About us Goals and Development
The cross-cutting issues, that are central to the faculty in the next ten to 15 years, include:
- education and development in the vita,
- consulting, training and therapy,
- techniques and media,
- intercultural competencies and migration.
The work on these four cross-cutting issues requires a close cooperation between the different disciplines, which will be supported by the creation of interdisciplinary working groups, which in turn are regarded as the faculties most valued instruments to further its international competitiveness. The definition of cross-cutting issues and the content-wise cooperation of disciplines are important milestones for the improvement of the research profiles of the single institutes. In addition, the implementation of interdisciplinary study-courses will foster the intra-faculty cooperation in the field of teaching. Continuous communication as well as the development of research proposals on a transdisciplinary level should be supported by a newly established faculty-fund. The cross-cutting issues should also be included in the communication with other faculties, especially with the intersections of social sciences, the humanities and theology as well as medicine and the life sciences. Therewith and by contributing to university-wide graduate schools and other study-courses the faculty accounts for the mission statement of the comprehensive university.