Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald

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Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald
Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald

Latin: Universitas Gryphiswaldensis, Academia Gryphica
Established 17 October 1456
Type state university
Rector Prof. Dr. Rainer Westermann
Chancellor Dr. Behrens
Staff ca 5,000
Students ca 11,000 (2006)
Location Greifswald, Germany
Address Domstraße 11
D-17487 Greifswald
Telephone +49 (0)3834 86-0
Campus urban
Affiliations EUA
Website http://www.uni-greifswald.de/
Old Campus

Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald is located in Greifswald, Germany, between the Islands Rügen and Usedom, and is the second oldest university in Northern Europe. For a time, it was also the oldest institution of higher education in Sweden and, later, Prussia.

There are currently about 10,000 students studying at the faculties of science and math, medicine, theology, and philosophy/philology. Due to the size of the town of Greifswald, it is rather a university with a town than a town with a university. Before the Second World War, it was among the wealthiest universities in Germany, owning lots of arable land. The university today owns several prestigious art objects, including one of four original 36 lines Gutenberg Bibles from the 15th century and a tapestry from 1554/1556.

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[edit] Organization

Like most continental European universities, the E.M.A.U. Greifswald is organised in faculties (German: Fakultät), and among these further divided into Departments (German: Institut). The following faculties exist:

[edit] History

University Main Building (front)
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University Main Building (front)

The University of Greifswald was founded in 1456, due to the great commitment of the mayor (and first rector) of Greifswald, Heinrich Rubenow, in cooperation with Duke Wartislaw IX and Bishop Henning Iven at St. Nikolai Cathedral. Originally, the university consisted of the four traditional divisions: Theology, Philosophy, Medicine, and Law.

In 1604, the university introduced the first centralised university library of Germany. It signed a contract with a book printer from Wittenberg for the amount of 2,000 Gulden, which was extended for another decade for another 2000 Gulden. Due to the disruption caused by the Thirty Years' War, this extension lasted until the end of the 17th century.

In Germany, there are six older universities: Heidelberg (1386), Cologne (1388), Erfurt (1392/1994), Würzburg (1402/1582), Leipzig (1409) and Rostock (1419).

It was named after Ernst Moritz Arndt in 1933.

Physics Department
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Physics Department

[edit] People

Johannes Stark (1874 - 1957) received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1919 (see Nobel Prize Website) "for his discovery of the Doppler effect in canal rays and the splitting of spectral lines in electric fields" during his time at the University of Greifswald.

In 1939, Gerhard Domagk (1895 - 1964) received the Nobel Prize in Medicine (see Nobel Prize Website) "for the discovery of the antibacterial effects of prontosil".

Greifswald's gothic-baroque Town Hall and central market square
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Greifswald's gothic-baroque Town Hall and central market square

Other people associated with the university include for instance:

For a detailed list see also: de:Liste der Angehörigen der Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald (in German)

Ernst Moritz Arndt as shown on a monument in town
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Ernst Moritz Arndt as shown on a monument in town
Croy tapestry (1554/1556) owned by the University
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Croy tapestry (1554/1556) owned by the University

[edit] Institutes, Cooperations

  • Alfred Krupp Science College (Alfred-Krupp-Wissenschaftskolleg)
  • Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics
  • Institute of Low Temperature and Plasma Physics
  • Nuclear Fusion Study Reactor Wendelstein 7X
  • German Federal Institute of Animal Virus Diseases, Riems Island
  • Siemens AG, Public Networks
  • Technology Centre Vorpommern
  • Biotechnikum Greifswald
  • Technologiepark (under construction)
  • Research Institute of Diabetes, Karlsburg (near Greifswald)
  • Institute of church music and musicology

[edit] Bachelor Degrees

The EMAU has introduced many B.A. programmes, primarily at the faculty of philosophy. These will finally replace the traditional German "Magister". With the rapid introduction, the cooperation with two other universities, and a special curriculum Greifswald has become a leading university in introducing and implementing the new Bachelor/Master system as proposed by the Bologna declaration.

[edit] Partner Universities

monument to Heinrich Rubenow (founder of the university)
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monument to Heinrich Rubenow (founder of the university)

European Union:

Other:

Also, there are numerous cooperations on the departments' (Institut) level.

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