Tübingen is one of the world's leading science locations.
Here you will find information on research funding and an overview of Tübingen as a research location.
Research
at the Faculty of Medicine
Eberhard Karls University Tübingen
Research focus of the Faculty of Medicine


Immunology and Oncology
Immunotherapy, molecular biological diagnostics and systemic immune reactions.

Diabetes and Vascular Medicine
Risk factors, personalized therapy, prevention, diabetes and tumor growth.Research alliances
National and international research cooperations form the basis for innovative and successful research.
On these pages you will find an overview of research networks that are coordinated in Tübingen or in which research groups of the Faculty of Medicine Tübingen are involved.
Press and Events
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News from research
New treatment method for liver cancer successfully tested in preclinical phase
A preclinical study at the University Hospital Tübingen shows promising effects in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) caused by non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)
New consortium against hereditary retinal degeneration starts
1.1 million euros of funding from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Novel vaccine trial to activate T-cell responses against SARS-CoV-2
University Hospital Tübingen starts clinical studies with an in-house developed vaccine for COVID-19
Healthy to Mars: Study results point the way for longer and more distant missions into space
Scientist from Tübingen investigates the effects of space travel on the human body with an international space research team
Infrastructure
Successful research is based on an effective infrastructure. Find out which tasks of the Faculty of Medicine Tübingen can help you with the planning or processing of research projects.

Core Facilities of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Clinical Research (IZKF)
Core Facilities offer all faculty staff - as well as external users - the opportunity to acquire state-of-the-art services and scientific know-how. We offer state-of-the-art techniques and services.
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Centre for Clinical Studies (ZKS)
The Center's mission is to effectively support and coordinate all clinical trial processes and to further develop the quality of patient-oriented clinical research.
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Sections
Sections have been established for special tasks within a clinic, a department or an institute.
A distinction is made according to the area of responsibility:
- Research Sections
- Clinical Sections
- Interdisciplinary Sections

Center for Personalized Medicine (ZPM)
The Centre for Personalised Medicine (ZPM) was established as part of the Excellence Initiative of the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen in cooperation with the University Hospital of Tübingen. Here, data generation, data analysis, functional imaging, development of new therapies and their clinical trials are networked and transferred to health care.
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medical technology
The "Medical Technology" research platform is intended to bundle basic research for the application-oriented development of new technological concepts at Tübingen and develop initiatives in the fields of "imaging processes and image processing" as well as "sensor technology and signal transmission".
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Health Services Research Coordination Office
The coordination office supports healthcare research in Tübingen methodically and in terms of content and aims to network activities in this field.
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We would be pleased to support you in the implementation and provide you with up-to-date information about your planned research project.
Funding opportunities
Research projects usually require financial support. Please get in touch with us early enough, preferably already in the planning phase. On the following pages we will inform you about financing possibilities for your projects.
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Further topics

Prizes and Awards
Here you will find a current overview of the most recent successes of our scientists.
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Research Colloquium of the Faculty of Medicine
At the annual research colloquium, the young scientists supported by the internal funding programmes of the Faculty of Medicine present the results of their research projects.
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Tübingen Research Campus
The Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen and a number of leading non-university research institutes have joined forces in the Tübingen Research Campus (TRC) in order to intensify their cooperation and offer joint services to scientists.
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