THE UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN

WELCOME 3

COMMITTED TO THE FUTURE 4

RESEARCH AND RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES 6

THE GÖTTINGEN CAMPUS 8

LICHTENBERG-KOLLEG 10

COURANT RESEARCH CENTRES 12

GÖTTINGEN INTERNATIONAL 14

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH 16

DOCTORAL TRAINING 18

GÖTTINGEN STATE AND UNIVERSITY LIBRARY 20

FACULTIES 22

STUDYING IN GÖTTINGEN 24

SCHOOL MEETS UNIVERSITY 28

ALUMNI GÖTTINGEN 29

BUSINESS LIAISON & TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER 30

ACADEMIC COLLECTIONS, MUSEUMS, GARDENS 32

CONSULTATION, COORDINATION, CONTACT 36

GENERAL INFORMATION: FACTS AND FIGURES 38

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and teaching currently being performed on acampus where institutional boundaries andhie rarchies are overcome.

Freedom and space for new ideas, for culturaldiversity, and for interdisciplinary and interna-tional exchange: on the basis of these princi-ples, we seek to cultivate our modern-day libertas academica, and to secure it lastingly. Inconcert with our partners on the GöttingenCampus, we are building a network of scientistsand scholars arguably unique in Germany, en-abling here the performance of cutting-edgeresearch and outstanding teaching, and pre -paring our graduates to pursue their own indi-vidual career tracks with success.

I hope the pages that follow will bring theseGöttingen aims and developments into focusfor you.

Prof. Dr. Ulrike Beisiegel President of Göttingen University

The University of Göttingen was inaugurated in1737 with the aspiration to cultivate critical reflection and provide academic freedom in research and teaching. Rooted in the Age of Enlightenment, these fundamental principlesstill hold in Göttingen today.

On the occasion of the University’s 50th an-niversary, the Göttingen scholar Christian Gott-lob Heyne stressed the libertas academica thatcharacterised this institution. »Göttingen hasbeen elevated to such great worthiness and re-pute through this alone and through nothingelse; it has carried the torch before other uni-versities and states and has been exceptionallysignificant in the transitions taking place in sci-ence«. In the early twentieth century, mathe-matician Richard Courant remarked on theUniversity’s special atmosphere of communi-cation and productive academic discourse. This»Göttingen spirit« also enriches the research

WELCOME

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COMMITTED TO ...

The University of Göttingen is acknowledged tobe a research university of high internationalstanding. Its distinctive features include the em-phasis placed on research-based teaching and theremarkable diversity of subjects represented, par-ticularly in the humanities. The excellent facilitiesfor scientific inquiry in the natural sciences andthe outstanding quality of research in this areaalso contribute to the University’s clear andunique profile. In 2007, on the basis of its Insti-tutional Strategy entitled »Göttingen. Tradition –Innovation – Autonomy«, the Georg-August-Universität was one of the universities to emergesuccessfully in the first phase of the ExcellenceInitiative of the German Federal and State Gov-ernments. This funding was employed to set upnew research centres such as the Courant Cen-tres and the Lichtenberg-Kolleg, and to establishinnovative research foci. In addition, highlypromising young academics were recruited, andleading researchers integrated on the GöttingenCampus. The measures have led to an overall

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strengthening of the University’s visibility, bothnationally and internationally, and they will becarried forward into the future.

The University bears the name of its founderGeorg August, King George II of Great Britain,Elector and Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg(Hanover). In keeping with the spirit of the En-lightenment, the faculties were founded as equalentities: no longer did Theology take precedenceamong them. The first Faculty of Mathematicsand Natural Sciences came into being in Göttin-gen. Over a considerable period the Universitywas regarded as the centre of the mathematicalworld, but this status was lost in 1933, whenunder Nazi rule more than 50 professors and lec-turers were forced to leave. Among these re-searchers were several of the 45 Nobel laureateswhose names are associated with Göttingen.

After World War II, Göttingen was Germany’s firstuniversity to resume teaching operations. It ex-panded to become one of Germany’s largest, thenumber of students enrolled currently standing atapproximately 29,300. The University works con-stantly to enhance the international nature and ex-cellence of its research and teaching. Study pro-grammes have been converted to Bachelor andMaster degree structures. The University operateson the basis of increased autonomy and staff self-responsibility at all levels, and the deployment ofresources has been optimised. In 2003, Göttingen

became Germany’s first university with a compre-hensive range of disciplines to take the legal formof a foundation under public law.

In the second phase of the Excellence Initiative,Göttingen University successfully submitted re-newal proposals for the support of a GraduateSchool and an Excellence Cluster. In the Clusterof Excellence »Microscopy at the NanometerRange and Molecular Physiology of the Brain«(CNMPB), high resolution microscopy techniques,by way of which minute structures and processescan be analysed in living nerve cells, are beingfurther developed. The aim is to gain insights thatmay enable new diagnostic and therapeutic strate-gies to be adopted to combat diseases such asParkinson’s and schizophrenia. The successfulwork of the Göttingen Graduate School for Neu-rosciences, Biophysics and Molecular Biosciences(GGNB) is also being continued. Maintained byfour University Faculties, three Max Planck Insti-tutes and the German Primate Center, the GGNBcurrently hosts 430 doctoral researchers workingwithin twelve programmes.

In addition, the University will continue to pursueprojects set out in its second Institutional Strategy.Funding has been raised to bring about markedimprovement in the scientific investigation andpresentation of the University’s precious academiccollections, as well as to expand its IT-based E-research infrastructure.

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Among Göttingen University’s particular strengthsare its great research tradition and the diversity ofsubjects represented. Almost all academic disci-plines, including Medicine but with the exceptionof the Engineering Sciences, are represented at the13 Faculties. The University is closely inter connec -ted with outstanding research institutions situatedlocally. This network constitutes the Göttin genCampus, where such cooperation generatesideal framework conditions for conducting top-level, inter nationally competitive research andopens up special possibilities for the recruitmentand retention of excellent researchers from in-and outside Germany. The University and its part -ners place emphasis on fostering talented youngresearchers who exhibit particular potential.

