - _Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research ministrative formalities and help them to find suitable Saarland (HIPS) accommodation.