Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Established	1472/1826
Type	Public
Rector	Bernd Huber
Staff	700
Students	46,885
Location	Munich, Germany
Website	www.uni-muenchen.de/

Main building of the Ludwig Maximilians University

Main staircase of the university, Munich

The Atrium at the main building

The Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich (German: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München), also known as LMU or simply University of Munich, is a university in the heart of Munich. The university is part of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, a society of Germany's leading research universities. The majority of University of Munich foreign exchanges are with European universities. Image File history File links LMU.jpg‎ This is a logo of an organization, item, or event, and is protected by copyright and/or trademark. ... The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... February 20 - Orkney and Shetland are returned by Norway to Scotland, due to a defaulted dowry payment Possible discovery of Bacalao (possibly Newfoundland, North America) by João Vaz Corte-Real. ... The oldest surviving photograph, Nicéphore Niépce, circa 1826 1826 (MDCCCXXVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The word rector (ruler, from the Latin regere) has a number of different meanings, but all of them indicate someone who is in charge of something. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... Alternate uses: Student (disambiguation) Etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation verb stŭdērĕ, which means to study, a student is one who studies. ... Munich (German: , pronounced  ; Austro-Bavarian: Minga [2]) is the capital of the German Federal State of Bavaria. ... A website (alternatively, Web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on a Web server, usually accessible via the Internet or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML, that is almost always accessible via HTTP, a... Image File history File links Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität_München_04-05-22. ... Image File history File links Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität_München_04-05-22. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (993x1518, 133 KB) Description: LMU Haupstiege, München. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (993x1518, 133 KB) Description: LMU Haupstiege, München. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2560x1920, 2150 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2560x1920, 2150 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or... Representation of a university class, 1350s. ... Munich (German: , pronounced  ; Austro-Bavarian: Minga [2]) is the capital of the German Federal State of Bavaria. ... The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (abbreviated DFG, German Research Foundation in English) is an important German research funding organization. ...

The LMU has earned the "elite"-status in the Excellence Initiative by the German Federal and State Governments (2006). According to the renowned German FOCUS ranking, the LMU is the second highest ranked German university (2007).

The current Rector of the University is Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Bernd Huber, an economist. The word rector (ruler, from the Latin regere) has a number of different meanings, but all of them indicate someone who is in charge of something. ...

History

The university originally existed as the University of Ingolstadt from 1472 (foundation right of Louis IX the Rich) to 1802 in Ingolstadt and was then moved to Landshut by Maximilian IV Joseph (the later Maximilian I King of Bavaria). After a short time it was moved to the capital of Bavaria, Munich, in the year 1826, by Louis I. It is named after Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria and Maximilian I, King of Bavaria. The University of Ingolstadt was founded in 1472 by Louis the Rich, duke of Bavaria at the time. ... February 20 - Orkney and Shetland are returned by Norway to Scotland, due to a defaulted dowry payment Possible discovery of Bacalao (possibly Newfoundland, North America) by João Vaz Corte-Real. ... Duke Louis IX of Bavaria (23. ... --69. ... Ingolstadt is a city in the Federal State of Bavaria, Germany. ... Landshut is a city in Bavaria in the south-east of Germany both belonging to Eastern and Southern Bavaria. ... King Maximilian I of Bavaria. ... For other uses, see Bavaria (disambiguation). ... Munich (German: , pronounced  ; Austro-Bavarian: Minga [2]) is the capital of the German Federal State of Bavaria. ... The oldest surviving photograph, Nicéphore Niépce, circa 1826 1826 (MDCCCXXVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Ludwig I (or Louis I, which is the French form of his name, his godfather was Louis XVI of France) (Strasbourg, August 25, 1786 – February 29, 1868 in Nice) was king of Bavaria from 1825 until the 1848 revolutions in the German states. ...

During 1943 the White Rose group of anti-Nazi students conducted their campaign of opposition to Hitler at this university. Pope Benedict XVI studied at the Ducal Georgianum of the university, and later wrote his doctoral thesis and Habilitation there. Monument to the Weiße Rose in front of the Ludwig-Maximilian-University, Munich White Rose (German: die Weiße Rose) was a World War II non-violent resistance group in Germany famous for a leaflet campaign in which they called for active opposition to the Nazi regime. ... This article is becoming very long. ... The Ducal Georgianum (German: Herzogliches Georgianum) is a theological seminary of the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich. ... Habilitation is the highest academic qualification a person can achieve by his/her own pursuit in certain European countries. ...

Nowadays the LMU Munich is part of 24 Collaborative Research Centers funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and is host university of 13 of them. It also hosts 12 DFG Research Training Groups and three international doctorate programs as part of the Elite Network of Bavaria. It attracts an additional 120 million euros per year in outside funding and is intensively involved in national and international funding initiatives.

LMU Munich has a wide range of degree programs, with 150 subjects available in numerous combinations. 16% of the 47,000 students who attend the university come from abroad.

In 2005, Germany’s state and federal governments launched the Excellence Initiative, a contest among its universities. With a total of 1.9 billion euros, 75 percent of which comes from Berlin, its architects aim to strategically promote top-level research and scholarship. The money is given to more than 30 research universities in Germany. Location of Berlin within Germany / EU Coordinates Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Administration Country NUTS Region DE3 City subdivisions 12 boroughs Governing Mayor Klaus Wowereit (SPD) Governing parties SPD / Left. ... This article is about scholarship (noun) and scholarship as a form of financial aid. ...

