supervises the board. The council's members are representatives of private companies and academic institutions including other universities, in addition to representatives of the university's professors, staff members, and students. The university is divided into six faculties: Faculty of Human and Business Sciences Faculty of Medicine Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology Faculty of Humanities Faculty of Law Academic profile Research Saarland University is known for research in Computer Science, nano technology, medicine, European relations, politics and law. The university campus and the surrounding area is home to several specialized research institutes, affiliated with various high-profile independent research societies and private companies, focused on primary and applied research. Max Planck Institute for Computer Science Max Planck Institute for Software Systems German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence – DFKI CISPA – Helmholtz Center for Information Security Dagstuhl, the Leibniz Center for Informatics Fraunhofer IZFP Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering Society for Environmentally Compatible Process Technology Institut of the society for the promotion of the applied information research Leibniz-Institute for New Materials INM KIST – Korea Institute of Science and Technology Europe Research Society. Intel Visual Computing Institute Centre for Bio-informatics Saar Institute for Formal Ontology and Medical Information Science – IFOMIS HIPS – Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland The university science park provides a startup incubator and a technology/research transfer environment for companies mostly focused on IT, nanotechnology and biotechnology. Education With its numerous degree programmes and the variety of final qualifications offered (Diplom, Magister, PhD, state examinations and, increasingly, bachelor and master qualifications), Saarland University provides the broad spectrum of disciplines typical of a classical universitas litterarum. The more traditional subjects such as business administration and economics, law and medicine are just as much a part of Saarland University as the new degree programmes that have developed from modern interdisciplinary collaborations and which reflect the increasing demand for such qualifications in today's job market. Examples of these new courses include 'Biology with Special Focus on Human Biology and Molecular Biology', 'Bioinformatics /Computational Biology', 'Mechatronics Engineering', 'Micro- and Nanostructured Materials', 'Computer and Communications Technology', 'Historically-oriented Cultural Studies' and 'French Cultural Science and Intercultural Communication'. Integrated degree courses, which can lead to the award of a joint degree, are organized by Saarland University and foreign partner universities in the fields of business administration, physics, chemistry, materials science and in the interdisciplinary programme 'Cross-border Franco-German Studies'. In