Projects
As an agile support department of the Rectorate, we initiate and manage strategically important projects and carry out ongoing tasks of university-wide relevance – in a participatory, interdisciplinary and evidence-based manner.
Excellence Strategy
The University of Münster stands for academic excellence grounded in disciplinary depth, interdisciplinary collaboration, and a vibrant, open research culture. With a long-term excellence strategy, we promote innovative research at all levels – from individual projects to large international collaborations.
Research Profile
The University of Münster strengthens excellent, interdisciplinary research through Profile Areas, Emerging Fields, and Impact Areas. In this way, a strategically oriented research profile emerges that purposefully embraces new impulses and continuously advances existing strengths.
EU University Network Ulysseus
Since 2023, the University of Münster has been a member of the European University Alliance Ulysseus, which is supported by the European Commission and the EU under the Erasmus+ programme. The aim is to build a European university that strengthens social participation, human rights, and cross-border solidarity in research and teaching.
EU Mentoring Network
The EU Mentoring Network of the University of Münster provides targeted support for excellent researchers in preparing applications for ERC Starting and Consolidator Grants. An experienced mentoring team accompanies the process through workshops, consultations, and exchange formats – coordinated by the Future Lab.
Falling Walls
“Which are the next walls to fall?” – under this motto, the University of Münster is engaged as a Council Partner of the Falling Walls Foundation. Through the Falling Walls Lab Münster, we support creative minds, strengthen innovation, and help shape the science of the future.
Strategic Development in Teaching and Learning
Working with the Vice-Rectorate for Teaching and Learning and in close collaboration with the Center for Teacher Education, students, experts from diverse academic disciplines, subject didactics, and the educational sciences, as well as central administration and partner institutions we develop scalable approaches.