University of Leipzig
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The University of Leipzig (German Universität Leipzig), located in Leipzig in the Free State and former Kingdom of Saxony, is one of the oldest universities in Europe. It was founded in 1409 by Frederick I, Elector of Saxony and his brother William II, Markgraf of Meißen, and was originally comprised of four faculties. Today it has grown to 14 faculties, and with over 29,000 students, is Saxony's second-largest university. Since its inception the university has enjoyed almost 600 years of uninterrupted teaching and research. There are now more than 150 institutes and the university offers 190 study programs leading to a diplomas, Master's degrees and teaching qualifications. Arguably, the Faculty of Medicine is the university's most renowned faculty.
History
The 'Alma mater Lipsiensis' opened on 2 December 1409 after it had been officially endorsed by Pope Alexander V in his Bull of Acknowledgment on 9 September 1409. Its first rector was Johann von Münsterberg. Between 1953 and 1991, the university was called Karl-Marx-University.
Faculties
The original four facilities were the Faculty of Arts, Theology, Medicine, and Law. Today, the university comprises the following 14 faculties:- Faculty of Theology
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of History, Art and Oriental Studies
- Faculty of Philology
- Faculty of Education
- Faculty of Social Sciences and Philosophy
- Faculty of Economics and Management (incl. Civil Engineering)
- Faculty of Sports Science
- Faculty of Medicine (and a University Hospital)
- Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
- Faculty of Biosciences, Pharmacy and Psychology
- Faculty of Physics and Earth Science
- Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
People associated with the University of Leipzig
Notable faculty
- astronomer and mathematician August Ferdinand Möbius
- botanist Augustus Quirinus Rivinus
- chemist Wilhelm Ostwald
- economist Karl Bücher
- economist Wilhelm Roscher
- educationalist Theodor Litt
- germanist Theodor Frings
- Greek scholar Petrus Mosellanus
- historian Karl Lamprecht
- historian Walter Markov
- man of letters Rudolf von Gottschall
- historian Wilhelm Maurenbrecher
- mathematician Felix Klein
- mathematician Bartel Leendert van der Waerden
- neurologist Paul Flechsig
- philologist Johann Christoph Gottsched
- philosopher Ernst Bloch
- philosopher Christian Thomasius
- physicist Werner Heisenberg
- physicist Shinichirō Tomonaga
- physicist Gustav Ludwig Hertz
- physicist Peter Debye
- psychologist Wilhelm Wundt
- romanist Werner Krauss
- theologian and poet Christian Fürchtegott Gellert
Notable alumni
- Georgius Agricola, ( studied literature and medicine ) mining engineer and natural philosopher
- Lothar Bisky
- Marc Bloch, French historian
- Tycho Brahe
- Hans Burgeff
- Oskar Dressel
- Émile Durkheim, French sociologist
- Friedrich Adolf Ebert
- Arnold Gehlen,
- Kurt Albert Gerlach, Sociologist
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, poet
- Alexander Radischtschew
- Gotthard Günther
- Edith Hamilton, writer , together with her sister Alice she was the first female student of the university
- Johann Adam Hiller
- Ulrich von Hutten writer and political leader
- Nicolae Iorga Romanian historian and politician
- Jan Jessenius( Jan Jesenius ) 1585-86, doctor , personal physician of emperor Rudolf II.
- Uwe Johnson
- Ernst Jünger
- Erich Kästner, author
- Alexander Kohut, rabbi and Orientalist
- Victor Lange, academic
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Philosopher and writer
- Karl Liebknecht
- Sándor Márai
- Angela Merkel, first female German Chancellor ( 2005 - )
- Thomas Müntzer, political leader and theologian
- Carl Friedrich Naumann
- Friedrich Nietzsche, philosopher
- Novalis
- Lucreţiu Pătrăşcanu, Romanian Marxist sociologist and politician
- Samuel Pufendorf, Historian
- Augustus Quirinus Rivinus, botanist and physician
- Ferdinand de Saussure
- Helmut Schelsky
- Kurt Schumacher
- Robert Schumann, composer
- Bartholomäus Scultetus
- Edward Teller
- Dimitri Usnadse, psychologist
- Richard Wagner, composer
- Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, physicist and philosopher
- Lin Yutang, writer
- Gustav Zeuner, physicist and engineer
See also
External links
- [University of Leipzig Website] () ()
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