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Manuscripts for a special issue of the scientific Journal Sustainability can be submitted until 31 July 2025. Prof. Petra Schneider from the University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal, Germany, and Mohammad Mozumder from the NOVIA University of Applied Sciences, Finland, are guest editors.

What is the potential for green roofs in Vietnam’s bustling metropolis, Ho Chi Minh City? And what’s life like as an exchange student in a city of 10 million people? We spoke to Natascha Wegat, a Master’s student in Water Management, halfway through her three-month internship at the Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City.

The CLIENT and CLIENT II programme of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has promoted international cooperation for sustainable development over 14 years. With more than 100 projects in 33 countries and a total volume of approximately 200 million euros, the programme pursued two main objectives: strengthening international cooperation and bringing sustainable innovations to market. On 28th and 29th November 2024, the third CLIENT conference took place in Berlin, where Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences was also present with an exhibition stand.

Beavers as climate protectors? A practical training course at Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences demonstrated the potential and challenges of peatland revitalisation. Experts explained, using the example of Rathsbruch in Saxony-Anhalt among others, how natural processes and targeted measures work together to restore these valuable ecosystems.

Qing came from China to study the unique master’s programme “Ecological Engineering” at the University of Applied Sciences in Magdeburg. He wrote his master's thesis at the Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research in Magdeburg and completed his studies in 2018. Since his heart continued to beat for aquatic ecology, he applied for a PhD position in Wageningen, where he received his doctorate in November 2023. Since December 2023 he has been a postdoc at the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research on the island of Texel. Congratulations on such a research career!
By the way, he won the Otto von Guericke Scholarship in Magdeburg in 2018, which is awarded to particularly committed foreign students.

On 9 November, experts of the Department of Water, Environment, Construction and Safety welcomed a Nepalese delegation from the Nepalese Department of Mining and Geology and employees of G.E.O.S. Freiberg, Germany, for a topic day at the University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal. The focus was on research on natural hazards such as landslides, earthquakes and dam breaches.

International project on reuse and disposal options for radioactive residues from titanium placer mining in Vietnam