The scientists at the Faculty of Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Geography, and Geosciences (Faculty 09) have access to an exceptionally good research infrastructure. Among other things, this includes excellent facilities with large-scale equipment belonging to the department. Additionally, the short distances on the campus university allow for an intensive exchange between the faculties and institutes. In conjunction with the short distance to the University Medical Center Mainz (UM) as well as the proximity to local non-university research institutions such as the Helmholtz Institute Mainz (HIM), the Fraunhofer Institute for Microengineering and Microsystems (IMM), the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry (MPI-C), and the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPI-P), Faculty 09 benefits greatly from these diverse interdisciplinary collaborations in its research work.

Beyond the campus itself, the strategic alliance of Rhine-Main Universities (RMU), which was formed in 2015 by the three renowned research universities Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, and Technical University of Darmstadt, is particularly noteworthy. The three universities are located in close proximity to each other in the Frankfurt-Rhine-Main metropolitan region and offer a wide range of subjects from medicine and the natural sciences to the humanities, social sciences, and engineering. With around 98,000 students and over 1,500 professorships, the three universities cooperate closely in research, studies and teaching, supporting young researchers, and transfering kowledge to business and society.

 

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and Faculty 09 have been a member of the European University Alliance FORTHEM since 2019 – one of 44 European university alliances funded by the European Commission’s Erasmus+ initiative. The alliance consists of nine universities from nine different countries that are working on in-depth transnational networking in the fields of education, research, and innovation. As part of this, various networking opportunities are created for students, teachers, researchers and employees, whereby everyone benefits from this experience of the European idea, whether in the form of a student exchange, an internship, or job shadowing at a partner university or in scientific collaboration in one of the FORTHEM Labs on key contemporary issues such as climate change, migration, and digitalization.

All these alliances and collaborations offer a wide range of opportunities for students, lecturers, and researchers, thus contributing to the success of the various collaborative/third-party funded projects in which Faculty 09 is involved or acts as spokesperson.

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