Category: University

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    Interdisciplinary UniGR Centre of Expertise Anchored at Uni.lu

    The University of the Greater Region (UniGR) has founded the first interdisciplinary centre of expertise for border research. It is a cross-border structure with border researchers from Germany, France, Belgium and Luxembourg, coordinated at the Department of Geography and Spatial Planning of the University of Luxembourg.

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    Times Higher Education ranks Uni.lu among the 250 top universities

    The University of Luxembourg ranks among the 201-250 best universities in the world, according to Times Higher Education’s World University Rankings 2023. The University improved its position compared to 2022 (top 251-300), and returns to its score of 2019, 2020 and 2021.

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    University hosts a debate on the future for Europe’s Youth

    On 4 October 2022, the University hosted a Citizen’s dialogue, with Mrs. Yuriko Backes, Minister of Finance of Luxembourg, and Mr. Paolo Gentiloni, European Commissioner for Economy. For two hours, an audience of students, teachers and researchers from the University and a broader young audience from the Grande Région, were able to debate with the…

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    Mental health in times of war

    As a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, many scholars and scientists have left the country. More than 30 Ukrainian researchers displaced by the war have temporarily joined the University of Luxembourg mainly as research fellows and in some cases under temporary contracts funded by the FNR. In this series of interviews, we briefly present…

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    Prof. Vögele Appointed New Head of the Institute for Advanced Studies

    Prof. Claus Vögele is the new head of the University’s Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS) as of 1 October 2022. Prof. Vögele was elected by the members of the IAS Fellows College for a two-year mandate and was appointed by the rector of the University. The mandate is renewable once.

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    How to implement arbitration in temporarily occupied territories

    As a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, many scholars and scientists have left the country. More than 30 Ukrainian researchers displaced by the war have temporarily joined the University of Luxembourg mainly as research fellows and in some cases under temporary contracts funded by the FNR. In this series of interviews, we briefly present…

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    RHEA Luxembourg leads international partnership with ESA on QKD

    RHEA System Luxembourg S.A., POST Luxembourg, HITEC Luxembourg, the University of Luxembourg’s Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT), evolutionQ Inc. and SpeQtral Pte Ltd join forces to execute international next-generation cybersecurity project on End-to-End International Use Cases for Operational QKD Applications and Services (INT-UQKD).The 3-year partnership programme, supported by the European Space Agency…

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    A new survey to detect risk factors for Parkinson’s disease

    The National Centre of Excellence in Research on Parkinson’s Disease (NCER-PD) is launching an online survey addressed to residents in Luxembourg and the Greater Region who are over 50 and not diagnosed with Parkinson’s or dementia.

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    Agreement with Ministry of Economy for teaching and research in HPC

    The Ministry of the Economy and the University of Luxembourg have signed an agreement that provides a framework for higher education and research activities focused on High-Performance Computing, including the creation by the University of a pilot European Master’s degree in High-Performance Computing, Big Data Analysis and Artificial Intelligence. The Ministry of the Economy has…

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    The IRO further enhanced the University’s network of partners at EAIE

    The EAIE (European Association for International Education) is a European centre for expertise, networking and resources in the field of internationalization of higher education. Its annual conference is attended by higher education professionals and in particular international relations officers from all over the world.

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