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RESEARCHTEACHINGSERVING THE PUBLIC
COVER: The entrance area of the Information
Technology Building
Julius-Maximilians-Universität WürzburgSanderring 2, D-97070 Würzburg
Telephone 0931/31-0Fax 0931/31-2600e-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.uni-wuerzburg.de
PresidentProf. Dr. Axel Haase
Published byJulius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
PrintSchleunungdruck GmbH, Marktheidenfeld2008
Old University Courtyard
Proud of the Past
Past and Recent History
The University of Würzburg was founded in 1402, and thus is one of the oldest univer-sities in Germany. Reconfirmed by papal and imperial decrees under Prince-Bishop Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn in 1582, it can meanwhile look back on a longtradition of successful science and research. Numerous famous scientists and scholars, among them 13 Nobel-pri-ze laureates, have worked and taught here: Rudolf Virchow, Carl Siebold, Franz Brentano, Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, who discovered X-rays whilst here in 1895, and Klaus von Klitzing, who was awarded the prize for his discovery of the quantised Hall effect in 1985.
During the last days of World War II the University was almost completely destroy-ed when, in March 1945, the city was razed to the ground in an air raid. Reconstruc-tion was embarked upon immediately after the war, and since its completion in the 1960s there has been a continuous extension of university sites, which is still being carried out today. As a result, a modern campus, “AmHubland”, has come into being and is situated on a hill at the edge of Würzburg offering a magnificent
In 1895 the physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
discovered x-rays in Würzburg
Copyright: Sascha Behnsen, 2008
An operating theatre in the Heart and Chest Sur-gery Clinic and Polyclinic
Biologists of Würzburg discovered the mileage indicator for bees by means of a patterned tunnel.
Photo: Marco Kleinhenz
view of the city and its surrounding vineyards. The University Library, a large refectory and brand-new university sports facilities are to be found here as well as the Biocenter, equipped with the latest technology, and a state-of-the-art microstructure laboratory.
With its numerous special research pro-jects, graduate colleges, research groups and research centers focussing on various areas of the natural sciences and the arts, the University of Würzburg is one of the most successful universities in Germany.
Facts and Figures
Some 21,000 students including 1,600 internationals are enrolled at ten faculties, which are classified into four main catego-ries: Humanities, Law and Economics, Life Sciences, Science and Technology.
Of the 10,000 people employed by the University, 3,000 are academic staff including 400 professors. The University of Würzburg has partnerships with 37 uni-versities in many countries in Western and Eastern Europe as well as overseas.
Dentistry students during practical
training
A Wide Range of Courses
Undergraduate
The University offers degree courses in all subjects leading to university and/or state examinations.
The traditional State Examination is re-quired for Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Food Chemistry, Law, and Teacher Training for all categories of schools.
New Bachelor and Master degrees have been introduced in Ancient Studies, Biology, Biomedicine, Business Computing, Business Integration, Chemistry, Computer Science, Economic Science, Education, Geography, Indian and South Asian Studies, Mathematics, Modern China, Nanostructure Technology, Philosophy, Physics, Political and Social Studies, Russian Language and Culture,
Studying in the library
Photo: Robert Emmerich
In the laboratory the movements of cancer and immune cells are photographed under the microscope
Laboratory work in the department of Biomedicine
Photos (2): Rudolf-Virchow-Zentrum
Space Science and Technology, and Tech-nology of Functional Materials. In addition there are Honours degrees in Nanostruc-ture Technology and Physics.
In the years to come, the Bachelor and Master system will replace most of the tra-ditional degree courses, i.e. the Magister Artium, which is normally taken in Arts subjects, as well as the Diplom, which is still awarded in Psychology and Roman Catholic Theology.
Postgraduate
• Doctoral Studies in all subjects; Graduate Schools• M.A. in German for non-native speakers• Post-graduate course in Linguistic Information and Word Processing• M.A. in Data Processing and Linguistics for Language graduates• MBA in Business Integration• Licentiate in Roman Catholic Theology• LL.M.Eur. in European Law for Law, Business and Economics graduates• LL.M. for graduates of Law schools in other countries
One of Würzburgs landmarks, the Marienberg Fortress
Photo: City of Würzburg
Gown …
The University Campus ”Am Hubland”
Photo: Norbert Schwarzott
Students from all over the world chose Würzburg as a destination
Photo: Rauf Guliyev
Having been closely linked to the history of the city for centuries, the Julius-Maximi-lians-Universität has become an essential part of its cultural life and an important factor in the local economy.
