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2026 - 2027
Matthis Synofzik
2026
Miriam Schiele
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft e.V. (DFG)
2026 - 2030
Jozsef Fortagh
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft e.V. (DFG)
2026 - 2028
Thorsten Nürnberger
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft e.V. (DFG)
2027 - 2029
Jennifer Christina Ewald
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft e.V. (DFG)
2024 - 2027
Jessika Golle, Alexander Muks, Ulrich Trautwein, Benjamin Goecke
Hector Stiftung II gGmbH
2026 - 2029
Jakub Szymon Sowula-Bartels
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft e.V. (DFG)
2026
Julia Fitzgerald-Sonntag
Fritz Thyssen Stiftung
2026 - 2030
Deborah Kronenberg-Versteeg
European Research Executive Agency (REA)
2025 - 2028
Thomas Gasser
AskBio Inc.

International cooperations

Organizations

Faculty of Protestant Theology  20 portfolios 36 projects

Ethics and Principles of Christian Society  1  1

Institute for the Study of Religion and Jewish Studies (Institutum Judaicum)   6

Institute of Ancient Jewish Studies and History of Hellenist Religion  1  2

Institute of Biblical Archaeology   1

Institute of Hermeneutics and Dialogue between Cultures   

Institute of Late Middle Ages and the Reformation   1

Protestant Institute of Religious Instruction (EIBOR)  1  2

Protestant Preaching School  1  2

Protestant Seminary  16  10

Faculty of Catholic Theology  21 portfolios 26 projects

Catholic Institute of Religious Instruction (KIBOR)  1  2

Catholic Seminary  14  5

Institute of Ecumenical and Interreligious Research  1  

Faculty of Law  29 portfolios 24 projects

Civil Law group  9  

Criminal Law group  6  1

Institute for Financial and Tax Law  3  

Institute for Law and Religion  3  

Institute of Criminology  3  8

Public Law group  6  

Tübingen Research Institute on the Determinants of Economic Activity (TRIDEA)  3  

Faculty of Medicine  264 portfolios 1207 projects
Hospitals and clinical institutes  139  1024

Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Hospital  1  11

Center for Ophthalmology  14  102

University Eye Hospital  9  22

Research Center for Ophthalmology  2  79

Center for Women's Health  4  3

Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics  4  1

Research Center for Women's Health   1

Center of Dentistry, Oral Medicine and Maxillofacial Surgery (Department)  3  10

Department of Conservative Dentistry   1

Department of Prosthodontics with Propaedeutics  3  1

Department of Orthodontics   5

University Centre of Dentistry, Oral Medicine and Maxillofacial Surgery   6

Department for IT and Applied Medical Informatics (DITAMI)   9

Information Technology Division (GBIT)   

Institute for Applied Medical Informatics (AMI)   

Institute for Translational Bioinformatics (TBI)   1

Medical Data Integration Center (meDIC)   8

Department of Dermatology  12  42

Department of Diagnostic Laboratory Medicine  15  99

Institute of Medical Genetics and Applied Genomics   65

Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene  11  9

Institute of Medical Virology and Epidemiology of Viral Diseases  3  17

Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry   4

Institute of Pathology and Neuropathology (Department)  1  5

Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenomics  2  5

Pharmacology, Experimental Therapy and Toxicology   2

Clinical Pharmacology   1

Pharmacogenomics   2

Department of Internal Medicine  24  190

Internal Medicine Department I   26

Internal Medicine Department II  1  14

Internal Medicine Department III   36

Internal Medicine Department IV  1  10

Department V, Sports Medicine   12

Department VI, Psychosomatics   13

Department VII, Tropical Medicine   64

Department VIII, Medical Oncology and Pulmonology   8

Clinical Cooperation Unit (KKE)   4

Peptide-based Immunotherapy   1

Department of Neurosurgery and Neurotechnology  5  19

Department of Neurosurgery  4  14

Institute for Neuromodulation and Neurotechnology  1  2

Department of Orthopedic Surgery   1

Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery; Polyclinic  1  6

Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy  9  71

Department of General psychiatry and psychotherapy with outpatient clinic   40

Department of Paediatric Psychiatry, Psychosomatic and Psychotherapy with Polyclinic   19

