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University of Rostock
Seal of the University of Rostock
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Motto Doctrina Multiplex - Veritas Una
"many teachings - one truth"
Established 1419
Latin Alma Mater Rostochiensis
German Universität Rostock
Location Rostock, Germany
Enrollment circa 17,500
Campus buildings dispersed in town
Type state university
Rector Prof. Dr. Hans Jürgen Wendel
Homepage http://www.uni-rostock.de
Member of EUA
Map
Image:Rostock_in_Germany.png
Rostock in Germany


The University of Rostock (German: Universität Rostock) is a university in northern Germany, located in the city of Rostock in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and is the oldest university in Northern continental Europe. seal of the University of Rostock origin University of Rostock Licence fair use Date unknown This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... Events January 19 - Hundred Years War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England which brings Normandy under the control of England. ... Alma mater is Latin for nourishing mother. It was used in ancient Rome as a title for the mother goddess, and in Medieval Christianity for the Virgin Mary. ... Rostock is a city in northern Germany. ... The European University Association (EUA) is the main voice of the higher education community in Europe. ... Map of Rostock in Germany GNU free licence source: http://opengeodb. ... Rostock is a city in northern Germany. ... Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (German: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a Bundesland (federal state) in northern Germany. ...

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Organisation

It is divided into the following eight faculties:

  • evangelical theology
  • philosophy (and arts)
  • natural sciences and mathematics
  • jurisprudence
  • engineering
  • agriculture and environmental studies
  • medicine
  • state/political and social sciences

History

main building directly in the city
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main building directly in the city

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Over the centuries numerous of notable students and professors have had ties with the university, such as the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe, the archeologist Heinrich Schliemann, or the philosopher Moritz Schlick. Tycho Brahe , born Tyge Ottesen Brahe (December 14, 1546 – October 24, 1601), was a Danish (Scanian) nobleman astronomer as well as an astrologer and alchemist. ... Portrait of Heinrich Schliemann. ... Moritz Schlick (April 14, 1882–June 22, 1936) was a German philosopher and the founding father of logical positivism and the Vienna Circle. ...


The University of Rostock is one of two universities in German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the other being the Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald. Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (German: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a Bundesland (federal state) in northern Germany. ... Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald is located in Greifswald, Germany, between the Islands Rügen and Usedom, and is the second oldest university in Northern Europe. ...


Partner Universities

The university has signed treaties with the following universities (usually for a certain discipline, sometimes for all courses of study):


European Union

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Research

The university is research partner of several independent local institutes, including:

  • Max Planck Institute of Demographics
  • Institute for Baltic Sea Research
  • Leibniz Institute for Organic Catalysis
  • Fraunhofer Society Institute for Graphic Data Processing
  • Institute for Athmospheric Physics
  • Institute for Business and Social Ethics

The Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e. ... Gottfried Leibniz Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz (July 1, 1646 in Leipzig - November 14, 1716 in Hannover) was a German philosopher, scientist, mathematician, diplomat, librarian, and lawyer of Sorb descent. ... The Fraunhofer Society (German Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft) is a German research organization named after the German physicist Joseph von Fraunhofer, with 58 institutes spread throughout Germany, each focusing on different fields of applied science (as opposed to the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, which works primarily on basic science). ...

External links

  • University of Rostock
  • City of Rostock

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  Results from FactBites:
 
Rostock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (998 words)
Rostock is located on the Warnow river; the quarter of Warnemünde 12 km north of the city centre lies directly on the coast of the Baltic Sea.
In 1419 the oldest university in Northern Europe, the University of Rostock, was founded.
In the first half of the 19th century Rostock regained much of its economic importance, at first due to the wheat trade, and, from the 1850s, to industry, especially to its shipyards.
University of Rostock (419 words)
When Rostock was placed under the bann of the empire and the Church on account of outbreaks among the citizens, the university moved to Greifswald (Easter, 1437).
In 1443 it returned to Rostock, but when the dukes wished to raise one of the churches of the city to a cathedral-church in order to give the professors the canonries as benefices, the town opposed the procedure and there developed what is known as the cathedral feud.
When an effort was made later to reorganize the university a dispute arose between the city of Rostock and the dukes of Mecklenburg as to the administration and supervision of the school.
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