Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich
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The Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich (German: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München or LMU) is with approximately 44,000 students the second largest university in Germany (first ist the University of Cologne) and generally considered one of the best universities of Germany. It is a member of the League of European Research Universities.
The current Rector of the University is Prof. Dr.rer.pol. Bernd Huber.
Munich's other major university is the Technical University of Munich.
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History
The university originally existed as the University of Ingolstadt from 1472 (foundation right of Louis IX the Rich) to 1802 in Ingolstadt and was then moved to Landshut by Maximilian IV Joseph (the later Maximilian king of Bavaria). After a short time it was moved to the capital of Bavaria, Munich, in the year 1826, by Louis I. It is named after Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria and Maximilian I, King of Bavaria.
Pope Benedict XVI studied at the Ducal Georgianum of the university, and later wrote his doctoral thesis and Habilitation there.
Faculties
The University has currently 18 faculties:
- 01 - Faculty of Catholic Divinity
- 02 - Faculty of Protestant Divinity
- 03 - Faculty of Law
- 04 - Faculty of Business Administration
- 05 - Faculty of Economics
- 07 - Faculty of Medicine (incl. Dentistry)
- 08 - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
- 09 - Faculty of History and Arts
- 10 - Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Religious Science
- 11 - Faculty of Psychology and Education
- 12 - Faculty of Cultural Studies
- 13/14 - Faculty of Languages and Literatures
- 15 - Faculty of Social Sciences
- 16 - Faculty of Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics
- 17 - Faculty of Physics
- 18 - Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy
- 19 - Faculty of Biology
- 20 - Faculty of Earth Sciences
Notable alumni
Nobel laureates
- Adolf von Baeyer, (Chemistry 1909)
- Hans Bethe, (Physics 1967)
- Gerd Binnig, (Physics 1986)
- Günter Blobel, (Physiology or Medicine 1999)
- Konrad Emil Bloch, (Physiology or Medicine 1964)
- Eduard Buchner, (Chemistry 1907)
- Peter Debye, (Chemistry 1936)
- Ernst Otto Fischer, (Chemistry 1973)
- Hans Fischer, (Chemistry 1930)
- Karl von Frisch, (Physiology or Medicine 1973)
- Theodor W. Hänsch, (Physics 2005)
- Werner Heisenberg, (Physics 1932)
- Gustav Hertz, (Physics 1926)
- Wolfgang Ketterle, (Physics 2001)
- Hans Adolf Krebs, (Physiology or Medicine 1953)
- Richard Kuhn, (Chemistry 1938)
- Max von Laue, (Physics 1914)
- Otto Loewi, (Physiology or Medicine 1936)
- Feodor Lynen, (Physiology or Medicine 1964)
- Wolfgang Pauli, (Physics 1945)
- Max Planck, (Physics 1918)
- Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, (Physics 1901)
- Bert Sakmann, (Physiology or Medicine 1991)
- Johannes Stark, (Physics 1919)
- Heinrich Wieland, (Chemistry 1927)
- Wilhelm Wien, (Physics 1911)
- Richard Willstätter, (Chemistry 1915)
Politicians and public figures
- Valdas Adamkus, President of Lithuania (1998-2003, 2004-)
- Konrad Adenauer, Chancellor of Germany (1949-1963)
- Karl Carstens, President of Germany (1979-1984)
- Gustav Heinemann, President of Germany (1969-1974)
- Roman Herzog, President of Germany (1994-1999)
- Theodor Heuss, President of Germany (1949-1959)
- Manfred Wörner, Secretary General of NATO (1988-1994)
- Pope Benedict XVI
Contact
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
- Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1
- 80539 München
- tel: (089) 2180-11
- Homepage: http://www.uni-muenchen.de/
See also
| League of European Research Universities |
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Amsterdam | Cambridge | Edinburgh | Geneva | Heidelberg | Helsinki | Karolinska (Stockholm) | Leiden | Leuven | London (UCL) | Lund | Milan | Munich | Oxford | Paris-Sud | Strasbourg I (Louis Pasteur) | Utrecht | Zürich |
