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University of Marburg Philipps-Universität Marburg 
Latin: SCHOLA MARPVRGENSIS Established July 1, 1527 Type Public university President Prof. Dr. Katharina Krause Admin. staff ca. 7,500 (incl. hospital staff - 2005) Students ca. 21,000 Location Marburg, Germany Website http://www.uni-marburg.de Data as of 2010[update] 
University of Marburg - Department of Social Sciences and University library
The old universityThe Philipp University of Marburg (German: Philipps-Universität Marburg), was founded in 1527 by Landgrave Philip I of Hesse (usually called the Magnanimous, although the updated meaning 'haughty' is sometimes given) as the world's oldest university dating back to a Protestant foundation. As a modern state university it has no religious affiliation anymore.
It was the main university of the principality of Hesse and remains a public university of that German state. It now has about 20,000 students and 7,500 employees, making Marburg, a town of less than 80,000 inhabitants, the proverbial "university town" (Universitätsstadt). Though most subjects are grouped, the University of Marburg is not a campus university.
Marburg is home to one of Germany's most traditional medical faculties. The German physicians' union is called "Marburger Bund".
The department of psychology enjoys an outstanding reputation and reached Excellence Group status in the Europe-wide CHE Excellence Ranking 2009.
In 1609, the University of Marburg established the world's first professorship in chemistry.
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Famous alumni and professors
Famous natural scientists who studied or taught at the University of Marburg:
- Ludwig Aschoff
- Emil von Behring
- Ferdinand Braun
- Klaus Bringmann
- Robert Bunsen
- Adolf Butenandt
- Georg Ludwig Carius
- Franz Ludwig Fick
- Hans Fischer
- Edward Frankland
- Frederick Augustus Genth
- Johann Peter Griess
- Karl Eugen Guthe
- Otto Hahn
- Johannes Hartmann
- Thomas Archer Hirst
- Erich Hückel
- Karl Hermann Knoblauch
- Hermann Kolbe
- Albrecht Kossel
- Otto Loewi
- Hans Meerwein
- Ludwig Mond
- Denis Papin
- Otto Heinrich Schindewolf
- Tawara Sunao
- John Tyndall
- Wilhelm Walcher
- Alfred Wegener
- Georg Wittig
- Alexandre Yersin
- Karl Ziegler
- Theodor Zincke
Marburg was always known as a humanities university. It retained that strength, especially in Philosophy and Theology for a long time after World War II. Famous theologians include:
- Rudolf Bultmann
- Friedrich Heiler
- Wilhelm Herrmann
- Aegidius Hunnius
- Andreas Hyperius
- Otto Kaiser
- Jacob Lorhard
- Rudolf Otto
- Kurt Rudolph
- Paul Tillich
- August Friedrich Christian Vilmar
Famous philosophers include:
- Wolfgang Abendroth, Political Science
- Ernst Cassirer
- Hermann Cohen
- Hans-Georg Gadamer
- Nicolai Hartmann
- Martin Heidegger
- Hans Jonas
- Friedrich Albert Lange
- Karl Löwith
- Paul Natorp
- Christian Wolff
- Eduard Zeller
- Karl Theodor Bayrhoffer
Other famous students:
- Hannah Arendt
- Karl Barth
- Gottfried Benn
- Gerold Bepler
- Georg Friedrich Creuzer
- T. S. Eliot (who had to quit a summer school in August 1914 - at start of World War I)
- José Ortega y Gasset
- Jacob Grimm
- Wilhelm Grimm
- Caspar Friedrich Hachenberg
- Gustav Heinemann
- Beatrice Heuser
- Kim Hwang-sik
- Helmut Koester
- Wilhelm Liebknecht
- Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov
- Carlyle Ferren MacIntyre
- Ulrike Meinhof
- Boris Pasternak
- Ernst Reuter
- Isaac Rülf
- Ferdinand Sauerbruch
- Friedrich Carl von Savigny
- Annemarie Schimmel
- Heinrich Schütz
- Manfred Siebald
- Leo Strauss
- Wilhelm Röpke
- Konstantinos Simitis
- Monika Treut
- Wilhelm Viëtor - Philologist, Phonetician
- Daniel Lymperopoulos - Dentist
List of subjects
The University of Marburg has a bright spectrum of subjects with research highlights in nano sciences, material sciences, near eastern studies, and medicine.
- Law
- Economics
- Philosophy
- European Ethnology
- Political science
- Sociology
- Religious studies
- Peace and conflict studies
- Psychology
- Christian theology (Protestant)
- Christian theology (Catholic)
- History
- Archeology
- Sinology (moved to Goethe University Frankfurt)
- German language and literature
- History of art
- Graphic design
- English studies, American studies
- Language technology
- Classic and Koine (New Testament) Greek
- Classic and Medieval Latin
- Oriental studies (to be significantly enlarged in the near future), Indology, Tibetology
- Comparative Linguistics
- Celtic Studies
- Romanic languages and literature (French, Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese)
- Slavic languages and literature (moved to the University of Giessen)
- Mathematics
- Computer sciences
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Pharmacy
- Biology
- Geology (moved to Goethe University Frankfurt)
- Geography
- Medicine
- Dentistry
- Pedagogy
Collections of the University
- Alter Botanischer Garten Marburg, the university's old botanical garden
- Botanischer Garten Marburg, the university's current botanical garden
- Forschungsinstitut Lichtbildarchiv älterer Orginalurkunden bis 1250 (Collection of photographies taken from medieval charters)
- Bildarchiv Foto Marburg (German national picture archive of arts)
- Religionskundliche Sammlung (Collection of religious objects)
- Deutscher Sprachatlas (Linguistic Atlas of Germany)
- Mineralogisches Museum (Museum of Mineralogy)
See also
- List of early modern universities in Europe
- List of universities in Germany
- University hospital Gießen und Marburg
External links
Categories:- University of Marburg
- Marburg
- Universities in Germany
- Universities and colleges in Hesse
- 1527 establishments
- Educational institutions established in the 1520s
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