Department of Radiation Oncology  3  4

Department of Radiology  9  59

Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology   13

Department of Nuclear Medicine and Clinical Molecular Imaging   5

Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology   6

Department of Biomedical Magnetic Resonance   4

Department of Preclinical Imaging and Radiopharmacy   35

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery   8

Department of Urology  3  8

General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery Hospital  1  

Institute for Clinical and Experimental Transfusion Medicine   4

Institute for Clinical Epidemiology and Applied Biometry  1  13

Institute for General Practice and Interprofessional Care  1  59

Institute of Health Sciences   7

Midwifery Science   2

Nursing Science 1   2

Nursing Science 2   

Population-based medicine   3

Institute of Occupational and Social Medicine and Health Services Research  2  15

Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine (IMIT)  12  89

University Children’s Hospital - Department of Paediatrics  10  85

Paediatrics Department I and Polyclinic   40

Paediatrics Department II and Polyclinic   7

Paediatrics Department III and Polyclinic   6

Paediatrics Department IV   16

Department of Paediatric Surgery and Paediatric Urology and Polyclinic   3

University Department of Neurology  10  169

Department of Neurology with Focus on Neurovascular Diseases   48

Department of Neurology with an interdisciplinary focus on neuro-oncology   

Department of Neurology with Focus on Neurodegenerative Disorders   72

Department of Neurology with Focus on Neurodegenerative Disorders   33

Non-clinical institutes  30  170

Interfaculty Institute of Biochemistry (IFIB)  7  34

Department of Anatomy   22

Institute for Neuroanatomy and Developmental Biology   7

Institute for Clinical Anatomy and Cell Analytics   15

Institute of Medical Psychology  4  24

Institute of Physiology  1  9

Vegetative and Clinical Physiology  1  3

Neurophysiology   4

Institute of Ethics and History of Medicine  2  7

Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research (HIH)   41

Department of Cell Biology of Neurological Diseases   41

Department of Systems Neuroscience   1

Department of Neural Dynamics and Magnetencephalography   2

Hertie Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Brain Health (HIAI)  1  17

Institut for Immunology  5  1

Institute for Bioinformatics and Medical Informatics (IBMI)  7  4

Institute for Biomedical Engineering (IBE)  2  7

Department of Medical technology and regenerative medicine  1  

Department of Microphysiological systems   5

Medical materials science and technology   1

Interfaculty Research Institute for Sports and Physical Activity  1  4

The M3 Research Center - Malignom, Metabolome and Microbiome  1  2

Tübingen Institute for Medical Education (TIME)   

Other Faculty of Medicine facilities   2

Comprehensive Cancer Center (CCC)   1

University dispensary   1

Faculty of Humanities  206 portfolios 383 projects
Department of Ancient Studies and Art History  51  137

Institute for Ancient Near Eastern Studies (IANES)  10  47

Institute of Classical Archaeology  4  10

Institute of Philology  9  18

Institute of Prehistory and Medieval Archaeology (UFG)  11  33

Institute of Art History (KHI)  7  9

Institute of Musicology  5  10

Institute of Religious Studies  2  3

Institute for Archaeological Sciences (INA)  1  14

Department of Asian and Oriental Studies  23  47

Cultural Anthropology Section  3  5

Indian Studies  4  4

Japanese Studies Section  4  5

Oriental and Islamic Studies Section  2  10

Chinese Studies Section  5  5

Korean Studies Section  1  17

Department of History  28  61

Institute of Ancient History  3  9

Institute of Medieval History  8  24

Institute of Modern History  6  14

Institute of Contemporary History  6  7

Institute for Eastern European History and Area Studies  2  2

Institute of Library Science for Historians  2  2

Institute of Didactics of History and Public History  1  

Department of Modern Languages  78  112

Institute of German Language and Literature  26  43

Institute of English Languages and Literatures  20  14

Institute of Romance Languages and Literatures  14  18

Institute of Slavic Languages and Literatures  6  8

Institute of Linguistics (SfS)  10  36

Department of Philosophy and Media  21  35

Institute of Philosophy  10  14

Institute of Rhetoric  3  8

Institute of Media Studies  8  13

Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences  60 portfolios 241 projects

