University of Münster

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University of Münster
Westphalian Wilhelms-University (WWU)
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The Schloss: the centre of administration and the symbol of the university.

Established	April 16, 1780
Type:	Public university
Chancellor:	Dr. Stefan Schwartze
Rector:	Prof. Dr. Ursula Nelles
Staff:	13,000 (2004)
Students:	40,000 (2004)
Location:	Image:Flag of Germany.svg Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Campus:	Urban, 285 buildings (2003), yearly expenses ~ 1 Billion US-Dollar
Website:	http://www.uni-muenster.de/en/

The University of Münster (German Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, WWU) is a public university located in the city of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. The WWU is part of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, a society of Germany's leading research universities. The WWU has also been successful in the German "Excellence Initiative".

The WWU is the leading university in Germany in terms of CEO alumni in Top500 companies^[1].

With more than 40,000 students and over 130 fields of study it is Germany's third largest university and one of the foremost centers of German intellectual life. The university offers a wide range of units (e.g. Business, Geography, IT, Mathematics and many more) and several courses in English (e.g. PhD/Doctorate, Masters in Geoinformatics, Geospational Technologies or Information Systems).

The university is associated with nine Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize (most prestigious as well as most-funding price in Europe), two Nobel prize (one former student and one professor) and one Fields Medal winners as professors and many more from former students.

1 History
2 Organization
3 Student life
4 Notable alumni
5 See also
6 External links
7 Sources

History

The University has its roots in the Jesuiten-Kolleg Münster, which was founded in 1588. But today's University of Münster was founded in 1780 with four faculties: Law, Health Science (Medicine), Philosophy and Theology. The ceremony of constitution was performed by Franz Freiherr von Fürstenberg. In 1805 the university was extended to the Prussian University of Westphalia. It got its current name from Emperor Wilhelm II in 1907: Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität (WWU).

Organization

Faculty of Protestant Theology
Faculty of Catholic Theology
Faculty of Law

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The Centre for Medical Research at the university

Faculty of Economics (Muenster School of Business Administration and Economics)
Faculty of Health Science (Medicine and Dental Medicine)
Faculty of Philosophy
- Faculty of Educational and Social Science
- Faculty of Psychology and Sport Science
- Faculty of History/Philosophy
- Faculty of Philology
Faculty of Natural Science and Mathematics
- Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
- Faculty of Physics
- Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy
- Faculty of Biology
- Faculty of Earth Science
Faculty of Music (Muenster School of Music)

Student life

The University of Münster offers a very active student life. Student organisations such as AIESEC, AEGEE, MOVE, MTP and many more are well represented and usually have a high number of members. A wide range of language courses is also offered (UNIcert). The city of Münster itself has a very active night life with over 1.000 bars, discotheques and clubs and the city of the Peace of Westphalia also has - of course - a very rich cultural life.

Notable alumni

Students

Wolfgang Clement, Politician
Gabriele Behler, Politician
Johannes Georg Bednorz, Nobel Prize winner (1987)
Andreas Raymond Dombret, Münster School of Business Administration and Economics, Vice-Chairman Europe Bank of America, Director Germany, Austria, Swiss
Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Ewers, Economist
Prof. Dr. Gerd Faltings, Mathematician, Fields Medal
Prof. Dr. Dieter Fenske, Chemist
Birgit Fischer, Politician
Erich Gutenberg, Economist, Inventor of Business Administration and Management in Germany
Wolf-Michael Catenhusen, Politician
Kai Diekmann, Chief Editor of "Bild", Europe's largest newspaper (3.5 million copies)
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Kaspar Elm, Historian
Prof Dr. Hans-Jürgen Ewers, President of the TU Berlin
Dr. August Hanning, President of the Bundesnachrichtendienst
Dr. Dr. Gustav Heinemann, Politician, former president of the Federal Republic of Germany
Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Franz Kardinal Hengsbach (1910-1991), former Bishop of Essen
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Friedrich Hirzebruch, Mathematician
Jens Lehmann, footballer (goal keeper) of the German Football Team
Ursula von der Leyen, Doctor, Politician in the Deutsche Bundestag
Niklas Luhmann, Sociologist
Frank Mattern, Münster School of Business Administration and Economics, Director Germany McKinsey
Dr. Thomas Middelhoff, Board of Directors Bertelsmann
Prof. Dr. Georg Milbradt, Minister-President of Saxony
Walter Momper, Politician
Ruprecht Polenz, Politician
Prof. Dr. Dr. Gerhard Roth, Neurobiology
Dr. Winfried Scharlau, Journalist
Dr. Kurt Schumacher, Politician
Dr. h.c. Rudolf Seiters, Politician
Prof. Dr. Hans-Werner Sinn, student, President of the leading Institution for Economic Research (Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung, IFO).
Burkhard Spinnen, Author
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Karl Stein, Mathematician
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c.mult. Hans Tietmeyer, Economist
Dr. Berthold Tillmann, Politician
Klaus Töpfer, UNO-Commissar
Ernst Tugendhat, Philosopher
Prof. Dr. Karl Weierstrass, Mathematician
Harald Weinrich, Classical Scholar
Arthur Wieferich, Mathematician
Heinrich August Winkler, Historian
Dr. Klaus Zumwinkel, former Board of Directors Deutsche Post World Net

