Christian-Albrechts Universität zu Kiel

Through research, teaching and knowledge transfer, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (abbreviation: CAU) contributes to solving the great challenges of our time in the fields of health, the changing environment and culture, nutrition and energy. In this way, it secures peace and preserves the livelihood of future generations. Through interdisciplinary thinking, independent of short-lived trends and through joint, responsible action, the CAU ensures that scientific knowledge is carried into all areas of society. There it finds its way into political, economic and social decision-making processes as a contribution to securing peace and prosperity.

When it was founded in 1665, the CAU gave itself the motto "Pax Optima Rerum: Peace is the highest of all goods". This maxim is still relevant more than 350 years later. In accordance with this guiding principle, the university wants to contribute to a peaceful, just world in which all people can live adequately and in freedom. A world in which respectful treatment of the environment will also enable future generations to live adequately.