The University of Cologne ( German Universität zu Köln ) is one of the institutions of higher education in Cologne , which has existed since 1388 . Cologne University ranks third among German universities by the number of students (after Munich and Hagen ).
| Cologne University ( Uni Köln ) | |
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| Universität zu Köln | |
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| International title | University of cologne |
| Year of foundation | 1388/1919 (closed from 1798 to 1919) |
| Type of | State |
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| Students | 45 606 (winter 2012/13) [1] |
| Doctorate | 690 [1] |
| Location | Koln |
| Legal address | Albertus-Magnus-Platz, 50923 Köln |
| Site | uni-koeln.de |
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History
Old University
The University of Cologne was founded on May 21, 1388 and became the fourth highest school of the Holy Roman Empire after Charles University in Prague, Vienna and Heidelberg universities . The foundation certificate was signed by Urban VI in Perugia . Already in January 1389, lectures began for the first seven hundred students.
On April 28, 1798, the University of Cologne was closed after the rector Ferdinand Franz Walraf and all the professors refused to take the oath to the First French Republic , explaining that by the need to preserve the independence of the university. However, in 1799, Walraf swore allegiance to France and was appointed teacher of the so-called "Central School", the successor of the closed university. In this post, he managed to hide from the French and thus save many works of art. Most of his collection is in the Wallraf-Richartz Museum [2] .
New University
Throughout the XIX century, attempts to restore a closed university were unsuccessful. On May 29, 1919, the burgomaster of Cologne, Konrad Adenauer, signed a decree on the opening of a new university. In October 1929, construction began on the main building on Albert the Great Square.
University today
Organization
The university consists of six faculties:
- Economics and Sociology
- The medicine
- Right
- Philosophy
- Mathematics and science
- Humanitarian sciences
In 2005, more than five thousand foreign students studied at the university (about 11%). Most of the visiting students ( German Bildungsausländer - a person who has received a diploma from Germany) come from Eastern Europe, Russia and China:
- Bulgaria
- Russia
- Poland
- China
- Ukraine
University expenses amounted to more than 357 million euros in 2007. [one]
Personalities
Famous teachers
- Alder, Kurt - winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1950
- Grunberg, Peter - Nobel Prize winner in physics in 2007
- Scheler, Max
- Kelsen, Hans
- Cossack, Wolfgang
- Gracie, Ortwin
- Plesner, Helmut
- Untermann, Jürgen
- Kordt, Erich
- Goldberg, Albert
- Weber, Axel
Famous Alumni
- Ahterfeld, Johann Heinrich
- Grunberg, Peter
- Fritz Schramm - Mayor of Cologne
- Karolos Papoulias - Greek President [3]
- Heinrich Theodor Boll
- Celtic, Conrad
- Anna Seghers
- Johann Eck
- Stackelberg, Heinrich von
- Konze, Edward
- Padilla Galves, Jesus
- Haspelmat, Martin
- Ewald, Reinhold
See also
- Cologne High School of Music
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 http://verwaltung.uni-koeln.de/stabsstelle01/content/statistik/zahlen_daten_fakten/e637/Facts_and_Figures_2008.pdf (not available link)
- В Wallraf-Richartz Museum Cologne
- ↑ Presidency of the Hellenic Republic (Inaccessible link) . Circulation date August 2, 2009. Archived December 27, 2009.
Literature
- Erich Meuthen: Kölner Universitätsgeschichte, Band I: Die alte Universität . 1988. ISBN 3-412-06287-1 .
- Bernd Heimbüchel und Klaus Pabst: Kölner Universitätsgeschichte, Band II: Das 19. und 20. Jahrhundert . 1988. ISBN 3-412-01588-1 .
- Erich Meuthen (Hrsg.): Kölner Universitätsgeschichte, Band III: Die neue Universität - Daten und Fakten . 1988. ISBN 3-412-01688-8 .
- Ernst Heinen: Bildnerhochschule und Wissenschaftsanspruch. Lehrerbildung in Köln 1946-1965 (Studien zur Geschichte der Universität zu Köln Band 16) . Böhlau Verlag, Köln, Weimar, Vienna 2003. Rezension von Leo Haupts. In: Geschichte in Köln. Zeitschrift für Stadt- und Regionalgeschichte . Band 53. Dezember 2006. S. 212-214: Buchbesprechungen .
Links
- http://www.uni-koeln.de/ (German)
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