Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich

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Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Established 1472/1826
Type Public
Rector Bernd Huber
Staff 700
Students 46,885
Location Munich, Germany
Website www.uni-muenchen.de/
Main building of the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich
Main building of the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich
Main staircase of the university, Munich
Main staircase of the university, Munich
The Atrium at the main building
The Atrium at the main building

The Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich (German Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, LMU or simply University of Munich) is considered one of the most prestigious universities in Europe.

It is a member of the League of European Research Universities and is regularly awarded top marks in national and international rankings, like the top ranked faculties of Economics, Chemistry , Physics or Political Sciences , to name just a few. The University of Munich is home to 28 Nobel Prize Laureates. The structure of German research intensive universities, such as LMU Munich, served as a model for institutions like Harvard, Duke, and Cornell.

The Department of Economics is ranked 9th in Europe and 1st in Germany . It is affiliated with a well-known research center, the Center for Economic Studies (CES) - the home of some of the most famous German economists and host to economists visiting from Europe and the US . The majority of University of Munich foreign exchanges are with European universities.

The current Rector of the University is Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Bernd Huber, an economist.

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The university originally existed as the University of Ingolstadt from 1472 (foundation right of Louis IX the Rich) to 1802 in Ingolstadt and was then moved to Landshut by Maximilian IV Joseph (the later Maximilian king of Bavaria). After a short time it was moved to the capital of Bavaria, Munich, in the year 1826, by Louis I. It is named after Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria and Maximilian I, King of Bavaria.

During 1943 the White Rose group of anti-Nazi students conducted their campaign of opposition to Hitler at this university. Pope Benedict XVI studied at the Ducal Georgianum of the university, and later wrote his doctoral thesis and Habilitation there.

Nowadays the LMU Munich is part of 24 Collaborative Research Centers funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and is host university of 13 of them. It also hosts 12 DFG Research Training Groups and three international doctorate programs as part of the Elite Network of Bavaria. It attracts an additional 120 million euros per year in outside funding and is intensively involved in national and international funding initiatives.

LMU Munich has a wide range of degree programs, with 150 subjects available in numerous combinations. 16% of the 47,000 students who attend the university come from abroad.

In 2005, Germany’s state and federal governments launched the Excellence Initiative, a contest among its universities. With a total of 1.9 billion euros, 75 percent of which comes from Berlin, its architects aim to strategically promote top-level research and scholarship. The money is given to more than 30 research universities in Germany.

The Initiative will fund three project-oriented areas: Graduate schools to promote the next generation of scholars, clusters of excellence to promote cutting-edge research and “future concepts” for the project-based expansion of academic excellence at universities as a whole. In order to qualify for this third area, a university had to have at least one internationally recognized academic center of excellence and a new graduate school.

After the first round of selections, LMU Munich was invited to submit applications for all three funding lines: It entered the competition with proposals for two graduate schools and four clusters of excellence.

On Friday 13th October 2006, a blue-ribbon panel announced the results of the Germany-wide Excellence Initiative for promoting top university research and education, naming the University of Munich (LMU) as the program’s biggest winner. The panel, composed of the German Research Foundation and the German Science Council, has decided that LMU Munich will receive funding for all three areas covered by the Initiative: one Graduate school, three “excellence clusters” and general funding for the university’s “future concept”.

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The University currently consists of 18 faculties:

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    League of European Research Universities

    Amsterdam • Cambridge • Edinburgh • Freiburg • Geneva • Heidelberg • Helsinki • Karolinska (Stockholm) • Leiden • Leuven • London (UCL) • Lund • Milan • LMU Munich • Oxford • Paris VI • Paris-Sud • Strasbourg I (Louis Pasteur) • Utrecht • Zürich

    Coordinates: 48°09′03″N, 11°34′49″E

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