Ulm University, located in the hi-tech belt of Southwest of Germany between Munich and Stuttgart, is committed to first class research and teaching. About 10,000 students study in its modern, lavishly green campus located in the unique science city, high above the old imperial town of Ulm, the birth place of Albert Einstein. RESEARCH: FOCUSING ON LIFE SCIENCES, BIO AND NANO TECHNOLOGIES, COMMUNICATIONS AND FINANCE Right from the beginning, Ulm University asserted its claim as a research university. Thanks to interdisciplinary and cooperative working methods, the university has been able to establish numerous research concentrations and collaborative research centres both in basic and applied research, achieving successful results. The research foci on six main topics: haematology and oncology, aging/degeneration and regeneration, energy conversion and storage, quantum science and technology, cognitive systems and human-computer interaction, financial services and their mathematical methods. Worth pointing out is the opening up of a new interdisciplinary research arena towards bio quantum physics. UNIQUE COLLABORATION IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WITH MAJOR COMPANIES: Ulm University is located in the high-tech belt of Southwest of Germany, at the heart of the Science City Ulm. In this highly developed science park, universities, hospitals, research institutes and prestigious industrial companies such as BMW and Continental work together. Successful co-operations with companies organized in public-private partnerships include the Daimler Research Institute for Vehicle Environment Perception at Ulm University and the Boehringer Ingelheim Ulm University BioCenter for research activities in biotechnology. This is an excellent basis for graduate and post-graduate education, making Ulm University particularly attractive for international students and scientific exchange programs. EDUCATION: ATTRACTIVE MASTER AND DOCTORATE PROGRAMS TAUGHT IN ENGLISH: Due to its size, Ulm University allows for close interaction between academic teachers and students, which results in speedy graduation, and the high student satisfaction is expressed in major ranking studies. The excellent infrastructure and the high research funding provide students at a graduate and post-graduate level, actually more than 10,000, with a challenging and rewarding atmosphere when pursuing their Master and Doctoral degrees; many programs are offered with English as the language of instruction. Affordability and convenience make living in the charming town of Ulm most enjoyable, and studying at Ulm University most attractive. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION: Ulm University offers attractive students exchange programs with strong partners in all continents. Since 2003 a special partnership helped to raise the German University in Cairo (GUC) developing intensive academic mobility and bilateral research. Built upon older and excellent partnerships Ulm University created its U5 Strategic Partnership Program of postgraduate exchange and research co-operation with leading universities in China (Southeast U in Nanjing, Shandong U in Jinan), Russia (Lomonossov) and Egypt (Cairo University) focusing initially upon civilization diseases and energy related materials.