University of Göttingen

2014-04-06

University of Göttingen

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The University of Göttingen (German: Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, GAU), known informally as Georgia Augusta, is a comprehensive research university in the city of Göttingen, Germany. Founded in 1734 by George II, King of Great Britain and Elector of Hanover and starting classes in 1737, the university is the oldest in the state of Lower Saxony, and also the biggest in student enrollment, which stands at around 26.000. The university is highly renowned both in Germany and abroad and has shaped Göttingen into a university city with a high student and faculty population.

International Reputation

The University of Göttingen is one of the highest-ranked universities in Germany. It is associated with 46 Nobel laureates.

The university has a sound international renown and was ranked 2nd in Germany, 14th in Europe and 63rd in the world in 2013 by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. At the same time, it was ranked 4th in Germany, 30th in Europe and 86th in the world in 2011 by the Academic Ranking of World Universities. The 2012 QS World University Rankings^[2] ranked the university at 119th, 30 places higher than the previous year.

Associated institutions

The university is organizationally and personally interlinked with the following independent and semi-independent institutions. There are four Max Planck Society for the Promotion of Science Institutes situated in Göttingen:

Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry (Karl Friedrich Bonhoeffer Institute)
Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, formerly Max Planck Institute for Flow Research
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, formerly Max Planck Institute for History
German Primate Center – Leibniz Institute for Primate Research

Besides, the *Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, formerly Max Planck Institute for Aeronomy is closely linked and has cooperation with the university.

Main article: List of Georg-August University of Göttingen people

Apart from the academics already mentioned, notable people that have studied and taught at Georg-August University include the American banker J. P. Morgan, the seismologist Beno Gutenberg, the endocrinologist Hakaru Hashimoto, who studied there before World War I, and several notable Nobel laureates like Max Planck and Werner Heisenberg.