The University of Erfurt faces up to the great social challenges of our time and is committed to international scientific cooperation in the sense of global participation in knowledge and science. It sets standards in basic research and strives to transfer scientific findings to society. In doing so, the four faculties, the Max Weber College for Cultural and Social Studies and the Gotha research institutions contribute their structural and task-related diversity to the overall concept, thus enabling interdisciplinary, international and cooperative research. The University of Erfurt places particular emphasis on academic freedom and the promotion of young academics.