A Service Center for Research and Inno-vation at the University has been set up in order to ensure the protection and application of inventions and the results of research. Another important task of this office is to introduce local firms and companies to partners of the University with whom they can enter into a coopera-tion, and to provide them with information about the latest technology developed in the University’s research laboratories, along with the achievements and potenti-al of the University in general.
The Würzburg Residenz has been declared World
Cultural Heritage property by the UNESCO
… and Town
The University Building on Sanderring
Photos (2): Robert Emmerich
The ”Old University” and its founder, Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn
An extensive new surgical complex (ZOM), which has recently been opened at the Faculty of Medicine, is closely coopera-ting with the 22 specialised clinics of the university’s own teaching hospital, where some 50,000 people receive inpatient treatment every year. A modern center for internal medicine (ZIM) will be completed in 2009, to further strengthen and inten-sify this fruitful collaboration.
The University regularly holds a series of public lectures and organises open days for prospective students. It also stages concerts and organises exhibitions – most of them in its own university museum.
Throughout the year, these events and a large variety of cultural and recreational activities such as theatre, music, open air concerts, and wine festivals offered by the city, turn Würzburg and its university into a highly attractive place to live and work.
In the University’s Martin von Wagner Museum:
a Chalkidish crater
Mediterranean plants inside the
Botanical Garden
Sulphur crystals displayed at the
Mineralogical Museum
Map of WürzburgThe University buildings are shown in dark blue
Centers and Facilities
• University library, Computer Center, Lan-guage and Media Center, Sports Center, Mineralogical Museum (Hubland)
• Rudolf Virchow Center (Medizin/Klinikum)
• Martin von Wagner Museum (Residenz)
Faculties
• Faculty of Catholic Theology (Sanderring)
• Faculty of Law (Alte Universität)
• Faculty of Medicine (Röntgenring, Klinikum/Medizin)
• Faculty of Arts I: History, ModernLanguages, Culture and Geography (Residenz, Hubland)
• Faculty of Arts II: Philosophy, Psycholo-gy, Education and Social Sciences (Residenz, Röntgenring, Wittelsbacherplatz, Hubland)
• Faculty of Biology (Hubland, Botanik)
• Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy (Hubland)
• Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science (Hubland)
• Faculty of Physics and Astronomy (Hubland)
• Faculty of Business Administration and Economics (Sanderring)
Proud of the Past
Past and Recent History
The University of Würzburg was founded in 1402, and thus is one of the oldest univer-sities in Germany. Reconfirmed by papal and imperial decrees under Prince-Bishop Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn in 1582, it can meanwhile look back on a long traditi-on of successful science and research.Numerous famous scientists and scholars, among them 13 Nobel-prize laureates, have worked and taught here: Rudolf Virchow, Carl Siebold, Franz Brentano, Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, who discovered X-rays whilst here in 1895, and Klaus von Klitzing, who was awarded the prize for his discovery of the quantised Hall effect in 1985.
During the last days of World War II the University was almost completely destroy-ed when, in March 1945, the city was razed to the ground in an air raid. Reconstruc-tion was embarked upon immediately after the war, and since its completion in the 1960s there has been a continuous extension of university sites, which is still being carried out today. As a result, a modern campus, “AmHubland”, has come into being and is situated on a hill at the edge of Würzburg offering a magnificent
In 1895 the physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
discovered x-rays in Würzburg
Copyright: Sascha Behnsen, 2008
RESEARCHTEACHINGSERVING THE PUBLIC
COVER: The entrance area of the Information
Technology Building
Julius-Maximilians-Universität WürzburgSanderring 2, D-97070 Würzburg
Telephone 0931/31-0Fax 0931/31-2600e-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.uni-wuerzburg.de
PresidentProf. Dr. Axel Haase
Published byJulius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
PrintSchleunungdruck GmbH, Marktheidenfeld2008
Old University Courtyard