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Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel | |
Latin: Academia Holsatorum Chiloniensis sive Christiana Albertina | |
Motto | Pax optima rerum |
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Motto in English | Peace is the greatest good |
Type | Public |
Established | 1665 |
Budget | € 268.7 million (2021)
[1] Third-party funding: € 65 mio |
President | Simone Fulda |
Academic staff | 433 professors (2021) [1] |
Total staff | 3,681 (2021, not including UKSH) [1] |
Students | 27,455 (2021) [1] |
Location | , , Germany 54°20′20″N 10°7′21″E / 54.33889°N 10.12250°E |
Campus | Urban |
Colors | Purple and white |
Website | www.uni-kiel.de |
Kiel University, officially the Christian-Albrecht University of Kiel, (German: Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, abbreviated CAU, known informally as Christiana Albertina) is a public research university in the city of Kiel, Germany. It was founded in 1665 as the Academia Holsatorum Chiloniensis by Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp and has approximately 27,000 students today. It is the largest, oldest, and most prestigious university in the state of Schleswig-Holstein.
Until 1866, it was not only the northernmost university in Germany but at the same time the 2nd largest university of Denmark. Faculty, alumni, and researchers of Kiel University have won 12 Nobel Prizes. Kiel University has been a member of the German Universities Excellence Initiative since 2006. The Cluster of Excellence The Future Ocean, which was established in cooperation with the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel in 2006, is internationally recognized. The second Cluster of Excellence "Inflammation at Interfaces" deals with chronic inflammatory diseases. The Kiel Institute for the World Economy is also affiliated with Kiel University. The university has a great reputation for its focus on public international law. The oldest public international law institution in Germany and Europe – the Walther Schuecking Institute for International Law – is based in Kiel. [2]
Kiel University was founded under the name Christiana Albertina on 5 October 1665 by Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp. The citizens of the city of Kiel were initially quite sceptical about the upcoming influx of students, thinking that these could be "quite a pest with their gluttony, heavy drinking and their questionable character" (German: mit Fressen, Sauffen und allerley leichtfertigem Wesen sehr ärgerlich seyn). But those in the city who envisioned economic advantages of a university in the city won, and Kiel thus became the northernmost university in the German Holy Roman Empire.
After 1773, when Kiel had come under Danish rule, the university began to thrive, and when Kiel became part of Prussia in the year 1867, the university grew rapidly in size. The university opened one of the first botanical gardens in Germany (now the Alter Botanischer Garten Kiel), and Martin Gropius designed many of the new buildings needed to teach the growing number of students.
The Christiana Albertina was one of the first German universities to obey the Gleichschaltung in 1933 and agreed to remove many professors and students from the school, for instance Ferdinand Tönnies or Felix Jacoby. During World War II, Kiel University suffered heavy damage, therefore it was later rebuilt at a different location with only a few of the older buildings housing the medical school.
In 2019, it was announced it has banned full-face coverings in classrooms, citing the need for open communication that includes facial expressions and gestures. [3] [4]
Christian-Albrechts-Universität currently consists of the following eight faculties: [5]
Laureate | born | deceased | CAU period | CAU function | Nobel Prize |
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Theodor Mommsen | 1817 Garding | 1903 Charlottenburg | 1838–1844 | Law student, Dr. jur. | Literature, 1902 |
Philipp Lenard | 1862 Bratislava | 1947 Messelhausen | 1898–1907 | Ordinarius, Physics | Physics, 1905 |
Eduard Buchner | 1860 Munich | 1917 Focsani | 1893–1896 | Privatdozent, Biochemistry | Chemistry, 1907 |
Max Planck | 1858 Kiel | 1947 Göttingen | 1885–1889 | associate professor, theoretical physics | Physics, 1918 |
Otto Meyerhof | 1884 Hannover | 1951 Philadelphia | 1912–1924 | Postdoc, a.o. Prof., Physiology | Medicine 1⁄2, 1922 |
Gerhard Domagk | 1895 Lagow | 1964 Burgberg | 1914–1921 | Study of medicine with degree in Kiel [8] | Medicine, 1939 |
Walter Rudolf Hess | 1881 Frauenfeld, CH | 1973 Muralto, CH | Student of Medicine [9] | Medicine, 1949 | |
Otto Diels | 1876 Hamburg | 1954 Kiel | 1916–1945 | Ordinarius, Organic Chemistry | Chemistry 1⁄2, 1950 |
Kurt Alder | 1902 Königshütte | 1958 Cologne | 1924–1936 | Associate Professor, Organic Chemistry | Chemistry 1⁄2, 1950 |
Wassily Leontief | 1905 Munich | 1999 New York, USA | 1927–1928 | Scientific Assistant, Economics | Economics, 1973 |
Wolfgang Paul | 1913 Lorenzkirch | 1993 Bonn | 1937–1942 | Scientific Assistant, Physics | Physics 1⁄3, 1989 |
Günter Blobel | 1936 Waltersdorf | 2018 New York, USA | Student of Medicine [10] | Medicine, 1999 |
University rankings | ||||||||||
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Overall – Global & National | ||||||||||
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Kiel University is recognized in several university ranking systems. According to the 2024 QS World University Rankings, the institution is globally positioned at 530 and holds the 33rd place nationally. [11] In the 2024 THE World University Rankings, it is placed within the 301–350 bracket worldwide and ranks between 32nd and 33rd nationally. [12] The ARWU World Rankings for 2023 presents the university within the global 201–300 range, while its national rank is within the 10th to 19th positions. [13]
CAU's most renowned award is the Holstein Study Award (Holsteiner Studienpreis), which is awarded to the university's top three students each year since 2001. [20] [21] The award's criteria include extraordinary academic achievements, a broad intellectual horizon and political or social involvement. [22] It is endowed with a prize money of €500 for the 2nd and 3rd prize and €1000 for the 1st prize. [23] The Holstein Study Award is funded by the association 'Iuventus Academiae Holsatorum'. The award's expert jury includes professors of various faculties and the prizes are awarded by the university's president or vice-president in a formal ceremony in the top floor of the skyscraper on campus. [24]
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Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel | |
Latin: Academia Holsatorum Chiloniensis sive Christiana Albertina | |
Motto | Pax optima rerum |
---|---|
Motto in English | Peace is the greatest good |
Type | Public |
Established | 1665 |
Budget | € 268.7 million (2021)
[1] Third-party funding: € 65 mio |
President | Simone Fulda |
Academic staff | 433 professors (2021) [1] |
Total staff | 3,681 (2021, not including UKSH) [1] |
Students | 27,455 (2021) [1] |
Location | , , Germany 54°20′20″N 10°7′21″E / 54.33889°N 10.12250°E |
Campus | Urban |
Colors | Purple and white |
Website | www.uni-kiel.de |
Kiel University, officially the Christian-Albrecht University of Kiel, (German: Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, abbreviated CAU, known informally as Christiana Albertina) is a public research university in the city of Kiel, Germany. It was founded in 1665 as the Academia Holsatorum Chiloniensis by Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp and has approximately 27,000 students today. It is the largest, oldest, and most prestigious university in the state of Schleswig-Holstein.