Department of Economics  21  39

Department of Social Sciences  37  197

Hector Institute of Education Science  5  78

Institute for Research on Far Right Extremism (IRex)   3

Institute of Education (IFE)  8  20

Institute of Historical and Cultural Anthropology (LUI)  3  17

Institute of Political Science  9  15

Institute of Sociology  6  14

Institute of Sports Science (IfS)  4  47

Interfaculty Research Institute for Sports and Physical Activity  1  4

Methods Center  2  6

Faculty of Science  237 portfolios 1213 projects
Department of Biology  48  252

Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP)  10  78

Institute of Cell Biology (IZB)  3  5

Institute of Evolution and Ecology  15  53

Institute of Neurobiology  5  24

Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine (IMIT)  12  89

Department of Chemistry  25  78

Central Chemical Institute (CZI)  1  

Institute of Inorganic Chemistry  9  10

Institute of Organic Chemistry  6  15

Institute of Physical Chemistry (IPTC)  10  43

Department of Geoscience  41  303

Center for Applied Geoscience  13  84

Geography Research Area  9  55

Institute of Archaeological Sciences Research Areas (UFG)  6  68

Institute for Archaeological Sciences (INA)  1  14

Mineralogy and Geodynamics Research Area  7  19

Palaeobiology Research Area  4  3

Department of Informatics  28  159

Institute for Bioinformatics and Medical Informatics (IBMI)  7  4

Wilhelm Schickard Institute of Computer Science (WSI)  23  66

Department of Mathematics  15  38

Department of Pharmacy and Biochemistry  20  87

Interfaculty Institute of Biochemistry (IFIB)  7  34

Pharmaceutical Institute  12  27

Plant Biochemistry Research Group at ZMBP  1  14

Department of Physics  38  251

Institute for Theoretical Physics (ITP)  11  63

Institute of Applied Physics (IAP)  8  38

Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (IAAT)  8  90

Institute of Physics (PIT)  11  55

Department of Psychology  19  60

Center of Islamic Theology (ZITh)  5 portfolios 7 projects

Institute for Islamic Religious Education Research (IIRF)  1  

Collaborative research centers and transregios  50 portfolios 2 projects

CRC 923 - Threatened Orders  16  

CRC 1070 - ResourceCultures. Socio-cultural Dynamics in the Treatment of Resources  11  1

CRC 1101 - Molecular Coding of Specificity in Plant Processes  1  

CRC 1233 - Robust Vision — Inference Principles and Neural Mechanisms  1  

CRC 1253 - Catchments as Reactors: Metabolism of Pollutants on the Landscape Scale (CAMPOS)   

CRC 1391 - Different Aesthetics  2  

CRC 1718 - Common Ground: Cognition - Grammar - Communication   

CRC-TR 156 - The Skin as a Sensor and Effector Organ Orchestrating Local and Systemic Immune Responses  1  

CRC-TR 261 - Cellular Mechanisms of Antibiotic Action and Production (ANTIBIOTIC CellMAP)  1  

SFB-TR 352 - Mathematics of Many-Body Quantum Systems and Their Collective Phenomena  2  

Research training groups and graduate schools  41 portfolios 4 projects

LEAD Graduate School & Research Network  11  3

Research training group MOMbrane: The multifaceted functions and dynamics of the mitochondrial outer membrane  2  

Research training group: cGMP - From Bedside to Bench  1  

Research training group: EpiSignal - Crosstalk of intracellular signaling pathways and chromatin modification networks  1  