The success of this cooperation is borne out bythe jointly run Collaborative Research Centres,Research Training Groups, shared infrastructurefacilities and combined professorial appoint-ments. Ten Collaborative Research Centres, fourResearch Units and ten Research Training Groupswith coordinator function are currently hostedby Göttingen University – impressive evi denceof the scientific strength of the Göttingen Campusand the close cooperation between the Univer-sity and the non-university research institutions.The development in the context of Collabora-tive Research Centres is particularly positive,their number having risen from three (2009) toten (2015).

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Göttingen is therefore a competitive research lo-cation in the national comparison, particularlywith a view to Research Training Groups, whereit ranks as one the top Universities in Germany.

Research foci developed together with the non-university research institutions, in particular inthe neuro- and biosciences, are defining featuresin the University’s profile. An Excellence Clusterand a Graduate School in this area were success-fully established with funding from the first phaseof the Excellence Initiative (2006-2012). The ex-ceptionally innovative work of both entities con-tinues, and will be further developed and refinedas they move into their next operational phase(see page 5).

Also exemplifying the excellent science andscholarship being conducted at internationallevel are the fields of Cardiovascular Research,Molecular Biology, Condensed Matter, Biology,Biodiversity and Ecology, Development Econom-ics, Religious Studies, and Modern East Asianand Indian Studies.

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THE GÖTTINGEN CAMPUS

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The Göttingen Campus is an alliance betweenthe university and local non-university researchinstitutions, which have come together to pro-mote research, teaching, and the training ofyoung researchers. By drawing on their jointstrengths and potential, campus partners havecreated a unique and stimulating environmentthat encourages diversity and an active exchangebetween professors, researchers, postdoctoraland doctoral students. International networksand interdisciplinary centers serve as platformsfor new ideas and innovative research concepts.They are embedded in a campus setting thatprovides access to an impressive collection ofresources, facilities, infrastructure and supportservices.

The Göttingen Research CouncilThe Göttingen Research Council (GRC) is the keydecision-making body committed to the de -velop ment of the Göttingen Campus. It servesas a »think tank« in which members advise theexecutive committees, identify key researchareas, ensure quality control, and promote co-operation across the campus in research, teach-ing and the training of young academics.

Campus Members� University of Göttingen, including

University Medical Center� Max Planck Institute

for Experimental Medicine � Max Planck Institute

for Biophysical Chemistry� Max Planck Institute

for Dynamics and Self-Organization� Max Planck Institute for the Study

of Religious and Ethnic Diversity� Max Planck Institute

for Solar System Research� DLR German Aerospace Center� DPZ German Primate Center� Göttingen Academy

of Sciences and Humanities

Associate Partners� KWS SAAT AG� Otto Bock HealthCare GmbH� PHYWE Systeme GmbH & Co. KG� Sartorius AG� HAWK Hildesheim/Holzminden/Goettingen

University of Applied Sciences and Arts� Private University of Applied Sciences (PFH)� Laser-Laboratorium Göttingen e.V. (LLG)� Georg Eckert Institute (GEI)

Scientific Service Units� Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Daten -

verarbeitung mbH Göttingen (GWDG)� Göttingen State and University Library (SUB)� Göttingen E-Research Alliance (eRA)

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The key research areas are made up of highlycollaborative, joint research projects that arecarried out through a variety of funding pro-grams. They make up the campus’ profile todayand were developed in close cooperation withall partner institutions on campus. These in-clude:

Life and Natural Sciences� Cardiovascular Research � Cellular Processes and Molecular Machines� Energy Conversion � Functional Principles of Living Matter � Neurosciences� Primate Cognition � Solar System Research � Sustainable Use of Natural Resources

Humanities� Digital Transformation � Language and Cognition � Religious Studies

www.goettingen-campus.de

KEY RESEARCH AREAS

THE LICHTENBERG-KOLLEG

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The Lichtenberg-Kolleg was formed with theaim of identifying and pursuing research pro -jects in the humanities and social sciencesthrough discourse with internationally distin-guished scholars. These outstanding academicsfind at the Lichtenberg-Kolleg an environmentin which they have the freedom and space toconduct concentrated research, enter into in-tensive scholarly exchange, and undertake col-laborative work, both within their own subjectand across disciplinary boundaries. Fellowshipsare granted solely on the basis of scientific andscholarly excellence. Together, the internation-ally renowned visiting fellows and researchersselected from across the Göttingen Campuscreate a subject-based and interdisciplinary re-search network.

The Lichtenberg-Kolleg is located in the Uni-versity’s Historical Observatory, the buildingwhere Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855) livedand worked for decades. The institution isnamed after Georg Christoph Lichtenberg(1742-1799), intellectual, critical thinker, andProfessor of Experimental Physics at the Uni-versity of Göttingen.

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Lichtenberg-KollegDirector: Prof. Dr. Martin van GelderenLichtenberg-Kolleg / Historical ObservatoryGeismar Landstr. 11, 37083 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-12423lichtenbergkolleg@zvw.uni-goettingen.de

COURANT RESEARCH CENTRES

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Bearing the name of mathematician RichardCourant, these cross-faculty, interdisciplinarycentres of research were set up as new entitiesin the period 2007-2012. They form an integralpart of the University’s strategy – extending be-yond the Excellence competition – to furtherdevelop its research profile and attract to Göttin -gen outstanding young-generation researchersfrom throughout the world. Each of the centreshosts up to three junior research groups investi -gating innovative topics with the support of ex-perienced scientists and scholars.

