University of Leipzig The University of Leipzig is one of the oldest universities in Europe. It was founded in the early 15th century and was originally comprised of four faculties. In DDR-times, it was called Karl-Marx-university (KMU). Today it has grown to 14 faculties and with over 29.000 students Leipzig hosts Saxony's second largest university. Since its inception the university 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. It was founded in 1415. 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. Faculties The original four facilities were the Faculty of Arts, Theology, Medicine, and Law. Today, the university comprises the following 14 faculties. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/39/Unileipzig.jpg Main entrance to the University of Leipzig with relief of Karl Marx and the memorial to the demolished university church 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 The University of Leipzig in the past has attracted a number of renowned scholars. Among the great minds that shaped the profile of the university are: chemist Wilhelm Ostwald economist Karl Bücher economist Wilhem Roscher educationalist Theodor Litt germanist Theodor Frings Greek scholar Petrus Mosellanus historian Karl Lamprecht historian Walter Markov historian Wilhelm Maurenbrecher neurologist Paul Flechsig philologist Johann Christoph Gottsched philosopher Ernst Bloch philosopher Christian Thomasius physicist Werner Heisenberg physicist Gustav Ludwig Hertz psychologist Wilhelm Wundt romanist Werner Krauss theologian and poet Christian Fürchtegott Gellert The following illustrious students spent their earlier years at Leipzig. Georg Agricola, mining engineer and natural philosopher Marc Bloch, French historian Emile Durkheim, French sociologist Kurt Albert Gerlach, Sociologist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, poet Ulrich von Hutten writer and political leader Erich Kästner, author Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Philosopher and writer Lin Yutang, writer Thomas Müntzer, political leader and theologian Friedrich Nietzsche philosopher Samuel Pufendorf, Historian Robert Schumann, composer Richard Wagner, composer Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, physicist and philosopher Gustav Zeuner, physicist and engineer References Introduction to Leipzig University on official website External links Official website FAVORITE ARTICLES: History of the World    History of the United States    History of Europe    Ancient History    History    Military History    World War I    Bombing of Dresden    California    US Constitution    Frank Sinatra    Boston    Marbury v. Madison This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html You may copy and modify it as long as the entire work (including additions) remains under this license. You must provide a link to http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html To view or edit this article at Wikipedia go to http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Leipzig">follow this link. All other content is copyright © 2000-2005 by WorldHistory.com. All rights reserved.

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