University lecturer

Pope Benedict XVI: Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. Joseph Kardinal Ratzinger
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Metzger, Psychologist
Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Ackermann, Mathematician
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Klaus Backhaus, Marketing
Prof. Dr. Karl Barth, Theologian
Prof. Dr. Heinrich Behnke, Mathematician
Prof. Dr. Hans Blumenberg, (1920-1996) Philosopher
Prof. Dr. Max Dehn, (1878-1952) Mathematician
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Domagk, Nobel Prize in Medicine (1939)
Prof. Dr. Heinz Gollwitzer, (1917-1999) Historian
Prof. Dr. Klaus Hildebrand, Historian
Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Killing, (1847-1923) Mathematician
Prof. Dr. Frido Mann, Psychologist and Writer, Grandson of Thomas Mann
Prof. Dr. Willi Marxsen (1919-1993), Protestant Theologian (New Testament studies), inventor of so-called Redaktionsgeschichte
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Heribert Meffert, Inventor of Marketing in Germany
Prof. Dr. Alfred Müller-Armack (1901-1978), Economist, Inventor of the Social Market Economy
Prof. Dr. Paul Kirchhof, Jurist
Prof. Dr. Dr. Johann Baptist Metz, Theologian
Prof. Dr. Friedrich Münzer, Classical Scholar
Prof. Dr. Josef Pieper (1904-1997), Philosopher
Prof. Dr. Karl Rahner (1904-1984), Theologian
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Rensch (1900-1990), Biologist
Prof. Dr. Helmut Schelsky (1912-1984), Sociologist
Prof. Dr. Heinrich Scholz, Co-Founder of Logic and Mathematics, first Institute
Prof. Dr. Song Du-yul, Philosopher, former prisoner under South Korea's National Security Act
Prof. Dr. Ulrich van Suntum, Economist, former member of the German Council of Economic Advisers
Prof. Dr. Hans Wehr (1909-1981), Islam Scientist and Author of the leading Arabian-English dictionary (also used for Wikipedia guidelines).

Honorary Doctor

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Jan Assmann (D. theol. h.c. Faculty of Proestant Theology (1998))
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Arnold L. Demain, Biotechnology (2003 Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Science and Mathematics)
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde, Judge, Bundesverfassungsgericht (2001 Faculty of Law)
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. David A. O. Edward, Judge (2001 Faculty of Law)
Prof. Dr. h.c. Gilberto Freyre Ph. D.
Dr. h.c. Mikhail Gorbachev
Dr. h.c. Manfred Gotthardt (2003 Faculty of Health Science (Medicine))
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Tomas Hammar, Political Scientist (2002 Faculty of Philosophie)
Dr. h.c. Wim Kok, Prime Minister (Netherlands) (2003 Faculty of Philosophie)
Dr. h.c. Hanna-Renate Laurien, Theologian (1996 Faculty of Catholic Theology)
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Robert Leicht, Reporter (2003 Faculty of Protestant Theology)
Dr. h.c. Reinhard Mohn, Director Bertelsmann (2001 Faculty of Economics (Münster School of Business Administration and Economics))
Dr. h.c. Rupert Neudeck
Dr. h.c. Jean-Claude Juncker, Prime Minister (Luxembourg)
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hubert Schmidbaur, Chemist (2005 Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Faculty of Natural Science and Mathematics)
Dr. h.c. Erich Schumann, Jurist (2002 Faculty of Law)
Dr. h.c. Wolfgang Thierse, Politician
Dr. h.c. Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama (2007 Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy)