Events in Münster

The Faculty of Medicine at the University of Münster invites interested medical students and young professionals to participate in the Münster-Med-Summer-School 2025. The two-week program will take place from 4 to 15 August 2025, offering participants from all over the world the opportunity to experience innovative teaching methods, interactive workshops, and current medical research.

The winning team of the German-Brazilian EdTech Hackathon 2024, which took first place with the Green Seed project - now called Leko - travelled to Germany to get to know German universities and their innovation facilities. 
 

CAPES (Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel) has announced new application deadline for the second Chair in the 2023 call for applications of the CAPES-Brazil Chair Programme at the University of Münster (UM) with the topic "Modelling Infection Disease Dynamics for Epidemiologic Management".

It is with great consternation and profound sadness that the Brazil Centre announces the death of its esteemed member and cherished friend, Professor Matias de Oliveira Pinto, professor of cello at the Faculty of Music of the University of Münster.

Ana Larissa Oliveira, an outstanding professor at the Faculty of Humanities at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), is the new holder of the Brazil Chair at the University of Münster, which this year will be hosted by Prof. Dr. Julia Metag at the Department of Communication (IfK).

On 16 October and 19 November, the first two online events in the series “The Future of Online Participation in Smart Cities“ took place, organised by the Brazil Chair and the Brazil Centre at the University of Münster. 

At the end of October, the Brazil Centre at the University of Münster welcomed a group of students from the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso, led by Prof. Daniela Leal, Professor at the Faculty of Social Work, for a two-day visit.

We are pleased to welcome a group of students from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (PUCV) to the University of Münster on 28 and 29 October 2024. Students of the University of Münster are cordially invited to exchange ideas with our Chilean guests and gain insights into their student life and the country of Chile!
 

As part of the CAPES-Brazil Chair, the research team led by the Brazilian academic Prof. Dr José Carlos Vaz is organising the online event series "The Future of Online Participation in Smart Cities".

In cooperation with the RWTH Aachen University and the Brazilian Embassy in Berlin, the Apoena Network of Brazilian Researchers in Germany invites all researchers interested in German-Brazilian research cooperation as well as advanced students to the second network meeting in the North Rhine-Westphalia area on 18 October 2024. 

During the week of the 24th of June, the University of Münster was delighted to welcome three delegation groups from various Brazilian institutions, including the University of São Paulo (USP), the Butantan Institute, the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), the São Paulo State University (UNESP) and the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG).
 

The postdoctoral programme "Migration, Diaspora, Citizenship" (MDC) is an initiative of the University of Münster funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie funding line of the European Union. It calls for applications from researchers from the social sciences and humanities with a strong interdisciplinary profile to join their programme.

Last Friday, 7 June 2024, the University of Münster received a special visit from the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE). The group, consisting of 11 students and two professors, had the opportunity to visit the central facilities of the University of Münster and participate in events that promoted academic exchange between the two institutions. 
 

For our Brazil Centre, we are seeking for a dedicated and reliable office assistant: the application deadline is 14 June 2024!