University of Konstanz

We are happy to see all our students and wish you a great start this summer semester!

Our guide for new students and the PocketGuide (in German) contain helpful information for your first steps at the University of Konstanz. In addition, some departments offer a collection of information for their new students.

For tips on getting started in Konstanz and Kreuzlingen, check out studying without borders.

It's about social mobility, meritocracy, the promise of advancement and educational inequality. For example: The German school sorting system – how fair do children and parents think school recommendations are?

When school recommendations are due once a year, many households are in a tense mood. Even primary school pupils are familiar with the term "grammar school recommendation" – many fear it. But do they think their own school recommendation is fair? And what do parents think?

The new In_equality magazine provides answers.
Read the whole issue as e-reader or download the pdf.
Read the article

National study by Konstanz Research Group on Higher Education shows: Anti-Semitism is less widespread among students than in the general population.

Read the press release

Recognized again and again: Being a University of Excellence means we support our members in the best way possible as they make their ideas reality. Our concept creative.together describes how we promote top-level research, exceptional teaching and innovative ideas – for a culture of creativity.

The University of Konstanz is one of eleven Universities of Excellence in Germany and has been successful in the German Excellence competition since 2006. Our two Clusters of Excellence Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour and The Politics of Inequality: Perceptions, Participation and Policies stand for our interdisciplinary and internationally oriented cutting-edge research.

Internationalization is key for us. This is why we promote international cooperation in research and student mobility, recruit excellent international (early career) researchers and work to increase our international visibility.

By successfully participating in the European Universities Initiative, we have taken another important step towards a joint European Education Area: Within the university network European University for Well-Being (EUniWell) learning, teaching and researching across borders will become a reality.