Kiel University

University of Kiel
Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
Seal of the University of Kiel
Latin: Academia Holsatorum Chiloniensis sive Christiana Albertina
Motto	Pax optima rerum
Motto in English	Peace is the greatest good
Established	1665
Type	Public
President	Gerhard Fouquet
Admin. staff	2,175
Students	21,198
Location	Kiel, Germany
Campus	Urban
Colors	Purple and white
Website	www.uni-kiel.de

The University of Kiel is a university in the city of Kiel, Germany. It was founded in 1665 as the Academia Holsatorum Chiloniensis by Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp and has approximately 23,000 students today. The University of Kiel is the largest, oldest, and most prestigious in the state of Schleswig-Holstein.

History

Duke Christian Albrecht

The University of Kiel was founded under the name Christiana Albertina on 5 October 1665 by Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp. The citizens of the city of Kiel were initially quite sceptical about the upcoming influx of students, thinking that these could be "quite a pest with their gluttony, heavy drinking and their questionable character" (German: mit Fressen, Sauffen und allerley leichtfertigem Wesen sehr ärgerlich seyn). But those in the city who envisioned economic advantages of a university in the city won, and Kiel thus became the northernmost university in the Holy Roman Empire.

When Kiel became part of Prussia in the year 1866, the university grew rapidly in size. The university opened one of the first botanical gardens in Germany (now the Alter Botanischer Garten Kiel), and Martin Gropius designed many of the new buildings needed to teach the growing number of students.

The Christiana Albertina was one of the first universities to obey the Gleichschaltung in 1933 and agreed to remove many professors and students from the school, for instance Ferdinand Tönnies or Felix Jacoby. During World War II, the University of Kiel suffered heavy damage, therefore it was later rebuilt at a different location with only a very few of the older buildings housing the medical school.

Faculties

Aerial view of the central campus

Faculty of Theology
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences
Faculty of Medicine
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Faculty of Agricultural Science and Nutrition
Faculty of Engineering

Courses

Bachelor of Science in Mathematics

Category: Mathematics
Degree: B.Sc.
Mode: Full Time
Medium: Campus

B.Sc. Mathematics - Stands for Bachelor of Science Mathematics. Typically, a B.Sc. is a three year course, minimum eligibility for which is an intermediate (10+2) in science. Mathematics is the study..

Master of Science in Mathematics

Category: Mathemetics
Degree: M.Sc.
Mode: Full Time
Medium: Campus

Master of Arts in Economics

Category: Economics
Degree: M.A.
Mode: Full Time
Medium: Campus

M.A. Economics - Stands for Master of Arts in Economics. An M.A. is a two year postgraduate degree, eligibility for which is an undergraduate degree in any discipline. Economics is the study and..

Master of Science in Environmental Management

Category: Environment Management
Degree: M.Sc.
Mode: Full Time
Medium: Campus

Master of Science in Chemistry

Category: Chemistry
Degree: M.Sc.
Mode: Full Time
Medium: Campus

M.Sc. Chemistry - Stands for Master of Science in Chemistry. An M.Sc. degree is typically for two years and requires an Undergraduate degree in the science to be eligible to pursue it. Chemistry is the..

Notable people

Alumni

Franz Boas (1858–1942), anthropologist
Gerhard Domagk, bacteriologist, Nobel laureate
Gerhard Stoltenberg, politician former former prime minister of Schleswig-Holstein, former finance minister of Germany
Peer Steinbrück, politician, former prime minister of North Rhine Westphalia, former finance minister of Germany
Erich Walter Sternberg, composer

Academics

Walter Anderson
Jochen Bleicken
Hartmut Boockmann
Friedrich Blume
Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt
Paul Deussen
Wilhelm Dilthey
Johann Gustav Droysen
Karl-Dietrich Erdmann
Friedrich von Esmarch

Hans Geiger
Herbert Giersch
Wilhelm Griesinger
Bernhard Harms
Heinrich Hertz
Alfred Heuß
Felix Jacoby
Otto Jahn
August Leskien

Daniel Georg Morhof
Daniel Pauly
Erwin Rohde
Erich Schneider
Walther Schücking
Ferdinand Tönnies
Heinrich von Treitschke
Otto Werner
Richard Sorge

Nobel Prize Winners

There are several Nobel Prize Winners affiliated with the University of Kiel:

1902 Theodor Mommsen (Literature)
1905 Philipp Lenard (Physics)
1918 Max Planck (Physics)
1922 Otto Meyerhof (Medicine)
1950 Kurt Alder and Otto Diels (Chemistry).

University Library

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