The Initiative will fund three project-oriented areas: Graduate schools to promote the next generation of scholars, clusters of excellence to promote cutting-edge research and “future concepts” for the project-based expansion of academic excellence at universities as a whole. In order to qualify for this third area, a university had to have at least one internationally recognized academic center of excellence and a new graduate school. A graduate school or grad school is a school that awards advanced degrees, with the general requirement that students must have earned an undergraduate (bachelors) degree. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

After the first round of selections, LMU Munich was invited to submit applications for all three funding lines: It entered the competition with proposals for two graduate schools and four clusters of excellence.

On Friday 13th October 2006, a blue-ribbon panel announced the results of the Germany-wide Excellence Initiative for promoting top university research and education, naming the University of Munich (LMU) as the program’s biggest winner. The panel, composed of the German Research Foundation and the German Science Council, has decided that LMU Munich will receive funding for all three areas covered by the Initiative: one Graduate school, three “excellence clusters” and general funding for the university’s “future concept”. A graduate school or grad school is a school that awards advanced degrees, with the general requirement that students must have earned an undergraduate (bachelors) degree. ...

Faculties

The University currently consists of 18 faculties:

• Faculty of Roman Catholic Theology
• Faculty of Protestant Theology
• Faculty of Law
• Faculty of Business Administration
• Faculty of Economics
• Faculty of Medicine
• Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
• Faculty for History and the Arts
• Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Religious Science
• Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences
• Faculty for the Study of Culture
• Faculty for Languages and Literatures
• Faculty of Social Sciences
• Faculty of Mathematics, Computer Sciences and Statistics
• Faculty of Physics
• Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy
• Faculty of Biology
• Faculty of Geosciences and Environmental Sciences
  • Paläontologisches Museum München and Geologisches Museum München

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Notable alumni

Nobel laureates

• Adolf von Baeyer, (Chemistry 1909)
• Hans Bethe, (Physics 1967)
• Gerd Binnig, (Physics 1986)
• Günter Blobel, (Physiology or Medicine 1999)
• Konrad Emil Bloch, (Physiology or Medicine 1964)
• Eduard Buchner, (Chemistry 1907)
• Peter Debye, (Chemistry 1936)
• Ernst Otto Fischer, (Chemistry 1973)
• Hans Fischer, (Chemistry 1930)
• Karl von Frisch, (Physiology or Medicine 1973)
• Theodor W. Hänsch, (Physics 2005)
• Werner Heisenberg, (Physics 1932)
• Gustav Hertz, (Physics 1926)
• Wolfgang Ketterle, (Physics 2001)
• Hans Adolf Krebs, (Physiology or Medicine 1953)
• Richard Kuhn, (Chemistry 1938)
• Max von Laue, (Physics 1914)
• Otto Loewi, (Physiology or Medicine 1936)
• Feodor Lynen, (Physiology or Medicine 1964)
• Wolfgang Pauli, (Physics 1945)
• Max Planck, (Physics 1918)
• Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, (Physics 1901)
• Bert Sakmann, (Physiology or Medicine 1991)
• Johannes Stark, (Physics 1919)
• Heinrich Wieland, (Chemistry 1927)
• Wilhelm Wien, (Physics 1911)
• Richard Willstätter, (Chemistry 1915)

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Politicians and public figures

• Valdas Adamkus, President of Lithuania (1998-2003, 2004-)
• Konrad Adenauer, Chancellor of Germany (1949-1963)
• Pope Benedict XVI
• Karl Carstens, President of Germany (1979-1984)
• Dr. Diether Haenicke, President of Western Michigan University (1985-1998); Interim President (2006-2007)
• Gustav Heinemann, President of Germany (1969-1974)
• Roman Herzog, President of Germany (1994-1999)
• Theodor Heuss, President of Germany (1949-1959)
• King Ludwig III of Bavaria
• Manfred Wörner, Secretary General of NATO (1988-1994)
• Allama Muhammad Iqbal, poet and philosopher.
• Sophie Scholl, anti-Nazi resistance activist in the White Rose rebellion
• Hans Scholl, anti-Nazi resistance activist, leader of the White Rose rebellion
• John Piper, Reformed Theologian, Author and Pastor
• Dora Bakoyannis, Greek Foreign Affairs Minister, outgoing Mayor of Athens
• Jaladat Ali Badirkhan, Kurdish writer, linguist, journalist and political activist
• Christoph Probst, anti-nazi resistance activist in the White Roser rebellion
• Willy Graf,anti-Nazi resistance activist in the White Rose rebellion
• Alexander Schmorell,anti-Nazi resistance activist in the White Rose rebellion
• Kurt Huber,well known professor during the World War II era, anti-Nazi resistance activist in the White Rose rebellion
• Nate Witmer,anti-Nazi resistance activist in the White Rose rebellion

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Other Notable alumni

• Sadrul Khan, (Political Science 1988)
• Berta Scharrer (Science), U.S.-based endocrinologist/scientific researcher (d. 1995)

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Notes

See also

• Education in Germany
• List of universities in Germany
• Munich

Responsibility for educational oversight in Germany lies primarily with the states while the federal government only has a minor role. ... There are 331 universities and colleges in Germany, 159 Fachhochschulen (Universities of Applied Science), 95 non-state institutions (of these 51 privately-, 44 church-operated), and 56 which teach arts or music only. ... Munich (German: , pronounced  ; Austro-Bavarian: Minga [2]) is the capital of the German Federal State of Bavaria. ...

External links

• University of Munich Website (German) (English)
• Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich for foreign students on iAgora - Reviews by former Erasmus and other international students in Munich.
• 360° Panorama at the Ludwig Maximilians University

Coordinates: 48°09′03″N, 11°34′49″E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...