T. Kuvaieva, M. Jacob, D. Kilian

The film project combines Dr. Kuvaieva’s journalism and marketing class with chemistry and foundry technology students. Mixed Ukrainian-German student groups developed ten short movies that combined technical knowledge with communication skills.

The movies were rated by school classes and awarded in several categories. The final presentation in the form of a hybrid film festival took place at the 12^th of June 2025.

G. Heide, A. Weber, C. Kehrer – S. Shevchenko, M. Ruzina, I. Nikitenko, Y. Dementieva, 

The mineralogy project aims at complementing each other’s strengths to develop a co-taught course for diagnostics and lab-based analysis of gemstones, ore minerals and the digitalization of petrographic collections. It combines the scientific perspective on geoscientific collections with a cultural point of view, where the specimens constitute a part of the natural and cultural heritage.

Two PhD students from Dnipro University of Technology visit Freiberg to work on the digitalization of Dnipro collection objects in TUBAF labs during November 2025.

C. Hübler, Y. Voronkova

The project aims at enriching a biochemistry class by modern computational methods for the simulation of interactions between proteins, or proteins and ligands. The students will get to know suitable software, modelling approaches and explore useful databases. Students will have the opportunity to discuss results Freiberg’s HPC to perform advanced tasks.

B. Sprungk, D. Babets, A. Chekhanova 

The Machine Learning course aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of machine learning concepts, starting from mathematical foundations and progressing to practical implementation using Python. In a co-teaching approach, the students will receivetheoretical input and do hands-on sessions to start coding with Python themselves.

A. Cherep, C. Drebenstedt

The course explores the intersection of mining practices and the UNESCO Development Goals, focusing on their implications for sustainable development in resource-rich regions. It examines the potential of mining to contribute to economic advancement while addressing the challenges posed by environmental degradation, social displacement, and inequitable resource distribution. Students discuss case studies and best practice examples.

S. Onyshchenko, M. Kröger

In the fields of statics, kinematics, dynamics and material strength, the course comprises web-workshops dedicated to solving the engineering problems. The problems are presented as case studies – identification – formulation – selection of a solution method – problem solving – analysis. The key point of the web-workshops is in using the modern CAD software to solve the engineering problems.

A.Bardas, M. Boichenko, M. Czyrnia, B. Gaidzik

The lecture series will  consider risks to supply chains’ sustainability and analyze how technical disasters, natural factors, political and military conflicts may affect the global supply chains, and how much it may cost for the customers.

D. Beshta, O. Beshta, A. Dietrich, S. Zug

One edrys-lite “classroom” can host multiple identical hardware setups, enabling simultaneous online control and remote access for students.This approach allows scalability: a single course can accommodate more students without losing hands-on experience.

The team already established a joint embedded systems programming lab based on Arduino, featuring two remote setups (one located in Ukraine, one in Germany). The project lies the groundwork for the creation of labs or redesign of existing ones, to allow students to work interactively and collaboratively on remote lab setups on the crossing point of Embedded Systems Programming, Mechatronics and Robotics, Mechanical Engineering and Control Engineering.

O. Pikhurko, J. Carmesin, M. Kroeger

The summer school was arranged as a mix of lectures of invited speakers, minicourses and problem solving workshops. During their stay in Freiberg, the participanting students from Ukraine gained exciting insights into hot topics in combinatorics and took advantage of the opportunity to meet researchers in person. A great networking opportunity for early-career Ukrainian mathematicians!

A. Artyukhov, L. Chechurin 

Students, like other young people, are addicted to their gadgets. Millennials spend an average of 2.5 hours on social media; according to other sources, teenagers use an average of nine hours of entertainment media per day and spend nine hours a day with digital technology. Thus, effective self-learning of students is also connected with gadgets. It is necessary to "immerse" students in an educational environment that fits their comfort zone. The project aims on implementing a self-paced Microcredential course for teachers, guiding them through the process of designing an immersive learning experience.

• Teacher matching process
• Concept development and implementation together with teachers (see project descriptions)
• Support framework for setting up, producing and managing the projects
• The projects have already been piloted or are currently in the realization phase