University of Marburg

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University of Marburg
Philipps-Universität Marburg
File:Uni Marburg Siegel.svg
Latin: Schola Marpurgensis
Type Public
Established 1 July 1527; 496 years ago (1527-07-01)
Budget €335.6 million[1]
Chancellor Friedhelm Nonne
President Katharina Krause[de]
Academic staff
 2,657[2]
Administrative staff
 1,794[2]
Students 26,726[3]
Location
Marburg
,
Hesse
,
Germany
Campus University town
Affiliations Compostela Group of Universities
Website www.uni-marburg.de
Uni Marburg Logo.svg

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The Philipps University of Marburg (German: Philipps-Universität Marburg) was founded in 1527 by Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, which makes it one of Germany's oldest universities and the oldest still operating Protestant university in the world. It is now a public university of the state of Hesse, without religious affiliation. The University of Marburg has about 23,500 students and 7,500 employees and is located in Marburg, a town of 76,000 inhabitants, with university buildings dotted in or around the town centre. About 14 per cent of the students are international, the highest percentage in Hesse.[4] It offers an International summer university programme and offers student exchanges through the Erasmus programme.

Marburg is home to one of Germany's most traditional medical faculties. The German physicians' union is called Marburger Bund.

History

In 1609, the University of Marburg established the world's first professorship in chemistry. In 2012 it opened the first German interactive chemistry museum, called Chemicum. Its experimental course programme is aimed at encouraging young people to pursue careers in science.[5]

Nazi period

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20 professors were expelled in 1933, among them Wilhelm Röpke who emigrated and Hermann Jacobsohn who committed suicide.

Academics

Research

The university is significant for its life sciences research, but is also home to one of the few centers that conduct research on the middle east, the CNMS (center for near and middle eastern studies). The departments of psychology and geography reached Excellence Group status in the Europe-wide CHE Excellence Ranking 2009.

Its research is illustrated by its participation in several SFBs (Sonderforschungsbereiche). These collaborative research centres are financed by the German Science Foundation DFG. They encourage researchers to cross the boundaries of disciplines, institutes, departments and faculties within the participating university. The current SFB at Philipps-University Marburg are:[6]

  • SFB/TR17 – Ras-dependent Pathways in Human Cancer (started 2004; with Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg)
  • SFB/TR22 – Allergic response of the lung (started 2005, with Research Center Borstel and LMU Munich)
  • SFB/TR81 – Chromatin Changes in Differentiation and Malignancies (started 2010, with Justus-Liebig Universität Gießen)
  • SFB-TRR 84 – Innate Immunity of the Lung (started 2010, with Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, FU Berlin, Robert-Koch-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für molekulare Genetik, Max-Planck-Institut für Kolloid- und Grenzflächenforschung, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen)
  • SFB-TRR 135 – Cardinal mechanisms of perception (started 2014, with Justus-Liebig Universität Gießen)
  • SFB 593 – Mechanisms of cellular compartmentalisation and the relevance for disease (started 2003)
  • SFB 987 – Microbial Diversity in Environmental Signal Response (started 2012, with Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg)
  • SFB 1083 – Structure and Dynamics of Internal Interfaces (started 2013, with Donostia International Physics Center San Sebastián, Spain)
  • SFB 1021 – RNA viruses: RNA metabolism, host response and pathogenesis (started 2013, with Justus-Liebig Universität Gießen)

Collections of the university

  • Alter Botanischer Garten Marburg, the university's old botanical garden
  • Botanischer Garten Marburg, the university's current botanical garden
  • Forschungsinstitut Lichtbildarchiv älterer Originalurkunden bis 1250 (Collection of photographs taken from medieval charters)
  • Bildarchiv Foto Marburg (German national picture archive of arts)
  • Religionskundliche Sammlung (Collection of religious objects)
  • Deutscher Sprachatlas (Linguistic Atlas of Germany)
  • Mineralogisches Museum (Museum of Mineralogy)
  • Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte (Museum of Arts)

Rankings

University Rankings
551–600
ARWU World[7] 301–400

For 2020–21 the university was ranked as 28th nationally and 369th worldwide.[8]

Gallery

  • Department for Economic Studies

  • Department of Psychology

  • The Lahnberge Campus is dedicated to the natural sciences. The image shows the Multiple Purpose Building, home of the Departments of Mathematics and Computer Science, as well as laboratories for research into material sciences and physical chemistry

  • The building of the nearby Biology Department is of the same architectural style

  • The University Hospital along with the Department for Medical Studies is also located at the Lahnberge Campus

  • The Old University, housing the university church, the department for religious studies and a representative lecture hall

  • The administrative headquarters of the university

  • The Central Lecture Hall Building, which has been built to cater for the increased number of students

  • Marburg UB Neubau Eingang Alter Botanischer Garten von OSO.jpg

    University library

  • Marburg Uni Geisteswissenschaftliche Instiute von SSW.jpg

    University of Marburg - Department of Social Sciences and former University library

  • One of the two large university cafeterias and canteens is located on the bank of the Lahn river

Notable alumni and faculty

Natural scientists who studied or taught at the University of Marburg:

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Marburg was always known as a humanities-focused university. It retained that strength, especially in Philosophy and Theology for a long time after World War II. Theologians include:

Philosophers include:

Other notable students and faculty include:

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See also

Notes

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