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University Duisburg-Essen Universität Duisburg-Essen 
Motto Offen im Denken Motto in English open-minded Established January 1, 2003 (1654 see history) Type Public Endowment €426.7 million [1] Chancellor Dr. Rainer Ambrosy Rector Prof. Dr. Ulrich Radtke Academic staff 419 (2009) Admin. staff 4,285 Students 31,005 (2009) Location Duisburg and Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Campus Urban/Suburban Colors Blue and White Affiliations UAMR - University Alliance Metropolis Ruhr [2], DAAD, DFG, IRUN Website www.uni-duisburg-essen.de 
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A building of Uni-DUE at Campus Essen (Library)The University Duisburg-Essen (German: Universität Duisburg-Essen) is a public university in Duisburg and Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and a member of the new founded University Alliance Metropolis Ruhr.[3] It was founded on January 1, 2003 as a merger of the Gerhard Mercator University of Duisburg and the University of Essen, both of which were established in 1972. Until 1994 the name of the Gerhard Mercator University was Comprehensive University of Duisburg.
With its 12 departments and more than 30 thousand students, the University Duisburg-Essen ranks among the 10 largest German universities. Many international students study at the University Duisburg-Essen and give the cities of Duisburg and Essen an international atmosphere.
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History
Its origins date back to the 1555 decision of Duke Wilhelm V von Jülich-Kleve-Berg to create a university for the unified duchies at the Lower Rhine. To this end, it was necessary to obtain a permission of the emperor and the pope. Although the permission of the pope was granted in 1564 and of the emperor in 1566, the university was founded about ninety years later in 1654, after the acquisition of the duchy of Kleve by Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg. It opened on October 14, 1655 by Johannes Claudberg as their first rector. The university had four faculites: Theology, Medicine, Law and Arts. During its period of activity it was one of the central and leading universities of the western provinces of Prussia.
Only a few decades later the university was in competition with the much better equipped Dutch universities. Since only about one third of the population in the western provinces of Prussia were member of the reformed church, most Lutheran and Catholic citizens in the second half of the 18th century, sent their sons to other universities.
The university declined rapidly and was on 18 October 1818 due to a Cabinet Order of Friedrich Wilhelm III. officially lifted. At the same time, the University of Bonn was founded. Large parts of the Duisburg University Library were relocated to Bonn and then formed the basis of the newly formed Bonn Library. Also the sceptre of the University of Duisburg was given to the University of Bonn, and is available until today.
In 1891 the Rheinisch-Westfälische Hüttenschule was settled from Bochum to Duisburg, which was later developed to the Königlich-Preußischen Maschinenbau- und Hüttenschule, and was renamed in 1938 to Public School of Engineering.
After a decision of the federal state government in 1960 the teacher training college of Kettwig was settled to Duisburg and was named Pedagogical University Ruhr. In 1972 the Pedagogical University Ruhr and the Public School of Engineering, which was renamed in 1971 to University of applied sciences Duisburg. Other schools were also relocated to Duisburg. The University of Duisburg was then called Comprehensive University of Duisburg. In 1994 the university was renamed to "Gerhard-Mercator-University".
In 2003 the Gerhard-Mercator-University and the University of Essen merged to the University Duisburg-Essen.
Recent developments
In march 2007 the three universities of Bochum, Dortmund and Duisburg and Essen founded the University Alliance Metropolis Ruhr, which is modelled on the University of California system.
Institutions
Organizations
The University Duisburg-Essen today has twelve faculties, listed below:
- Faculty of Humanities
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- Department of Educational Sciences
- Faculty of Art and Design
- Faculty of Business Administration and Economics
- Mercator School of Management - Faculty of Business Administration
- Faculty of Mathematics
- Faculty of Physics
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Biology and Geography
- Faculty of Engineering
- Faculty of Medicine
Central scientific institutes
- Center for nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CeNIDE)
- German-French institute for automation and robotics (IAR)
- Erwin L. Hahn institute for magnetic resonance imaging
- Essen college of gender studies (EKfG)
- Institute for experimental mathematics
- Institute for east Asian sciences (IN-EAST)
- Institute for advanced study in the humanities
- Centre for logistics and transport (ZLV)
- Centre for medical biotechnology (ZMB)
- Centre for water and eviromenmental research (ZMU)
- Center for empirical research in education (ZeB)
Associated institutes
- German textile research centre north-west (DTNW)
- Development centre for ship technology and transport systems (DST)
- Asia-Pacific economic research institute (FIP)
- Institute of energy and eviromental technology (IUTA)
- Institute of mobile and satellite communication technology (IMST)
- Institute for prevention and health promotion (IPG)
- Institute of science and ethics (IWE)
- IWW water centre
- Rhine-Ruhr institute for social research and political consulting (RISP)
- Salomon Ludwig Steinheim Institute for German-Jewish history (StI)
- Center for fuel cell technology (ZBT)
Mercator-Professorship Award
The University Duisburg-Essen awards the Mercator-Professur to individuals who are well-known for their social and scientific engagement. So far, recipients of the Mercator-Professur have been:
- 1997: Hans-Dietrich Genscher
- 1998: Siegfried Lenz
- 1999: Jan Philipp Reemtsma
- 2000: Jutta Limbach
- 2001: Volker Schlöndorff
- 2002: Ulrich Wickert
- 2003: Daniel Goeudevert
- 2004: Walter Kempowski
- 2005: Richard von Weizsäcker
- 2006: Necla Kelek
- 2007: Hanan Ashrawi
- 2008: Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
- 2009: Peter Scholl-Latour
- 2010: Alice Schwarzer
- 2011: Udo Di Fabio
Professors include Jette Joop, Kai Krause and Bruce Ames.
Points of interest
- Botanischer Garten der Universität Duisburg-Essen, the university's botanical garden in Essen
Further reading
- 30 Jahre Universität Essen (Essener Universitätsreden, Heft 10, Akademisches Jahr 2001/02), Universität Essen 2002 (Beiträge aus der Vortragsreihe „Wurzeln der Universität“)
- Claus Bussmann, Holger Heith: Chronik 1972-1997. Chronik der ersten 25 Lebensjahre der Gerhard-Mercator-Universität/GH Duisburg, die als Gesamthochschule Duisburg das Licht der Welt erblickte, Duisburg 1997, ISBN 3-000-01433-0
- Dieter Geuenich, Irmgard Hantsche (Hrsg.): Zur Geschichte der Universität Duisburg 1655-1818 (Duisburger Forschungen 53), Duisburg 2007
- Helmut Schrey: Die Universität Duisburg. Geschichte und Gegenwart. Traditionen, Personen, Probleme, Duisburg 1982, ISBN 3-870-96166-X
See also
External links
- Official website of the University Duisburg-Essen (English)
- Official website of the University Duisburg-Essen (German)
- University Duisburg-Essen Academic Liaison office, USA (English)
- UAMR - University Alliance Metropolis Ruhr (English)
Coordinates: 51°27′50″N 7°00′22″E / 51.46389°N 7.00611°E
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