Mathematics Münster

Dynamics - Geometry - Structure

Mathematics is a key technology for scientific and economic progress. New discoveries in mathematics are not only interesting in themselves, but they often lead to unexpected breakthroughs in other sciences as well.

We will tackle fundamentally important mathematical problems, viewing mathematics as an organic whole with countless interactions. The research in our Cluster of Excellence "Mathematics Münster" is unified by three major approaches: focusing on the underlying structure of a given problem, taking the geometric viewpoint and studying the relevant dynamics of group or semigroup actions. The theories which we will build will not only solve the problems under consideration but also many others of a similar nature; these theories will also raise exciting new questions.

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Current funding atlas: top results for Mathematics Münster

In the current "Förderatlas 2024" published by the German Research Foundation (DFG), Münster ranks first regarding the subject of mathematics (€21 million in funding, alongside TU Berlin). The DFG Funding Atlas is published every three years and provides comprehensive metrics on public research funding in Germany. The current edition covers the period from 2020 to 2022. [de]

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German Research Foundation extends the Collaborative Research Centre “inSight”

The Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) 1450 "inSight – Multiscale imaging of organ-specific inflammation" at the University of Münster, which has been running since January 2021, will receive approximately 13 million euros from the German Research Foundation (DFG). The second funding period of four years will start in January 2025. Our researchers Prof. Dr. Christian Engwer and Prof. Dr. Benedikt Wirth are involved as investigators in this CRC. Other members of Mathematics Münster contribute to several "inSight" projects.

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German Research Foundation approves new Research Training Group

The German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved the new Research Training Group "Rigorous Analysis of Complex Random Systems", dedicated to educating mathematicians in the fields of probability theory and applied analysis. The programme will receive more than four million euros in funding for an initial five-year period starting in October 2025. The spokesperson is Prof. Dr. Martin Huesmann.