Setting standards in research and education the International Graduate School of Battery Chemistry, Characterization, Analysis, Recycling and Application (BACCARA) was established on July 1, 2020 at the University of Münster. Founding partners of BACCARA are MEET Battery Research Center, the Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy of University of Münster and Helmholtz Institute Münster of Forschungszentrum Jülich.