Research - University of Greifswald

Research at the University of Greifswald

The University has five key fields of research

Community Medicine and
Individualized Medicine

Environmental Change: Responses and Adaptation

The research focus ECRA links and integrates natural sciences and humanities in the field of ecological environmental research to an extent that is unique in Germany. This extends from the ecological fields of work to the geosciences, mathematics, environmental physics, economics, applied ethics and law.

Cultures of the Baltic Sea Region

Plasma Physics

Proteomics and
Protein Technologies

Funding Programmes for Your Academic Career

The Research Support Centre's information on funding programmes.

Our Goals

The University of Greifswald is one of the most traditional and leading research universities in the north of Germany. Together with its external partners located in the town of Greifswald, the Federal Research Institute for Animal Health (FLI), the Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (INP) and the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP), it searches for innovative solutions for major challenges that are faced by today’s society: health & preventive medicine, environment & climate, energy & raw materials and chances & risks of globalisation. Within the framework provided by five key fields of research, scholars from different disciplines collaborate and develop interdisciplinary approaches for answering these central questions of the future. The University of Greifswald’s mission is to be a nationally and internationally visible research university. It aims to win scholars at all stages of their careers, to encourage new research ideas, to intensify the collaboration with external research institutions and to strengthen the regional economy through the application of its research and technology transfer.

Our Key Fields of Research

Proteomics and Protein Technologies
Plasma Physics
Cultures of the Baltic Sea Region
Environmental Change: Responses and Adaptation
Community Medicine and Individualized Medicine

Research Support Centre
Wollweberstraße 1
17489 Greifswald
Tel.: +49 3834 420 1174
Fax: +49 3834 420 1189
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German Marine Research Alliance

The University is a member of the German Marine Research Alliance (DAM). It contributes its broad research expertise in fields ranging from ecology to zoology, microbiology, pharmacy, biochemistry, and law to marine and coastal missions and projects.

Mattress made from polyurethane © Covestro AG

Degradation of Plastic Waste with Biocatalysts

Researchers from the University of Greifswald, the German company Covestro and teams from Leipzig and Dublin have found an environmentally-friendly process to degrade the plastic polymers polyurethane and polyvinyl alcohol with the help of enzymes.

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The Research Support Centre (ZFF)

The Research Support Centre (ZFF) is a central department of the University of Greifswald. It offers University academics and scientists demand-based services concerning third-party funded research and the transfer of research.

Mechanical harvesting of peat moss, © Greta Gaudig, 2016

85 Per Cent Less CO2 Emissions Through Alternative Use of Peatlands

A research team from the Universities of Rostock and Greifswald discovered that growing peat moss on rewetted raised bogs instead of draining them and using them as grassland can save up to 85 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions.