University of Münster
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| University of Münster | |
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| Westphalian Wilhelms-University (WWU) | |
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| Established: | April 16, 1780 |
| Type: | Public university |
| Chancellor: | Dr. Stefan Schwartze |
| Rector: | Prof. Dr. Ursula Nelles |
| Staff: | 13,000 (2004) |
| Students: | 40,000 (2004) |
| Location: |  Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| Campus: | Urban, 285 buildings (2003), yearly expenses ~ 1 Billion US-Dollar |
| Website: | http://www.uni-muenster.de/en/ |
The University of Münster (German Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, WWU) is a public university located in the city of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. The WWU is part of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, a society of Germany's leading research universities. The WWU has also been successful in the German "Excellence Initiative".
The WWU is the leading university in Germany in terms of CEO alumni in Top500 companies[1].
With more than 40,000 students and over 130 fields of study it is Germany's third largest university and one of the foremost centers of German intellectual life. The university offers a wide range of units (e.g. Business, Geography, IT, Mathematics and many more) and several courses in English (e.g. PhD/Doctorate, Masters in Geoinformatics, Geospational Technologies or Information Systems).
The university is associated with nine Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize (most prestigious as well as most-funding price in Europe), two Nobel prize (one former student and one professor) and one Fields Medal winners as professors and many more from former students.
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[edit] History
The University has its roots in the Jesuiten-Kolleg Münster, which was founded in 1588. But today's University of Münster was founded in 1780 with four faculties: Law, Health Science (Medicine), Philosophy and Theology. The ceremony of constitution was performed by Franz Freiherr von Fürstenberg. In 1805 the university was extended to the Prussian University of Westphalia. It got its current name from Emperor Wilhelm II in 1907: Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität (WWU).
[edit] Organization
- Faculty of Protestant Theology
- Faculty of Catholic Theology
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of Economics (Muenster School of Business Administration and Economics)
- Faculty of Health Science (Medicine and Dental Medicine)
- Faculty of Philosophy
- Faculty of Educational and Social Science
- Faculty of Psychology and Sport Science
- Faculty of History/Philosophy
- Faculty of Philology
- Faculty of Natural Science and Mathematics
- Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
- Faculty of Physics
- Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy
- Faculty of Biology
- Faculty of Earth Science
- Faculty of Music (Muenster School of Music)
[edit] Student life
The University of Münster offers a very active student life. Student organisations such as AIESEC, AEGEE, MOVE, MTP and many more are well represented and usually have a high number of members. A wide range of language courses is also offered (UNIcert). The city of Münster itself has a very active night life with over 1.000 bars, discotheques and clubs and the city of the Peace of Westphalia also has - of course - a very rich cultural life.
[edit] Notable alumni
[edit] Students
- Wolfgang Clement, Politician
- Gabriele Behler, Politician
- Johannes Georg Bednorz, Nobel Prize winner (1987)
- Andreas Raymond Dombret, Münster School of Business Administration and Economics, Vice-Chairman Europe Bank of America, Director Germany, Austria, Swiss
- Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Ewers, Economist
- Prof. Dr. Gerd Faltings, Mathematician, Fields Medal
- Prof. Dr. Dieter Fenske, Chemist
- Birgit Fischer, Politician
- Erich Gutenberg, Economist, Inventor of Business Administration and Management in Germany
- Wolf-Michael Catenhusen, Politician
- Kai Diekmann, Chief Editor of "Bild", Europe's largest newspaper (3.5 million copies)
- Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Kaspar Elm, Historian
- Prof Dr. Hans-Jürgen Ewers, President of the TU Berlin
- Dr. August Hanning, President of the Bundesnachrichtendienst
- Dr. Dr. Gustav Heinemann, Politician, former president of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Franz Kardinal Hengsbach (1910-1991), former Bishop of Essen
- Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Friedrich Hirzebruch, Mathematician
- Jens Lehmann, footballer (goal keeper) of the German Football Team
- Ursula von der Leyen, Doctor, Politician in the Deutsche Bundestag
- Niklas Luhmann, Sociologist
- Frank Mattern, Münster School of Business Administration and Economics, Director Germany McKinsey
- Dr. Thomas Middelhoff, Board of Directors Bertelsmann
- Prof. Dr. Georg Milbradt, Minister-President of Saxony
- Walter Momper, Politician
- Ruprecht Polenz, Politician
- Prof. Dr. Dr. Gerhard Roth, Neurobiology
- Dr. Winfried Scharlau, Journalist
- Dr. Kurt Schumacher, Politician
- Dr. h.c. Rudolf Seiters, Politician
- Prof. Dr. Hans-Werner Sinn, student, President of the leading Institution for Economic Research (Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung, IFO).
- Burkhard Spinnen, Author
- Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Karl Stein, Mathematician
- Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c.mult. Hans Tietmeyer, Economist
- Dr. Berthold Tillmann, Politician
- Klaus Töpfer, UNO-Commissar
- Ernst Tugendhat, Philosopher
- Prof. Dr. Karl Weierstrass, Mathematician
- Harald Weinrich, Classical Scholar
- Arthur Wieferich, Mathematician
- Heinrich August Winkler, Historian
- Dr. Klaus Zumwinkel, former Board of Directors Deutsche Post World Net
[edit] University lecturer
- Pope Benedict XVI: Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. Joseph Kardinal Ratzinger
- Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Metzger, Psychologist
- Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Ackermann, Mathematician
- Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Klaus Backhaus, Marketing
- Prof. Dr. Karl Barth, Theologian
- Prof. Dr. Heinrich Behnke, Mathematician
- Prof. Dr. Hans Blumenberg, (1920-1996) Philosopher
- Prof. Dr. Max Dehn, (1878-1952) Mathematician
- Prof. Dr. Gerhard Domagk, Nobel Prize in Medicine (1939)
- Prof. Dr. Heinz Gollwitzer, (1917-1999) Historian
- Prof. Dr. Klaus Hildebrand, Historian
- Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Killing, (1847-1923) Mathematician
- Prof. Dr. Frido Mann, Psychologist and Writer, Grandson of Thomas Mann
- Prof. Dr. Willi Marxsen (1919-1993), Protestant Theologian (New Testament studies), inventor of so-called Redaktionsgeschichte
- Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Heribert Meffert, Inventor of Marketing in Germany
- Prof. Dr. Alfred Müller-Armack (1901-1978), Economist, Inventor of the Social Market Economy
- Prof. Dr. Paul Kirchhof, Jurist
- Prof. Dr. Dr. Johann Baptist Metz, Theologian
- Prof. Dr. Friedrich Münzer, Classical Scholar
- Prof. Dr. Josef Pieper (1904-1997), Philosopher
- Prof. Dr. Karl Rahner (1904-1984), Theologian
- Prof. Dr. Bernhard Rensch (1900-1990), Biologist
- Prof. Dr. Helmut Schelsky (1912-1984), Sociologist
- Prof. Dr. Heinrich Scholz, Co-Founder of Logic and Mathematics, first Institute
- Prof. Dr. Song Du-yul, Philosopher, former prisoner under South Korea's National Security Act
- Prof. Dr. Ulrich van Suntum, Economist, former member of the German Council of Economic Advisers
- Prof. Dr. Hans Wehr (1909-1981), Islam Scientist and Author of the leading Arabian-English dictionary (also used for Wikipedia guidelines).
[edit] Honorary Doctor
- Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Jan Assmann (D. theol. h.c. Faculty of Proestant Theology (1998))
- Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Arnold L. Demain, Biotechnology (2003 Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Science and Mathematics)
- Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde, Judge, Bundesverfassungsgericht (2001 Faculty of Law)
- Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. David A. O. Edward, Judge (2001 Faculty of Law)
- Prof. Dr. h.c. Gilberto Freyre Ph. D.
- Dr. h.c. Mikhail Gorbachev
- Dr. h.c. Manfred Gotthardt (2003 Faculty of Health Science (Medicine))
- Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Tomas Hammar, Political Scientist (2002 Faculty of Philosophie)
- Dr. h.c. Wim Kok, Prime Minister (Netherlands) (2003 Faculty of Philosophie)
- Dr. h.c. Hanna-Renate Laurien, Theologian (1996 Faculty of Catholic Theology)
- Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Robert Leicht, Reporter (2003 Faculty of Protestant Theology)
- Dr. h.c. Reinhard Mohn, Director Bertelsmann (2001 Faculty of Economics (Münster School of Business Administration and Economics))
- Dr. h.c. Rupert Neudeck
- Dr. h.c. Jean-Claude Juncker, Prime Minister (Luxembourg)
- Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hubert Schmidbaur, Chemist (2005 Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Faculty of Natural Science and Mathematics)
- Dr. h.c. Erich Schumann, Jurist (2002 Faculty of Law)
- Dr. h.c. Wolfgang Thierse, Politician
- Dr. h.c. Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama (2007 Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy)
[edit] See also
- Education in Germany
- Muenster School of Business Administration and Economics
- Münster
- CeNTech - Center for Nanotechnology
- European Research Center for Information Systems (ERCIS)
- Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine
[edit] External links
- University of Münster (English)
- University of Münster Research (English)
- University of Münster Alumni (English)
"University of Münster". Catholic Encyclopedia. (1913). New York: Robert Appleton Company.