The name Courant Research Centre applies to theinitial seven years of the centre’s activities. Fol-lowing a successful start, the research topic is tobe integrated into the University setting as a cen-tre, institute or other collaborative structure andmay go on to be developed into a profile area.

Former Courant Research Centres

Nano-Spectroscopy and X-Ray ImagingCoordinator: Prof. Dr. Tim Salditt (Physics)Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, 37077 Göttingen Tel.: +49 551 39-9427, tsaldit@gwdg.de

Higher Order Structures in MathematicsCoordinator: Prof. Dr. Thomas Schick (Mathematics)Bunsenstr. 3-5, 37073 Göttingen Tel.: +49 551 39-7766schick@uni-math.gwdg.de

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Development of Early Life and Organic-matter-controlled Rock- and Mineral-forming ProcessesCoordinator: Prof. Dr. Joachim Reitner (Geosciences)Goldschmidtstr. 3, 37077 Göttingen Tel.: +49 551 39-7950jreitne@gwdg.de

Poverty, Equity, and Growth in Developing and Transition CountriesCoordinator: Prof. Stephan Klasen, PhD (Economics)Platz der Göttinger Sieben 3, 37073 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-7303 sklasen@uni-goettingen.de

Evolution of Social BehaviourCoordinator: Prof. Dr. Hannes Rakoczy (Psychology)Waldweg 26, 37073 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-9235 hrakocz@uni-goettingen.de

Current Courant Research Centres

Education and Religion (EDRIS)Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Peter Gemeinhardt (Theology) Nikolausberger Weg 23, 37073 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-10836 edris@uni-goettingen.de

The Multi-layered Text Protocol: Micro andMacro Level Structures in Written DiscourseCoordinator: Prof. Dr. Anke Holler (German Philology)Nikolausberger Weg 23, 37073 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-7543crc.text@uni-goettingen.de

The University of Göttingen is highly reputedthroughout the world of academia and research.Its partnerships within the Coimbra Group, the U4Network, and the German-Japanese UniversityConsortium HeKKSaGon, active agreements withinstitutions of higher education in ninety countries,scholarship/fellowship opportunities for inter-national students and researchers, and morethan fifty English-taught Master’s and Ph.D. pro -grammes – these are just some indicators of theUniversity’s strongly international orientation.

The University of Göttingen seeks to increase fur -ther the proportion of students and resear chersfrom abroad, as well as to extend the breadth anddepth of its international networks. To this end,international research cooperation are being

initiated and existing ones intensified. Lively dia-logues are maintained with the University’s liai-son offices in China and India, with the growingalumni network around the world, and not leastwith the international community of students andresearchers currently hosted in Göttingen.

The University’s International Office offers stu-dents and academics from abroad a wide rangeof services and support. International studentsare advised by the International Student Ser vicesteam on application and visa procedures beforethey come to Göttingen. They receive help withfinding accommodation and on request can bemet upon arrival. Once here, students have anopportunity to attend numerous introductory,social and cultural events.

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The Welcome Centre is the University’s centralservice facility for internationally mobile acade -mics. It assists and supports international scientistsand scholars and their families in preparing fortheir stay in Göttingen and settling in once theyare on campus. Information is provided on mat-ters associated with their academic work, andtargeted assistance is given on all non-academicaspects such as finding accommodation, child-care and how to apply for a residence permit.Additionally, a Dual Career Service is availableto newly appointed professors.

Liaison office locations:The central objective of the liaison offices is tofacilitate, coordinate and support academic ex-change and cooperation projects with partnerinstitutions in China and India. The offices serveas a focal point for the implementation of stra -te gic measures, networking, and discussionsamong faculties, students, alumni and universityrepresentatives involving also funding agencies,research centres, and industry.

People’s Republic of China – Nanjing University:Since 1984, intensive partnerships in law, thenatural sciences, and German literature andlanguage studies have been developed withNanjing University, one of China’s most presti-gious higher education institutions. These activi -ties have led to the establishment of three jointinstitutes and three double degree programmes.

Further partnerships with ten leading Chineseuniversities and numerous other academic in-stitutions complement the activities in the areasof student exchange and research colla boration.

India – Pune University: The work of the IndiaOffice, established in 2008, has led to a strongintensification of research and teaching collabo -ration between the University of Göttingen andseveral higher education institutions in India.Currently, the University of Göttingen has thirteenMemorandum of Understanding (MoU) andtwelve non-MoU academic exchange and co -ope ration partnerships with higher education in-stitutions in India, including the University ofDelhi, Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi,the Indian Institutes of Science Education and Re-search in Pune and Kolkata, the University ofPune, the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Eco-nomics in Pune, the University of Mumbai, theTata Institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai, GujratVidyapith, Ahemdabad, the Indian Institute ofTechnology, Guwahati, the University of Agricul-tural Sciences in Bengalore, the Indian Instituteof Science Education and Research in Bhopal andthe Forest Research Institute University.

Göttingen International Von-Siebold-Straße 2, 37075 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-21328international@uni-goettingen.dewww.uni-goettingen.de/international_office

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DFG Research Centre Molecular Physiology of the Brain (CMPB) Microscopy at the Nanometer RangeCoordinator: Prof. Dr. Mathias Bähr; Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Stefan W. Hell Office: Humboldtallee 23, 37073 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-12208 cmpb@gwdg.de

Research Centres for Health

Centre for Cardiovascular Science (DZHK) Göttingen Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Wolfram H. Zimmermann(University Medical Centre Göttingen)Office: Robert-Koch-Str. 40,37099 Göttingen (Centre for Heart Deseases)Tel.: +49 551 39-14141infocenter@med.uni-goettingen.de

Centre for Neurodegenerative Deseases(DZNE) GöttingenCoordinator: Prof. Dr. André Fischer(European Neuroscience Institute ENI-G)Office: Grisebachstr. 5,37077 Göttingen, Tel.: +49 551 39-20287daniel.riester@dzne.de

