The University of Münster (German Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, WWU) is a public university located in the city of Münster in Germany. A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees. ... Münster is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ...

It was founded in 1780 and with more than 40,000 students and above 130 fields of study (http://zsb.uni-muenster.de/studium_wwu/faecherliste.php) in 2004 it is one of Germany's largest universities and one of the foremost centers of German intellectual life. The University of Münster is especially known for Biotechnology, Business Administration, Communication Science, History, Information Systems, Law and Mathematics . It usually gets top scores in university rankings. 1780 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Biotechnology is technology based on biology, especially when used in agriculture, food science, and medicine. ... Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a tertiary degree in business management. ... Communication is the process of exchanging information usually via a common system of symbols. ... A history resource for kids -Chronology of Events in History, Mythology, and Folklore. ... REDIRECT [[Management_information_system]}rh ... Law (a loanword from Old Norse lag), in politics and jurisprudence, is a set of rules or norms of conduct which mandate, proscribe or permit specified relationships among people and organizations, provide methods for ensuring the impartial treatment of such people, and provide punishments for those who do not follow... Wikibooks Wikiversity has more about this subject: School of Mathematics Wikiquote has a collection of quotations by or about: Mathematics Look up Mathematics in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Wikimedia Commons has more media related to: Mathematics Bogomolny, Alexander: Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles. ... In higher education, college and university rankings are listings of educational institutions in an order determined by any combination of factors. ...

Faculties

• Faculty of protestant Theology
• Faculty of catholic Theology
• Faculty of Law
• Faculty of Economics
  • Department of Business Administration
  • Department of Economics
  • Department of Information Systems
• Faculty of Medical Science
• Faculty of Philosophy
  • Department of Educational and Social Science
  • Department of Psychology and Sport Science
  • Department of History/Philosophy
  • Department of Philology
  • Department of Political Science
• Faculty of Natural Science and Mathematics
  • Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
  • Department of Physics
  • Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
  • Department of Biology
  • Department of Earth Science
• Faculty of Music

Alumni

• Johannes Georg Bednorz, Nobel prize winner (1987)
• Wolfgang Clement, Politician
• Dr. Thomas Middelhoff, Board of Directors Bertelsmann
• Dr. Klaus Zumwinkel, Board of Directors Deutsche Post World Net

Johannes Georg Bednorz (born May 16, 1950) is a German physicist who, along with Karl Alex Muller, was awarded the 1987 Nobel Prize for Physics for their joint discovery of superconductivity in certain substances at temperatures higher than had previously been thought attainable. ... Wolfgang Clement Wolfgang Clement (born July 24, 1940 in Bochum) is a German politician, currently the federal Minister of Economics and Labour. ... Thomas Middelhoff (born May 11, 1953) is a German corporate manager. ...

University lecturer

• Pope Benedict XVI: Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. Joseph Kardinal Ratzinger

... His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI (Latin: ; born April 16, 1927 as Joseph Alois Ratzinger) is the 265th and reigning pope, the head of the Roman Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City. ...

See also

• Education in Germany
• Münster

History The education system in Germany has a long tradition of compulsory state schools. ... Münster is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ...

External link

• University of Münster (English) (http://www.uni-muenster.de/en/)
• University of Münster (http://www.uni-muenster.de/)
• University of Münster job postings (http://www.uni-muenster.de/Rektorat/Stellen/st_index.htm)
• Max-Planck-Institut (http://www.mpi-muenster.mpg.de/) - Max-Planck-Department for molecular biomedical science
• European Research Center for Information Systems (http://www.ercis.de/)