Alumniverbund der Universität Siegen - The International Network

Regardless of whether you completed your studies some time ago, or are still working on your degree, everyone who has studied, taught, worked or conducted research at the University of Siegen should stay connected. Become a part of the international network of your university! Benefit from lively exchanges between theoretical and practical knowledge, make contacts and take advantage of the variety of services offered by us, the "Alumniverbund der Universität Siegen" - the international network of the University of Siegen, together with the alumni groups of the faculties. Your participation will also allow you to actively shape the network.

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Alumni share experiences from their personal and professional development in these interviews. They may have all studied at the University of Siegen, but each one of them has their own story to share. Click here to read their portraits.

Click here to read more about our international alumni highlighting their connection to the University of Siegen by holding signposts with their distance to Siegen. Click here to read more about our alumni's activities as ambassadors to the University.

Some alumni of the University of Siegen decide to start their own businesses.The ideas behind each company are as unique as the founders themselves. These alumni talk about their exciting start-up experiences in various interviews. Click here to read more about our founder alumni.

International scientists from our research network give an insight into their research collaboration with researchers from the University of Siegen. Click here here to see the research alumni gallery aswell.

Latest News

25th Anniversary Celebration

Alumni travel back in time to the year 2000

For the first time, the University of Siegen invited alumni who graduated or completed their doctorate in 2000 to a ‘silver jubilee celebration’. Over 100 graduates attended the reception in the Audimax on the Adolf-Reichwein-Straße campus and received their anniversary certificates from Rector Prof Dr Stefanie Reese.
Some alumni also took the opportunity to take part in the varied Open University programme the next day and to get to know the campus "Unteres Schloss" on a tour organised exclusively for them.
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In Memoriam

Prof. Dr. Neelakshi C. Premawardhena

On 22.03.2025 we received the sad news that Prof. Dr. Neelakshi C. Premawardhena passed away suddenly. We are very saddened by this. Neelakshi Premawardhena completed her doctorate in German Studies/Linguistics from 1997 to 2001 at the University of Siegen under Prof. Dr. Burkhard Schaeder. She was Chair of Modern Languages and also headed the Centre for International Affairs at Kelaniya University in Sri Lanka.

Prof. Neelakshi Premawardhena was a tireless global ambassador for our university as an alumna of the University of Siegen in her role as Alumni Ambassador. Since 2013, we have held DAAD-funded Alumni Academies, which she has greatly enriched with her tireless efforts. The international alumni community at the University of Siegen has grown into a close-knit family. The professional and personal exchange with Neelakshi Premawardhena has always been very cordial, her friendliness, wisdom and creative ideas have always inspired us. We have lost a member of our family. Her death has hit us all hard and leaves a huge gap.

Dr. Susanne Padberg and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Mathias Wirths
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New Research Alumni Tandem online

Prof. Dr Onofre Martorell, Prof. Dr Michael Möller: Image Reconstruction - More than just Putting Pictures Together

Prof. Dr Michael Möller, Professor of Computer Vision in the Department Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at the University of Siegen and his guest-researcher Prof. Dr Onofre Martorell Nadal from the University of the Balearic Islands commited thier research to work on image reconstruction. The idea is to optimize sensor systems to record optimal measurements for an overall better output. Click here to read more.

Symbolic picture of the project week, text on the picture: Image generated by AI and edited by DKFZ

Global Digital Health

Research Alumni Project Week

The Alumni Project Week "Global Digital Health - Interdisciplinary Challenges from International Perspectives" is a collaborative initiative bringing together Research Alumni and local researchers from 6 German partner institutions (DKFZ, KIT, and the Universities of Cologne, Heidelberg, Münster, and Siegen) from 20 – 26 November 2025 in Cologne and Heidelberg. Click here to read more.

DAAD funding approval for the Alumni Academy 2025/26

Shaping transfer processes sustainably for the future.

International alumni of the University of Siegen have once again been invited to take part in the Alumni Academy 2025/26 thanks to another DAAD funding commitment.
Over the course of two years, the participants will deal with issues relating to the sustainable design of transfer processes. Through an international discourse, innovative initiatives for the implementation of transfer strategies will be developed together. Click here to read more.

Aktualisiert via XIMS am 6.6.2025 von N. Höchst