Collaborative Research Centres

SFB 755 Nanoscale Photonic ImagingCoordinator: Prof. Dr. Tim Salditt (Physics)Office: Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, 37077 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-9391, sfb755@gwdg.de

SFB 803 Functionality Controlled by Organization In and Between MembranesCoordinator: Prof. Dr. Claudia Steinem (Chemistry)Office: Tammannstr. 2, 37077 Göttingen Tel.: +49 551 39-33350 dsachs@gwdg.de

SFB 860 Integrative Structural Biologyof Dynamic Macromolecular Assemblies Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Ralf Ficner (Biology)Office: Grisebachstr. 6, 37077 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-10972 sfb860@gwdg.de

SFB 889 Cellular Mechanismsof Sensory ProcessingCoordinator: Prof. Dr. Tobias Moser(University Medical Centre Göttingen)Office: Robert-Koch-Str. 40, 37075 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-4063 sfb889@med.uni-goettingen.de

SFB 937 Collective Behaviorof Soft and Biological MatterCoordinator: Prof. Dr. Christoph F. Schmidt(Physics)Office: Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, 37077 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-7889 sfb937@physik.uni-goettingen.de

SFB 963 Astrophysical Flow Instabilitiesand TurbulenceCoordinator: Prof. Dr. Stefan Dreizler (Physics)Office: Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, 37077 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-13808 crc963@astro.physik.uni-goettingen.de

SFB 990 Ecological and socioeconomic functions of tropical lowland rainforest transformation systems (Sumatra, Indonesia)Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Stefan Scheu (Biology)Office: Berliner Str. 28, 37073 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-12118 crc990@gwdg.de

SFB 1002 Modulatory Units in Heart FailureCoordinator: Prof. Dr. Gerd Hasenfuß,(University Medical Centre Göttingen)Office: Robert-Koch-Str. 40, 37075 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-20400rfaber@med.uni-goettingen.de

SFB 1073 Atomic scale control of energyconversionCoordinator: Prof. Dr. Christian Jooss (Physics)Office: Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, 37077 GöttingenTel: +49 551 39 5303ckaspar@ump.gwdg.de

SFB 1136 Bildung und Religion in denKulturen des Mittelmeerraums und seinerUmwelt von der Antike bis zum Mittelalterund zum Klassischen IslamCoordinator: Prof. Dr. Peter Gemeinhardt(Theology)Office: Nikolausberger Weg 23, 37077 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39 10859

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DOCTORAL TRAINING

Göttingen University offers doctoral aspirantsthe possibility of working towards their doctor-ate within structured programmes at four over-arching Graduate Schools. The aim of theseGraduate Schools is to optimise learning and re-search conditions for doctoral candidates and toguarantee them high-quality supervision through -out. The Schools seek to foster a new generationof excellent scientists and scholars through theirespecially developed, targeted, and multi-face tedrange of qualification courses.

� Georg August University School of Science(GAUSS)

� Göttingen Graduate School of Social Sciences (GGG)

� Graduate School of Humanities Göttingen(GSGG)

� Graduate School of Forest andAgricultural Sciences (GFA) of theGeorg-August-Universität Göttingen

www.graduiertenschulen.uni-goettingen.de

Operating within the organisational frameworkof the Georg August University School of Science(GAUSS), the Göttingen Graduate School forNeurosciences, Biophysics, and Molecular Bio-sciences (GGNB) has received funding throughthe Excellence Initiative since 2007. For the on-

going second phase of the Excellence Initiative,the Graduate School achieved renewed successin its application for funding.

The four overarching Graduate Schools form anorganisational framework for Research TrainingGroups (RTG), Doctoral Programmes and Inter-national Max Planck Research Schools. ResearchTraining Groups are funded by the German Re-search Foundation for a maximum period of nineyears to support young researchers as they worktowards their doctorate and to foster a new, up-and-coming generation of young scientists andscholars. Support for doctoral programmes arealso granted by the State of Lower Saxony andthe Hans-Böckler-Stiftung. Working together withUniversity partners, the International Max PlanckResearch Schools advance researchers by offer-ing particularly gifted young scientists from inand outside Germany the opportunity to carryout Ph.D. work in an exceptional collaborativesetting involving both a university and a researchinstitution.

International Max Planck Research Schools� Molecular Biology (M.Sc./Ph.D.)� Neurosciences (M.Sc./Ph.D.)� Physics of Biological and Complex Systems

(Ph.D.)� Physical Processes in the Solar Systems and

Beyond (Ph.D.)

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Research Training Groups

� International RTG 1422 Metal Sites in Biomolecules: Structures, Regulation andMechanisms

� RTG 1493 Mathematical Structures in Modern Quantum Physics

� RTG 1507 Expert Cultures from the Twelfth to the Eighteenth Century

� RTG 1599 Dynamics of Space and Gender

� RTG 1644 Scaling Problems in Statistics

� RTG 1666 Transformation of Global Agri-Food Systems: Trends, Driving Forces, andImplications for Developing Countries

� RTG 1703 Resource Efficiency in CorporateNetworks – Approaches for the Future Use ofRenewable Materials and their By-products

� RTG 1723 Globalization and Development

� RTG 1787 Literature and the Disseminationof Literature in the Digital Age

� International RTG 1816 Phosphorylation-and redox-mediated signalling mechanismsin the failing heart

Research Training Groups at other institutionsinvolving Göttingen scientists

� RTG 1351 Extrasolar Planets and their hoststars (with the University of Hamburg)

� RTG 1397 Regulation of soil organic matterand nutrient turnover in organic agriculture(with the University of Kassel)

� Integrated Research Training Group (projektarea C) – SFB/TR 43: »The Brain as a Targetof Inflammatory Processes« (with the CharitéMedical University Berlin)

www.graduiertenkollegs.uni-goettingen.de

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GÖTTINGEN STATE AND UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

Göttingen University Library was founded in1734 and renamed Göttingen State and Univer-sity Library (SUB) in 1949. With around eightmillion media units, it is one of Germany’s largestacademic libraries. As a central Institution ofGöttingen University, it offers a broad-rangingspectrum of information and user services at ninelocations. Their treasures encompass a uniquecollection of 18th century prints and superbspecialised collections, like the estate of CarlFriedrich Gauss. The Gutenberg Bible archivedby the SUB belongs to the UNESCO Memoryof the World Programme.

