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
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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. ...

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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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

• University of Copenhagen, Denmark
• University of Turku, Finland
• University of Nantes, France
• University of Riga, Latvia
• University of Gdansk, Poland
• Charles University of Prague, Czech Republic
• University of Kristianstad, Sweden

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• University of Saint Petersburg, Russia
• University of Saskatchewan, Canada
• University of Guelph, Canada
• Universidad National de La Plata, Argentina
• University of Georgia, United States
• Brown University, United States
• University of Utah, United States
• University of Wyoming, United States
• Science University of Tokio, Japan
• University of Potchefstroom, South Africa

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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

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External links

• University of Rostock
• City of Rostock

See also:

• Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald
• List of universities in Germany
• List of oldest universities in continuous operation
• Medieval university
• City of Rostock