Research training group: Figurations of the Precarious in the Global South  1  

Research training group: Intraoperative multi-sensor tissue identification in oncology  3  

Research training group: Limits 2 Vision  1  

Research training group: Non-canonical G protein signaling pathways  4  

Research training group: Statistical Modeling in Psychology (SMiP)  2  1

Research training group: Women’s mental health across the reproductive years  1  

Interdisciplinary research institutions, centers and institutes  74 portfolios 372 projects
Interfaculty Institutes  29  180

Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Tübingen  1  4

Institute for Archaeological Sciences (INA)  1  14

Institute for Bioinformatics and Medical Informatics (IBMI)  7  4

Interfaculty Institute of Biochemistry (IFIB)  7  34

Biochemistry I   1

Biochemistry II   

Biochemistry III   1

Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine (IMIT)  12  89

Interfaculty Research Institute for Sports and Physical Activity  1  4

Clusters of Excellence  27  14

Controlling Microbes to Fight Infections (CMFI)  6  12

GreenRobust   

HUMAN ORIGINS   

Image-Guided and Functionally Instructed Tumor Therapies (iFIT)  17  

Machine Learning: New Perspectives for Science (CML)  5  2

TERRA   

Interdisciplinary institutions for area studies  2  5

Baden-Württemberg Center for Brazil and Latin America  1  1

China Centrum Tübingen (CCT)   4

Interdisciplinary Centre for Global South Studies (ICGSS)  1  

Comprehensive research institutions  8  19

College of Fellows - Center for Interdisciplinary and Intercultural Studies (CoF)  1  

Tübingen Center for Gender and Diversity Research (ZGD)   1

Tübingen School of Education (TüSE)  7  18

Research institutions with a core focus  17  118

Center for interdiscipinary research into life experience of disabled persons (Z.I.E.L.)  1  

Cognitive Science Center (CSC)   1

European Center for Research on Federalism (EZFF)  1  2

International Center for Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities (IZEW)  5  68

Tübingen AI Center  5  13

Tübingen Center for Digital Education (TüCeDE)  1  4

Werner Reichardt Center for Integrative Neuroscience (CIN)  4  32

Core Facilities  4  27

Center for Light Matter Interaction, Sensors & Analytics (LISA+)  1  2

Digital Humanities Center   2

Methods Center  2  6

Quantitative Biology Center (QBIC)  1  17

Tübingen Structural Microscopy (TSM)   

CyberValley Unit for Artificial Intelligence   2

Forum Scientiarum  2  5

Leibniz Kolleg   

Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker Center  1  5

Tübinger Forum for Science and Humanities (TFW)  1  

Associated institutes  2  14

Casualty Hospital (Tübingen) (BGU)  1  10

Global Ethics Institute   

Institute for Applied Economic Research (IAW)   

Institute of Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases   

NMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tübingen  1  2

Senckenberg Center for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment (SHEP)   2

Other institutions  19 portfolios 51 projects

Botanical Gardens  1  

Collegium Musicum   

IT Center (ZDV)  1  8

Knowledge Media Research Center (IWM)  6  5

Media Competence Center (ZFM)  1  3

Startup Center  1  2

University Library (UB)  1  14

University of Tübingen Museum (MUT)  1  1

General administration   

Joint seminary administration of the three theologies (GSV)   

Team Equity   

Central Administration (ZV)  7  18
President’s Office  5  6

President and Vice-Chancellor  1  2

Vice-Presidents  4  

Executive Vice-President   

Staff unit European University Alliance (CIVIS)   

Division I – Development, General and Legal Affairs   

Division II – Research   2

Division III – Student Affairs and Studies   

Division IV – Student Affairs   

Division V – International Office  1  10

Division VI – Human Resources and Internal Services   

Division VII – Finance   

Division VIII – Construction, Safety and Environment   

Administration of the clinic   

Department of Nutrition Management   

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