The Göttingen SUB is one of the leading institu-tions for the development of scientific researchinfrastructures. Their activities include subjectareas such as grid-based virtual research environ -ments, research data management, digitisation(Göttingen digitisation centre), long-term archi -ving, electronic publication, open access anddigital repository networks.

The library is associated with the GöttingenCentre for Digital Humanities (GCDH), whichcoordinates the research, teaching and infra-structural activities of the digital humanities onthe Göttingen Campus. Jointly with the Gesell -schaft für wissenschaftliche DatenverarbeitungmbH Göttingen (GWDG), it manages the Göt-tingen eResearch Alliance to foster teachingand research on the Göttingen Campus by offer-ing technological and IT services based on highlycapable and innovative research and informationinfrastructures. The Business Offices of the twonot-for-profit organisations German Initiative forNetwork Information (DINI) and Confederationof Open Access Repositories (COAR) are locatedat the Göttingen SUB. The competence centre forthe licen sing of electronic resources at the lo-cations Göttingen and Berlin represents the firsttime that a central competence centre for extra-regional licensing has been set up in Germany.

Central Library Platz der Göttinger Sieben 1, 37073 GöttingenPhone: +49 551 39-5231zentralinfo@sub.uni-goettingen.deOpening hours: Mon-Fri 7:00-1:00 CET,Sat-Sun 9:00-22:00 CET

Historic buildingsPapendiek 14, 37073 GöttingenPhone +49 551 39-12397hg-info@sub.uni-goettingen.deOpening hours: Mon-Fri 10:00-19.00 CET

The opening hours of the divisional libraries areposted on the website of the Göttingen SUB:

www.sub.uni-goettingen.de

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FACULTIES

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Medicine

University Medical Centre GöttingenUniversitätsmedizin Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Str. 42, 37075 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-9902 humed.v1@med.uni-goettingen.de

Law, Economic Sciences, Social Sciences

Faculty of Economic SciencesPlatz der Göttinger Sieben 3, 37073 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-7190 dekanat@wiwi.uni-goettingen.de

Faculty of LawPlatz der Göttinger Sieben 6, 37073 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-7360, -7367 dekanat@jura.uni-goettingen.de

Faculty of Social SciencesPlatz der Göttinger Sieben 3, 37073 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-7211, -7192 dekanat@sowi.uni-goettingen.de

Humanities and Theology

Faculty of HumanitiesHumboldtallee 17, 37073 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-4465 oeffentlichkeitsarbeit@phil.uni-goettingen.de

Faculty of TheologyPlatz der Göttinger Sieben 2, 37073 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-12235 dekanat@theologie.uni-goettingen.de

Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Computer Science

Faculty of Agricultural SciencesBüsgenweg 5, 37077 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-5530 dekagrar@uni-goettingen.de

Faculty of Biology and Psychology Untere Karspüle 1a, 37073 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-5435, dekanbio@gwdg.de

Faculty of ChemistryTammannstr. 4, 37077 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-22799 dekanat@chemie.uni-goettingen.de

Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest EcologyBüsgenweg 5, 37077 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-3402 dekanat.forst@uni-goettingen.de

Faculty of Geoscience and GeographyGoldschmidtstr. 3, 37077 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-7976 dekanat@geo.uni-goettingen.de

Faculty of Mathematics and Computer ScienceBunsenstr. 3-5, 37073 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-7780 dekanat@math-cs.uni-goettingen.de

Faculty of PhysicsFriedrich-Hund-Platz 1, 37077 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-4095 dekanat@physik.uni-goettingen.de

STUDYING ...

The University of Göttingen is increasingly attrac-tive to students as a location for both undergradu-ate and graduate level studies. Study programmeswith new orientation, individual supervision, andcourses with an international profile – in the do-main of study and teaching, the University’s en-gagement is manifest, as borne out by its successin the programme for improved study conditionsand teaching quality financed jointly by the Ger-man Federation and the Länder. In this context, theCampus QPLUS project has been awarded fundingin the amount of 17 million euros, on the basis ofwhich the University can proceed with further im-provements within the areas of studying, teaching,and the support and supervision of students.

More than 29,000 young people currently studyat Göttingen University. Almost twelve per centof them are from abroad, a proportion that re-flects the University’s standing in the internationalhigher education arena.

www.uni-goettingen.de/studying

Among the features of Göttingen University of par-ticular interest to prospective students are its out-standing facilities in the natural and life sciencesand a diversity of subjects in the humanities andsocial sciences rarely found in Germany. This sub-ject spectrum means that overarching questionscan be addressed taking an interdisciplinary per-spective – even at student level. The ca. 90 Bach-

elor degree courses offer a host of possibilities forcombination, while the numerous Master’s andPh.D. programmes – a range that is constantlybeing expanded – reward excellence and bringstudents into close contact with research. Degreeprogrammes in which the language of instructionis English, bi-national degrees, and integrated pe-riods of study abroad all help to qualify graduatesexcellently for the international world of work.

www.uni-goettingen.de/subjects

The University of Göttingen is further enhancingits international orientation by expanding its webof institutional partnerships. In addition to theclose networking of European universities withinthe Erasmus programme, numerous partnershipsat University, Faculty and Institute level offer stu-dents the possibility of undertaking grant-sup-ported study periods throughout the world.

www.uni-goettingen.de/studying-internationally

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... IN GÖTTINGEN

Attractive locationIn this town of 130,000 inhabitants, the centralUniversity campus, the town centre and therailway station are all just a few minutes’ walkapart. Affordable accommodation, more than5,000 places for students in halls of residence,and excellent canteens ensure high quality oflife. The old town centre with its street cafésand student bars and the variety of cultural andsporting activities – run first and foremost bythe University sports organisation – offer anarray of leisure-time options. Concerts given bythe Göttingen Symphony Orchestra are a majorfeature on the cultural agenda. And the town isexcellently connected with the large Germancities by way of the high-speed ICE rail service.

