Pathways to Scientific Independence for RMU ECRs at the Third Young Investigator Appreciation Day 2025

On 24 June 2025, the graduate organisation Ingenium - Young Researchers at TU Darmstadt hosted the Third Young Investigator Appreciation Day (YIAD). The festive event took place on campus of TU Darmstadt as part of the RMU Postdoc Career Weeks 2025.

Photos: Clara Gutjahr (Ingenium)

Press release of the Hessian Ministry of Science and Research, Arts and Culture

A premiere: Four Hessian universities apply for the status of University of Excellence

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„Demokratischer Volkswille und Wille zur Demokratie“ at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

On 10 June 2025, participants of the conference “Demokratischer Volkswille und Wille zur Demokratie“ (Democratic will of the people and will for democracy) at the University of Mainz discussed questions around participation in democracy from an interdisciplinary perspective and in hybrid form. 

Photos: Mert Rüttermann

From Apple Orchards to Research Ideas

PhDs and Postdocs from the Rhine-Main Universities visit the MainÄppelHaus on Frankfurt’s Lohrberg

Event notice for students caring for family members

If you are caring for a family member while studying, you might feel isolated and alone, but you are not: approximately 12% of students are in a similar situation. 

Major success in the Excellence Strategy: Five cluster initiatives of the Rhine-Main Universities will receive funding

Goethe University Frankfurt, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and TU Darmstadt will submit a joint proposal as a University Excellence Consortium 

Discovering chances and using them – a recap of the first RMU Scholarship Fair

On 14 May 2025, the first RMU Scholarship Fair opened its doors on Campus Westend of Goethe University Frankfurt and offered students and students-to-be from the Rhine-Main region the opportunity to receive all kinds of information on scholarship opportunities. 

Photos: Jürgen Lecher

Participating in democracy under the German Basic Law

On 10 June, a public panel discussion with representatives from the Rhine-Main Universities on the topic of "Partizipation in der Demokratie unter dem Grundgesetz" (Participating in democracy under the German Basic Law) will be held in Mainz. The panel discussion is part of the conferemce "Demokratischer Wille und Wille zur Demokratie". 

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A sunny spring day on the Main river - a river cruise for Early Career Researchers at RMU

In the afternoon of 25 April 2025, twenty doctoral students and postdocs from the Rhine-Main Universities (RMU) met at the famous Eiserner Steg bridge in Frankfurt, just in time for the sun to break through the clouds. Right from the start, the spring sun created a relaxed mood among participants, who were eagerly awaiting the annual river cruise on the Main river. The trip was organized by Goethe Research Academy for Early Career Researchers (GRADE) which, alternating with the graduate organizations INGENIUM (TU Darmstadt) and Gutenberg Academy (JGU Mainz), organizes cultural get-togethers as part of the RMU Social Networking Events. 

Pictures: M. Hoffmann, GRADE

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