Faculty celebration 2025 on 16 May 2025

On 16 May 2025, the Faculty of Mathematics and Economics held its faculty celebration to honour outstanding achievements performances and special commitment. Graduates were honoured with awards for excellent degrees and recent PhD graduates received their PhD certificates. Students were honoured for their voluntary work at the Faculty.

The sponsorship awards were presented at a ceremony - donated by Sparkasse Ulm, the WiMa Foundation, the Ulm Forum for First choice, Boehringer Ingelheim and the Wilhelm Weinmeister Academic Award. The President of the University, Prof. Dr Michael Weber, addressed words of appreciation to the graduates and emphasised their outstanding service performances. The awards were presented in person: Prof Dr Mathias Klier (WiMa Foundation), Dr Roland Wiese (Ulm Forum for First choices), Dr Frank Fleischer (Boehringer Ingelheim) and Prof Dr Dirk Lebiedz for the Wilhelm Weinmeister Academic Award. Carolin Müller - student representative of the Computational Science and Engineering program - honoured students for their voluntary work at the faculty.

Prior to the presentation of the PhD certificates, the respective supervisors presented the content and relevance of the doctoral theses, PhD theses. The diversity of the degree programmes and research on offer at the Faculty became clear - as did the unifying element: individual supervision, a solid quantitative foundation and close practical contacts create ideal conditions for successfully working on current topics.