Guidance and supervisionStudents are given comprehensive advisory andsupervisory support through all phases of theirstudies. Since advice and guidance are cru-cially important for the successful outcome ofa university career, the University is constantlyoptimising and extending its work in this area.In addition students carry out regular evalua-tions of their courses. The common aim of allthese measures is to improve the quality ofstudies.

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STUDYING ...

Facilities of the first orderWith its prodigious holdings of books and othermedia, the multiple-award-winning GöttingenState and University Library is one of Germany’sfive largest research libraries. In addition, theUniversity’s divisional libraries offer further re-sources and service in the immediate vicinity ofthe Faculty and departmental buildings.

WiFi is available throughout the campus, libraryand city centres areas. The internet-based sys-tems Clix and StudIP are applied in the manage-ment and oversight of course teaching. Studentsbenefit from modern teaching and learningmethods involving, for example, e-learning, soft-ware libraries and simulation tools. They also ob-tain a life-long e-mail account with a compre-hensive user profile.

Career success through key competenciesAt the University of Göttingen, the gaining ofqualifications and key competencies geared toparticular occupational areas is an integral ele-ment of all study programmes. In line with theirindividual educational profile, students acquireadditional skills and qualifications in areas suchas foreign languages, presentation techniquesand intercultural competencies.

From academic study to professional workThe Office of Student Affairs’ Career Serviceteam constitutes an interface between the Uni-versity and the labour market. This unit providesadvice and information on issues such as intern-ships in Germany and abroad, techniques for jobapplications, and strategies for career entry.

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... IN GÖTTINGEN

SCHOOL MEETS UNIVERSITY

From Children’s Uni to Early CollegeAt the Georgia Augusta, school-age students canreceive age-appropriate and authentic insightsinto university life, as well as into academic workand research at a university.

The Göttingen Children’s University offers chil-dren-oriented lectures and seminars with an ex-tensive semester program for third to sixthgraders. In the school laboratories on campus, elemen-tary, middle and high school students can par-ticipate in practical projects to familiarize them-selves with the working practices and methodsof different disciplines at the university level.The YLAB-School Laboratory for the Humani-ties offers courses on subjects from the Facultiesof Philosophy and Theology. Central to thisproject is the students’ interaction with authen-tic objects and materials that form the focus ofhumanities and cultural studies research. Allprojects promote students’ academic and socialcompetence and provide a variety of incentivesfor them to be proactive and engage in inde-pendent learning.

In the experimental courses offered in the not-for-profit organisation XLAB – ExperimentalLaboratory for Young People, students gain in-sight into a scientific degree program. Coursesare conducted in biology, chemistry, physics,applied computer science and neurobiology.

Within the scope of the early college programs– especially those offered by the Faculties ofMathematics and Computer Science, Physics,Economic Sciences, Social Sciences and Philo -sophy – gifted students in particular have theoption to attend select university courses inaddi tion to their classes at school, and to getcollege credit that will be taken into account intheir later studies.

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X-Lab CoordinationProf. Dr. Eva-Maria NeherJustus-von-Liebig-Weg 8,37077 GöttingenPhone: +49 551 39-12827xlab@xlab-goettingen.de

School Laboratory CoordinationDr. Gilbert HeßFriedländer Weg 237085 Göttingen, GermanyPhone: +49 551 39-21133buero@ylab.uni-goettingen.de

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ALUMNI GÖTTINGEN

Alumni Göttingen is the University’s interna-tional network connecting former members,graduates and students of all disciplines, aca-demics, administrative staff, sponsors, andfriends of the University of Göttingen. This net-work, maintained by the non-profit associationAlumni Göttingen e.V., enables members tokeep informed about developments and to playtheir own part in the life of the University. It alsogives former fellow students and staff the oppor-tunity to remain in touch. Anyone with closeties to the University – possibly having benefited

from a first-class education in Göttingen andbeing interested in contributing their time andexpertise in return – is warmly invited to be-come an active participant in Alumni Göttingen.

Alumni GöttingenCoordinator: Bernd HackstetteWilhelmsplatz 2, 37073 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-5380alumni@uni-goettingen.de

www.alumni.uni-goettingen.de

BUSINESS CONTACTS, KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER, SPIN-OFFS ...

The business contacts unit of the University isthe central contact point for all internal and ex-ternal matters concerning the collaboration be-tween science and economics. It is closely as-sociated with the chambers, associations, busi-ness promoters and networks in the region. Oneprimary objective is to give small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) easier access to researchand thereby support the development of inno-vative products and services. At the PRAXIS-BÖRSE – the central job and career recruitmentfair of the university – we match up companiesand our students, thereby giving companiesmany additional options to meet with studentsand young professionals from 13 faculties.

Some of the knowledge and technology transferofferings we provide include the »PraxisForum– We Connect the Best Minds«, with catalystslike scientific speed dating, aimed at initiatingtargeted, topic-related exchanges between enter -prises, scientists and academics. We also sup-port scientists and academics in the economicimplementation of innovative research results.

