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At the winter market around the new student union building on December 4, 2025, from 4 to 9 p.m., you will have the opportunity to escape the hectic everyday life of the pre-Christmas period. Student initiatives, institutions, and student councils have agreed to participate in the winter market. In addition to mulled wine, candles, children's punch, waffles, and barbecue food, there will also be a stage program.

The Children's University team is looking for interested individuals who would like to give a lecture at the Children's University. Children's University lectures are usually held quarterly on a Saturday from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Speakers are still needed for February/March 2026, for May 31, 2026, for the Volksstimme Pusteblume Children's Festival, and for December 2026. Please direct any questions or feedback to Anne Rudolph.

In the summer semester of 2026, another interdisciplinary lecture series on “Transformation and Sustainability” is to take place. Teachers from all disciplines are invited to contribute their topics. Please submit your proposals related to sustainability/transformation to Juliana Hilf by January 9, 2026.

From December 1 to 19, 2025, online surveys will once again be conducted among students to gather their feedback on their courses. As usual, all courses offered by the faculties of Natural Sciences, Process and Systems Engineering, and the Language Center will be evaluated this semester—however, all other instructors are also welcome to register for an evaluation.

The campus can now be accessed and exited by car via the central entrance from Hohenstaufenring. The entrance along Building 22 remains closed. The temporary entrance and exit on Pfälzer Straße, which was set up during the complete closure, is now once again reserved exclusively for construction vehicles. Due to the ongoing construction work on campus, we ask that you strictly observe the traffic regulations, in particular the required walking speed for vehicles, and continue to show mutual consideration.

Holiday planning for the coming year is in full swing. To help you plan your 2026 holiday calendar through to the end of the year, here are the dates for the Christmas and New Year 2026/2027 holidays, which include three working days: From December 24, 2026, to January 3, 2027, the buildings, including the computer center and library, will be closed.
Detailed information can be found in the corresponding university public announcement. (in German)

As part of the ongoing construction work, earthworks are now scheduled to begin, meaning that the western main campus will no longer be accessible via this access road from November 10, 2025. As the laying work for the district heating network by Städtische Werke GmbH (SWM) is also still ongoing, the western main campus will no longer be accessible from Hohenstaufenring.

Magdeburg Municipal Utilities (SWM) will be conducting extensive construction work to relocate the university's district heating pipeline from July 7, 2025, to December 31, 2025. Therefore, Hohenstaufenring between Gustav-Adolf-Straße and Gareisstraße will be completely closed. Access to the campus will be possible only via Gustav-Adolf-Straße during this time.

The German Research Foundation has announced which Clusters of Excellence will be funded from 2026. Unfortunately, the SmartProSys application from our university is not one of them. The Rector would like to thank everyone involved and is certain: “As Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, we will emerge stronger from this challenging process”.tto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg gestärkt hervor".

Almost three weeks after the attack on Magdeburg's Christmas market, our thoughts are still with the many injured and our sincere condolences go out to the victims and their families. Among them are numerous students and employees of the university. We assure them of our full support. We strongly condemn the political instrumentalization of the attack as well as the verbal and physical attacks and discrimination against our international students and employees.