Sponsors and alumni of the University of Münster
A number of special projects in research, teaching and academics are supported by friends and sponsors of the University of Münster. On the following pages, we present a selection of these projects and cordially invite you to join us in supporting the University. For more information, please feel free to contact the staff of the University Fundraising Department.
The University also strives to maintain close contact with former students and staff. As the University's largest network, the Alumni Club Universität Münster can help you stay in touch with other alumni and your alma mater. There are also alumni associations in faculties and institutes which strengthen the network in individual subject areas.
New Pelargonium House Opens at Münster Botanical Garden
Plant sponsors and the Friends of the Botanical Garden fund new greenhouse space – collection open to the public for the first time
The University of Münster Botanical Garden has gained a new attraction: a Pelargonium House. At the sixth annual Plant Sponsors’ Day, the garden team expressed its particular thanks to the plant sponsors for their financial support. Together with the Friends of the Botanical Garden, they make an important contribution to the garden’s continued development. Organised by the Botanical Garden in cooperation with the University Advancement Office, the annual event attracts several hundred visitors each year.
The newly opened building is a greenhouse space constructed specifically for the extensive pelargonium collection. Until now, part of this colourful collection could not be displayed to the public. Many pelargoniums, which belong to the geranium family, are sensitive to rain and therefore require sheltered locations. Thanks to the new covered extension, visitors can now experience the collection in its entirety for the first time.
The Pelargonium House is connected by an automatic door to the Cape House, which showcases the flora of South Africa—the region from which most pelargonium species originate. Prior to Plant Sponsors’ Day, the garden team installed retractable screens, enabling the extension to also serve as winter accommodation for selected cool-greenhouse plants.
The Pelargonium House can be visited during the Botanical Garden’s opening hours. The garden is open daily from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. until 14 October. From 15 October to 14 March 2027, it will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
You can find more information about plant sponsorships here.
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University Foundation Honors Citizen Science Projects
7,500 euros in prize money each for research on 18th-century ceremonial music and climate change
One project focuses on festival music, the other on climate change: The University Foundation has now awarded the Citizen Science Prize to two research projects. “Think along—get involved—research together” was the motto of the ceremony, at which representatives of the projects accepted the prizes, each worth 7,500 euros. The chairman of the foundation’s board of trustees, Dr. Mathias Kleuker, took the opportunity to invite the guests in the well-attended studio theater to join in the research. Both sides would contribute their own perspectives—and that is how new knowledge is created. “Citizen science is close to the foundation’s heart,” he emphasized. In his keynote address, Vice Rector Prof. Dr. Michael Quante emphasized the importance of citizen science engagement for the university and society. “Data, facts, and sound reasoning are the only antidote we can offer against fact-free, loud rhetoric,” said the philosopher. Citizen science, he noted, is “not just a gimmick,” but indispensable to democracy.
Learn more about this year's award winners here (in German).
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University of Münster thanks 113 ProTalent sponsors
Around 300 cheerful guests, plenty of music with an extraordinary encore, and an interesting keynote speech: this year's scholarship ceremony at the University of Münster offered sponsors and scholarship recipients of the ProTalent scholarship program a varied program. The scholarship recipients' résumés not only showed excellent academic achievements, but also a remarkable level of social, community, and university involvement, emphasized Rector Prof. Dr. Johannes Wessels. “The diversity of your interests, experiences, and backgrounds is a great strength—for our university and for our society as a whole.” At the same time, he thanked the 113 sponsors. “With your commitment, you not only recognize the achievements and potential of the scholarship recipients, but also give them confidence, encouragement, and motivation for their future paths.”
Here you can find more information about ProTalent (in German)
Funding topics and projects
Are you interested in supporting research, teaching or students at the University of Münster? Together we can help you find a funding project with a thematic focus which is important to you. In this way, you can be sure that your donation, sponsored contribution or endowment will be used to support junior academics and cutting-edge research endeavours. The following is a selection of our current funding projects.
The University of Münster Foundation Münster
The University of Münster strives to achieve the highest quality in research and teaching. To this end, the University of Münster Foundation supports the University in its efforts to meet this goal. For example, the foundation funds the citizen science competition and awards scholarships to the best junior academics through the University’s ‘ProTalent’ scholarship programme.
Funding options
There are good reasons to support the University of Münster. In the following, we present an overview of our various funding options: donations, donations instead of gift-giving, endowments and bequests, business cooperation and sponsoring and court-ordered fines.
Our sponsors
We are deeply grateful to all our donors, benefactors and sponsors who have done so much to support the University of Münster. Here you find an overview of the sponsors of special projects at the university.
Universitätsgesellschaft
Since 1918, the University Society Münster (Universitätsgesellschaft Münster) has provided interdisciplinary support to student organisations, cultural projects and model projects of excellence. The non-profit organisation supports projects for which public funding is unavailable or insufficient.
Funding associations
A large number of associations of friends and sponsors support projects at the University of Münster in the areas of research, teaching and culture. There are a number of sponsoring associations that promote projects at the faculty level in specific subjects and institutes and thus make special initiatives possible.
Alumni
The University of Münster is strongly committed to cultivating close and lasting ties with its former students and staff. To this end, the University founded the Alumni-Club Universität Münster in 2001. Since then its membership has grown to more than 29,500 registered alumni, making the Alumni Club the University’s largest network. We welcome not only past students, but also former academic and non-academic staff.
Emeriti
Professors play an integral role in shaping academic life, learning and research at the University of Münster. Even after they retire, we wish to stay in touch with all our esteemed professors and promote the exchange between former colleagues.
Contact partners
If you wish to support the University of Münster, the staff of the Fundraising Department would be happy to help you further. Whether you would like to donate money or material resources, sponsor a project or simply volunteer your time, our University Funding team can offer you consultation and assistance with putting your ideas into practice.
Online donations
With your donation you support a funding project of your choice at the University of Münster - easily by direct debit, credit card or PayPal. We thank you very much for your support!