Past press releases

Charles Gleyre, 'The Romans Passing Under the Yoke', oil on canvas, 1858

History is written by the victors – but where there's victory, there's also defeat. The aspect of being defeated is the subject of a new historical research project which began this winter semester, titled 'Suffer,…

Professor Burkhard Freitag, President of the University of Passau and Dr Lázaro Peña (seated), Barbara Zacharias (Head of the International Office and Student Services Division, rear left), Professor Klaus G. Binder (Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung), Vice President Ursula Reutner, Dr Maday Alonso del Rivero Antigua (Universidad de La Habana) and Diana Fabiola Espejo de Taeschner (interpreter).

A delegation from Universidad de La Habana has visited the University of Passau to discuss potential expansion of scholarly collaboration. Dr Lázaro Peña, and President Burkhard Freitag signed a framework agreement.

The University's M.Sc. Computer Science is one of the leading degree programmes of its kind in Germany. This is according to the latest Master's survey carried out by the German Centre for Higher Education (CHE) from…

Vice President Ursula Reutner hands a gift to Vice President Perdo Farias Battle.
The delegation from Passau at the reception in Malaga's City Hall. From right to left: Professor Ilia Polian (Chair of Computer Engineering), Barbara Zacharias (Head of the International Office and Student Services Division), Professor Daniela Wawra (Chair of English Language and Culture), Professor Carola Jungwirth (Chair of International Management), Mayor Francisco de la Torre Prados, Vice President Ursula Reutner (Chair of Romance Languages and Cultures and Director of the Language Centre), Anja Schuster (Head of Communication and Marketing), Gemma del Corral Parra (Director of Culture and Education of the City of Malaga), Javier Hernández (Director of Tourism of the City of Malaga).

As part of the visit, Vice President Ursula Reutner, Professor Ilia Polian, Professor Carola Jungwirth and Professor Daniela Wawra met with Vice President Pedro Farias Battle and representatives of the University of…

The University of Passau has gained one of 20 new professorships established under the Center Digitisation.Bavaria (CD.B) for the Bavarian universities and universities of applied sciences. This was announced on 17…

Past press releases

DFG-funded project examines how ancient Rome coped with military defeat

Delegation from Havana visits the University

CHE ranking: Passau's Computer Science programme among the best in Germany

Delegation from Passau visited the University of Malaga

Center Digitisation.Bavaria: University of Passau appoints Chair of European and International Information and Data Protection Law