| University of Rostock | |
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| Data | |
| Motto | Doctrina Multiplex - Veritas Una "many teachings - one truth" |
| Established | 1419 |
| Latin | Alma Mater Rostochiensis |
| German | Universität Rostock |
| Location | Rostock, Germany |
| Enrollment | circa 17,500 |
| Campus | buildings dispersed in town |
| Type | state university |
| Rector | Prof. Dr. Hans Jürgen Wendel |
| Homepage | http://www.uni-rostock.de |
| Member of | EUA |
| Map | |
 Rostock in Germany | |
The University of Rostock (German: Universität Rostock) a university in northern Germany, located in the city of Rostock in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and is the oldest university in Northern Europe.
Organisation
editIt is divided into the following eight faculties:
- evangelical theology
- philosophy (and arts)
- natural sciences and mathematics
- jurisprudence
- engineering
- agriculture and environmental studies
- medicine
- state/political and social sciences
History
editThe university was established in 1419 without the Theological faculty by confirmation of pope Martin V. and is thus the oldest university in the Northern Europe. The ceremonial opening was held on the 10th of november 1419 under the name Universitas Rostochiensis. Due to the fear of theological opposition, the Theological faculty was not opened until 1432.
The three founding faculties were the Faculty of law, medicine and Facultas artium which is today the philso.... faculty.
Over the centuries numerous of notable students and professors have had ties with the university, such as the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe, the archeologist Heinrich Schliemann, or the philosopher Moritz Schlick.
The University of Rostock is one of two universities in German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the other being the Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald.
Partner Universities
editThe university has signed treaties with the following universities (usually for a certain discipline, sometimes for all courses of study):
European Union
- University of Copenhagen, Denmark
- University of Turku, Finland
- University of Nantes, France
- University of Riga, Latvia
- University of Gdansk, Poland
- Charles University of Prague, Czech Republic
- University of Kristianstad, Sweden
other
- University of Saint Petersburg, Russia
- University of Saskatchewan, Canada
- University of Guelph, Canada
- Universidad National de La Plata, Argentina
- University of Georgia, United States
- Brown University, United States
- University of Utah, United States
- University of Wyoming, United States
- Science University of Tokio, Japan
- University of Potchefstroom, South Africa
Research
editThe university is research partner of several independent local institutes, including:
- Max Planck Institute of Demographics
- Institute for Baltic Sea Research
- Leibniz Institute for Organic Catalysis
- Fraunhofer Society Institute for Graphic Data Processing
- Institute for Athmospheric Physics
- Institute for Business and Social Ethics