Past press releases

Recent findings by two security researchers, Philipp Jovanovic of the University of Passau (Germany) and Samuel Neves of the University of Coimbra (Portugal), have exposed major flaws in a widely deployed smart grid…

The open access infrastructure will be embedded in the University Library. Image: University of Passau

Having made the promotion of open access one of its strategic aims, the University supports its academics when it comes to publishing scholarly research on a worldwide basis, free and without technical barriers.

Graphics processor manufacturer NVIDIA has named the University of Passau and the Chair of Digital Libraries and Web Information Systems (Professor Siegfried Handschuh) as an 'NVIDIA CUDA Research Center 2014'. This is…

Vice President Professor Ursula Reutner (right) and Barbara Zacharias, Head of the International Office and Student Services accept the HRK internationalisation audit certificate. Photo: HRK

The University of Passau and 28 German higher education institutions audited by the German Rector’s Conference (HRK) this year were awarded their certificates at a ceremony in Berlin on 1 December. HRK experts assessed…

The United States Ambassador to Germany, John B. Emerson, will visit the University of Passau on Monday, 8 December. As part of the ‘Passauer Salon’ event from 4 to 6 p.m. in lecture theatre 10 (Audimax building,…

Past press releases

Who Can Hijack Your Smart Meter? Weak Security Threatens Energy Grid

Open Access at the University of Passau

University of Passau named as an 'NVIDIA Research Center'

Well on track: University of Passau receives internationalisation audit certificate

Town Hall Meeting with the US Ambassador to Germany