Kiel University (CAU)
Kiel University (CAU), founded in 1665, is the oldest, largest, and only comprehensive university in the northernmost German state Schleswig-Holstein. It is located in the state capital of Kiel on the Baltic Sea and has around 25,000 students. The CAU is organized into eight faculties and offers around 190 degree programmes, ranging from the natural and life sciences to medicine, law and economics, as well as agricultural, engineering, social and humanities disciplines.
This broad range of teaching is complemented by a strong, internationally visible research profile with focal areas in the marine, life and nanosciences as well as in environmental, cultural and social sciences. This research strength is reflected in two Clusters of Excellence funded under Germany’s national Excellence Strategy: “Precision Medicine in Chronic Inflammation (PMI)” and “ROOTS – Social, Environmental and Cultural Connectivity in Past Societies.”
The CAU is closely connected internationally, particularly in the Baltic Sea region and Scandinavia. It has concluded partnership agreements with more than 50 universities in Europe, the Americas, and Asia, and maintains around 550 cooperation agreements with 250 partners across Europe within the framework of the European Erasmus+ programme. As a member of the European SEA-EU Alliance, the CAU also works together with eight other coastal universities from the Mediterranean to the Arctic Circle. In recent years, cooperation with universities and research institutions in Asia, including Japan, has been further expanded in particular.
Against this background, CAU is strengthening its collaboration with Japan and is engaging as an associated supporter of the DWIH Tokyo. The driving force behind this initiative is the Faculty of Medicine, which builds on long-standing research collaborations with partners in Tokyo, particularly in the context of the Cluster of Excellence PMI. The cooperation is rooted in the medical and life sciences and is being gradually expanded to additional disciplines.
We look forward to further strengthening this partnership with Japan through the DWIH Tokyo.