University of Göttingen

The University of Göttingen, one of Germany's most famous universities, is located in the old Saxon town of the same name in central Germany. The institution, known colloquially as Georgia Augusta, was founded in 1737 and presently has over 26,000 students, 11 percent of whom are abroad.

Göttingen, a research-oriented institution, has ties to nearly 40 Nobel laureates, including physicists Max Born, Werner Heisenberg, Max Planck, and Otto Stern. Both the Brothers Grimm taught at Göttingen, and among its graduates are statesman Otto von Bismarck, philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, poet Heinrich Heine, and sociologist Max Weber.

Napoleon allegedly declared of Göttingen, "It belongs to all of Europe." It was created in 1734 by England's King George II as Elector of Hanover, and the university's library was the first complete academic library of European standing. In the early twentieth century, Göttingen was considered the center of the mathematical world, a status it lost in 1933 when more than 50 of its teachers were forced to leave the University under Nazi administration.

After WWII, Göttingen was the first university in Germany to start teaching, and it grew to become one of the country's largest higher education institutions.

The modern Göttingen offers a diverse range of degree programs, particularly in the humanities, with nearly all academic fields represented across its 13 faculties. It emphasizes creativity in particular, with students and instructors encouraged to engage in creative thinking as well as acquire methodological expertise.

The university's profile is further enhanced by collaborations with several local research partners, including the Göttingen Academy of Sciences, the German Aerospace Centre, and five Max Planck Institutes, which work with the university to provide an alliance of collaboration in research and teaching.

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World rank: 92
Location: Göttingen, Germany
Website: https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/1.html