University of Duisburg-Essen

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University of Duisburg-Essen Universität Duisburg-Essen


Motto	Science in the Rhine-Ruhr Region
Established	January 1, 2003
Type	Public
Endowment	$389.90 million
Rector	Prof. Dr. Lothar Zechlin
Faculty	2,716
Students	33,782 (WS 2005/06)
Location	Duisburg and Essen, Germany
Campus	in Duisburg and in Essen
Website	www.uni-duisburg-essen.de

A building of Uni-DuE at Campus Essen

The University of Duisburg-Essen (German Universität Duisburg-Essen) is a university institution situated in the German federal state of North-Rhine Westphalia. It was founded on January 1, 2003 as a merger of the Gerhard-Mercator University of Duisburg and the University of Essen, both of which were established in 1972.

With its 12 departments and more than 33,000 students (as of Winter Semester 2005/06), the University of Duisburg-Essen ranks among the 10 largest German universities.

1 Departments
2 Mercator-Professorship Award
3 The old University of Duisburg
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Departments

Architecture
Arts and Design
Biology and Geography
Business Administration & Mercator School of Management
Chemistry
Economics
Educational Science
Faculty of Engineering
Faculty of Medicine & University Clinical Centre
Humanities
Mathematics
Physics
Social Sciences

[edit] Mercator-Professorship Award

The University of Duisburg-Essen awards the Mercator-Professur to individuals who are well-known for their social and scientific engagement. So far, recipients of the Mercator-Professur have been:

1999: Jan Philipp Reemtsma
2000: Jutta Limbach
2001: Volker Schlöndorff
2002: Ulrich Wickert
2003: Daniel Goeudevert
2004: Walter Kempowski
2005: Richard von Weizsäcker

[edit] The old University of Duisburg

The old University of Duisburg was established on October 14, 1655. Dissolved in 1818, it was succeeded by the University of Bonn, founded the same year.