For Elicia Vetter and Lucie Kolbe, physical education classes this summer term were different from usual. Normally, the two teacher-training students attend their sports science modules – their minor subject – on the university campus. This time, however, their studies took them to the University of Jyväskylä in Finland for five days.

Through DIKAP, Germany’s largest prevention study, Magdeburg University Hospital is developing a digital care model designed to prevent cardiovascular diseases, which could pave the way for its integration into standard care in the future.

Cold drinks, snacks and conversation instead of lessons: at the ‘Sprachcafé Deutsch’, international students at the University of Magdeburg meet every Wednesday to practise their German, make new friends and find out more about life on campus in Magdeburg.