The start-up consultation we offer students,staff and fellows at Göttingen institutions ofhigher learning and research institutions is asubstantive initial consultation. For this pur-pose, we collaborate closely with regional part-ners and networks on spin-offs and start-ups.

The university and the business contacts unitwork strategically to develop the regional econ-omy and maintain close contacts with the city,municipalities and other stakeholders, like theSouth Lower Saxony Foundation »Südnieder-sachsenStiftung«. We engage in regional clustersand networks, such as Measurement Valley e.V.or the IT Innovation Cluster Göttingen/SouthLower Saxony, and are members in the metro-politan region of Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg.

We would be pleased to help you in yoursearch for the right contact partner or broker of-fers relevant to you. Just contact us!

Business contactsChristina QaimGoßlerstraße 9, 37073 GöttingenPhone +49 (0)551 39-33955christina.qaim@uni-goettingen.de

www.uni-goettingen.de/business_contacts

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COLLECTIONS, MUSEUMS, ...

Göttingen University has many impressive col -lec tions of international importance, some ofwhich date back to the 18th century. At thattime, objects from different areas of knowledgeattracted students and researchers to the then-new university.

Today, the curators of the collections still stressthe importance of the collection pieces’ use inresearch and teaching, and are supported intheir work by the Central Curator staff. Theseindividuals ensure that the objects can be pre-served long-term and explored by researchersfrom a variety of disciplines. Digital accessibilityand presentation to the public are also part ofthe programme. During »Sunday walks«, inter-ested parties can already visit six of the collec-tions. The Botanical Gardens, the Collection ofMathematical Models and Instruments, theComputer Museum and the Kirchhoff Collec-tion are also open daily for visitation.

Open dialogue between researchers and every-day citizens will have a permanent place in thefuture Göttingen Science Museum. Objects fromthe collections are not only meant to stimulatediscussion about current and historical research,but also to give insights into laboratories, work-shops and libraries on the Göttingen campus.

www.uni-goettingen.de/collections

Centre for Collection DevelopmentWeender Landstraße 2, 37073 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-20739www.uni-goettingen.de/collection-developmentkustodie@uni-goettingen.de

Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Anthropological CollectionBürgerstr. 50, 37073 Göttingen Tel.: +49 551 39-33649www.uni-goettingen.de/anthropology-collectionbirgit.grosskopf@biologie.uni-goettingen.de

Collection of Historical Instrumentsat the Institute of GeophysicsFriedrich-Hund Platz 1, 37077 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-7460www.uni-goettingen.de/sammlung-geophysikrainer.hennings@geo.physik.uni-goettingen.de

Collection of Historical Itemsat the Institute for AstrophysicsFriedrich-Hund Platz 1, 37077 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-4037www.uni-goettingen.de/astrophysics-collectionreinsch@astro.physik.uni-goettingen.de

Collection of Historic Physical Apparatus›Physicalisches Cabinet‹ Friedrich-Hund Platz 1, 37077 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-7602www.uni-goettingen.de/physics-collectionphysik1@uni-goettingen.de

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Collection of Mathematical Modelsand InstrumentsBunsenstraße 3 - 5, 37073 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-7752www.uni-goettingen.de/mathematics-collectionsammlung@uni.math.gwdg.de

Collection of Palynology and Climate DynamicsWilhelm-Weber-Str. 2a, 37073 GöttingenTel: +49 551 39-5733www.uni-goettingen.de/palynology-collectionj.christiansen@biologie.uni-goettingen.de

Computing Museum of the GWDGAm Faßberg 11, 37077 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 201-1828www.uni-goettingen.de/computing-museumthomas.otto@gwdg.de

Culture Collection of AlgaeNikolausberger Weg 18, 37073 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-5740, -7870www.epsag.uni-goettingen.deepsag@uni-goettingen.de

Experimental Botanical GardenGrisebachstraße 1a, 37077 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-5725, -5713www.uni-goettingen.de/eb-gartenlkoehle@gwdg.de und nbarke@gwdg.de

Forest Botanical Garden and ArboretumBüsgenweg 2, 37077 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-33482 / -33492www.uni-goettingen.de/forest-botanical-gardenvmeng@gwdg.de

... BOTANICAL GARDENS

Forest Zoology and Wildlife Biology CollectionsBüsgenweg 3, 37077 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-33687www.uni-goettingen.de/forest-zoology bweissb@gwdg.de

Göttingen Museum of ChemistryTammannstraße 4, 37077 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-33114www.museum.chemie.uni-goettingen.deuschmitt@gwdg.de

Museum, Collections and Geoparkof the Geoscience CentreGoldschmidtstraße 1 - 5, 37077 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-7920 / -7951www.geomuseum.uni-goettingen.degeomuseum@gwdg.de

Museum of ZoologyBerliner Straße 28, 37073 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-5524 www.uni-goettingen.de/zoology-museumgtroest@gwdg.de

Old Botanical GardenUntere Karspüle 2, 37073 GöttingenTel. +49 551 39-5755 / 9964651www.altgart.uni-goettingen.demschwer@gwdg.de

Pharmacognostic CollectionUntere Karspüle 2, 37073 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-22220www.uni-goettingen.de/pharmacognostic-collectionMarc.Appelhans@biologie.uni-goettingen.de

University HerbariumUntere Karspüle 2, 37073 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-22220www.uni-goettingen.de/herbariumMarc.Appelhans@biologie.uni-goettingen.de

Wildlife biological collection of mammalsBüsgenweg 3, 37077 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-33622nbalken@wgdg.de

Humanities and Theology

Art CollectionWeender Landstraße 2, 37073 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-5093, -5092, -5098 www.uni-goettingen.de/art-collectionkunsts@gwdg.de

Collections of the Archaeological Institute– Cast Collection of Antique Sculptures – Antiquities Collection– Numismatic CollectionNikolausberger Weg 15, 37073 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-7502, -7497www.uni-goettingen.de/archaeology-collectionsekretariat.archinst@phil.unigoettingen.de

