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Encyclopedia > Ludwig Maximilians University

With approximately 48,000 students, the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (German: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München or LMU) is one of the largest universities in Germany. It is a member of the League of European Research Universities.


Munich's other major university is the Technical University of Munich.

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Faculties

The University has currently 18 faculties:

  • 01 - Faculty of Catholic Divinity
  • 02 - Faculty of Protestant Divinity
  • 03 - Faculty of Law
  • 04 - Faculty of Business Administration
  • 05 - Faculty of Economics
  • 07 - Faculty of Medicine (incl. Dentistry)
  • 08 - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
  • 09 - Faculty of History and Arts
  • 10 - Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Religious Science
  • 11 - Faculty of Psychology and Education
  • 12 - Faculty of Cultural Studies
  • 13/14 - Faculty of Languages and Literatures
  • 15 - Faculty of Social Sciences
  • 16 - Faculty of Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics
  • 17 - Faculty of Science
  • 18 - Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy
  • 19 - Faculty of Biology
  • 20 - Faculty of Earth Sciences

History

The university originally existed as the University of Ingolstadt from 1472 (foundation right of Louis IX, called the Rich) to 1802 in Ingolstadt and was then moved to Landshut by Maximilian IV Joseph (the later Maximilian king of Bavaria). After a short time it was moved to the capital of Bavaria, Munich, in the year 1826, by Louis I.


Notable alumni

Nobel laureates

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Contact

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1
80539 München
tel: (089) 2180-11
Homepage: http://www.uni-muenchen.de/


League of European Research Universities

Cambridge | Edinburgh | Geneva | Heidelberg | Helsinki | Karolinska (Stockholm) | Leiden | Leuven | | Milan | Munich | Oxford | Strasbourg I (Louis Pasteur)


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