Collection of Historical Books for Childrenand Young AdultsWaldweg 26, 37073 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-21469www.uni-goettingen.de/young-librarybibliothek.kjl@phil.uni-goettingen.de

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Collection of Musical InstrumentsKurze Geismarstraße 1, 37073 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-5075www.uni-goettingen.de/musical-instruments-collectionk.p.brenner@phil.uni-goettingen.de

Diplomatic ApparatusHeinrich Düker-Weg 14, 37073 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-24669www.uni-goettingen.de/diplomatic-apparatushroecke@gwdg.de

Ethnographic CollectionTheaterplatz 15, 37073 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-7894www.uni-goettingen.de/ethnographic-collectiongkruege1@gwdg.de

Teaching Collection for Pre- and ProtohistoryNikolausberger Weg 15, 37073 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-5086, 91276www.uni-goettingen.de/pre-and-protohistory-collectionjschnee@gwdg.de und simone@menck-online.de

Medicine

Blumenbach Collection of SkullsKreuzbergring 36, 37075 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-7000 www.uni-goettingen.de/blumenbach-collectionmschult1@gwdg.de

Collection on the History of ObstetricsHumboldtallee 36, 37073 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-9007, -9006www.uni-goettingen.de/obstetrics-collectionkdrost@gwdg.de

Collection of Medical MoulagesHumboldtallee 36, 37073 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-9007, -9006www.uni-goettingen.de/moulages-collectionkdrost@gwdg.de

The Heinz Kirchhoff Collection –Symbols of FemininityRobert-Koch-Straße 40, 37075 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-22093www.kirchhoff-sammlung.deinfo@kirchhoff-sammlung.de

Human Embryology DocumentationCollection (Blechschmidt Collection)Kreuzbergring 36, 37075 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-7032www.uni-goettingen.de/human-embryology-collectionjmaenne@gwdg.de

Legal Medicine CollectionRobert-Koch-Str. 40, 37075 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-4910www.uni-goettingen.de/legal-medicinegrellner@med.uni-goettingen.de

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CONSULTATION, COORDINATION, ...

Alumni Göttingen Wilhelmsplatz 2, 37073 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-5380alumni@uni-goettingen.de www.uni-goettingen.de/alumni

Central Office for Languages and Key QualificationsGoßlerstr. 10, 37073 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-5484zess-sek@gwdg.dewww.zess.uni-goettingen.de

Children’s University GöttingenInstitute of EducationWilhelmsplatz 1, 37073 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-793454 brammer@kinder-uni.uni-goettingen.dewww.kinder-uni.uni-goettingen.de

Equal Opportunities OfficeGoßlerstr. 9, 37073 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-22100 doris.hayn@zvw.uni-goettingen.de www.uni-goettingen.de/equal-opportunities-office

Fundraising & DevelopmentNikolausberger Weg 17, 37073 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-13277universitaetsfoerderung@uni-goettingen.dewww.uni-goettingen.de/universitaetsfoerderung

Göttingen International Von-Siebold-Str. 2, 37075 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-21328 international@uni-goettingen.de www.uni-goettingen.de/international_office

Office of Student Affairs integrating Central Student Advisory Office,Registrar’s Office and Career Service Wilhelmsplatz 4, 37073 GöttingenTel.: +49 551-113studienzentrale@uni-goettingen.dewww.studienzentrale.uni-goettingen.de

Public RelationsWilhelmsplatz 1, 37073 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-4342pressestelle@uni-goettingen.dewww.uni-goettingen.de/pressestelle

Student Council (AStA)Goßlerstr. 16a, 37073 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-4564info@asta.uni-goettingen.dewww.asta.uni-goettingen.de

The Senior Citizens’ UniversityWaldweg 26, 37073 GöttingenTel.: 0170 / 5867574www.uni-goettingen.de/udl

Universitätsbund Göttingen e.V.Papendiek 16, 37073 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 20462unibund@gwdg.dewww.unibund.gwdg.de

University Sports CentreSprangerweg 2, 37075 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-5652zhs@sport.uni-goettingen.dewww.hochschulsport.uni-goettingen.de

Welcome CentreVon-Siebold-Str. 2, 37075 GöttingenTel.: +49 551 39-21352 welcome@uni-goettingen.dewww.uni-goettingen.de/welcome

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Facts and figures

Student numbers (2014)Total number of students: 27,566� Female students: 13,995� First-term students (winter and

summer semester): 5,193� Students from abroad: 3,380

Graduations / Doctorates conferred (2014)Total number of graduates: 4,287� Female graduates: 2,325Total number of doctorates conferred: 751� Doctorates conferred on women: 372

Staff numbers (2014)Total staff and student assistants: 15,245 � employed at the University: 7,533� at the University Medical Centre: 7,712

Academic staff (including professors): 4,344� employed at the University: 2,574� at the University Medical Centre: 1,770

Funding (2013) (in million euros)Total funding: 1,085.2� University: 457.4� University Medical Centre: 627.7

State subsidies from Lower Saxony: 344.2� University: 213.7� University Medical Centre: 130.5

Special funds: 53.9� University: 38.4� University Medical Centre: 15.4

Third-party funding: 149.2� University: 95.9� University Medical Centre: 53.4

Tuition and semester fees and fees for prolonged studies: 18.5� University: 16.5� University Medical Centre: 1.9

GENERAL INFORMATION

www.uni-goettingen.de/en/facts-and-figures/24499.html

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The President of the Georg-August-Universität

Editorial OfficePublic Relations

Wilhelmsplatz 1, 37073 Göttingenpressestelle@uni-goettingen.de

English TranslationVictoria Viebahn

ImagesPeter Heller, Frank Stefan Kimmel,

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