Until 1866, it was not only the northernmost university in Germany but at the same time the 2nd largest university of Denmark. Faculty, alumni, and researchers of Kiel University have won 12 Nobel Prizes. Kiel University has been a member of the German Universities Excellence Initiative since 2006. The Cluster of Excellence The Future Ocean, which was established in cooperation with the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel in 2006, is internationally recognized. The second Cluster of Excellence "Inflammation at Interfaces" deals with chronic inflammatory diseases. The Kiel Institute for the World Economy is also affiliated with Kiel University. The university has a great reputation for its focus on public international law. The oldest public international law institution in Germany and Europe – the Walther Schuecking Institute for International Law – is based in Kiel. [2]
Kiel University was founded under the name Christiana Albertina on 5 October 1665 by Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp. The citizens of the city of Kiel were initially quite sceptical about the upcoming influx of students, thinking that these could be "quite a pest with their gluttony, heavy drinking and their questionable character" (German: mit Fressen, Sauffen und allerley leichtfertigem Wesen sehr ärgerlich seyn). But those in the city who envisioned economic advantages of a university in the city won, and Kiel thus became the northernmost university in the German Holy Roman Empire.
After 1773, when Kiel had come under Danish rule, the university began to thrive, and when Kiel became part of Prussia in the year 1867, the university grew rapidly in size. The university opened one of the first botanical gardens in Germany (now the Alter Botanischer Garten Kiel), and Martin Gropius designed many of the new buildings needed to teach the growing number of students.
The Christiana Albertina was one of the first German universities to obey the Gleichschaltung in 1933 and agreed to remove many professors and students from the school, for instance Ferdinand Tönnies or Felix Jacoby. During World War II, Kiel University suffered heavy damage, therefore it was later rebuilt at a different location with only a few of the older buildings housing the medical school.
In 2019, it was announced it has banned full-face coverings in classrooms, citing the need for open communication that includes facial expressions and gestures. [3] [4]
Christian-Albrechts-Universität currently consists of the following eight faculties: [5]
Laureate | born | deceased | CAU period | CAU function | Nobel Prize |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Theodor Mommsen | 1817 Garding | 1903 Charlottenburg | 1838–1844 | Law student, Dr. jur. | Literature, 1902 |
Philipp Lenard | 1862 Bratislava | 1947 Messelhausen | 1898–1907 | Ordinarius, Physics | Physics, 1905 |
Eduard Buchner | 1860 Munich | 1917 Focsani | 1893–1896 | Privatdozent, Biochemistry | Chemistry, 1907 |
Max Planck | 1858 Kiel | 1947 Göttingen | 1885–1889 | associate professor, theoretical physics | Physics, 1918 |
Otto Meyerhof | 1884 Hannover | 1951 Philadelphia | 1912–1924 | Postdoc, a.o. Prof., Physiology | Medicine 1⁄2, 1922 |
Gerhard Domagk | 1895 Lagow | 1964 Burgberg | 1914–1921 | Study of medicine with degree in Kiel [8] | Medicine, 1939 |
Walter Rudolf Hess | 1881 Frauenfeld, CH | 1973 Muralto, CH | Student of Medicine [9] | Medicine, 1949 | |
Otto Diels | 1876 Hamburg | 1954 Kiel | 1916–1945 | Ordinarius, Organic Chemistry | Chemistry 1⁄2, 1950 |
Kurt Alder | 1902 Königshütte | 1958 Cologne | 1924–1936 | Associate Professor, Organic Chemistry | Chemistry 1⁄2, 1950 |
Wassily Leontief | 1905 Munich | 1999 New York, USA | 1927–1928 | Scientific Assistant, Economics | Economics, 1973 |
Wolfgang Paul | 1913 Lorenzkirch | 1993 Bonn | 1937–1942 | Scientific Assistant, Physics | Physics 1⁄3, 1989 |
Günter Blobel | 1936 Waltersdorf | 2018 New York, USA | Student of Medicine [10] | Medicine, 1999 |
University rankings | ||||||||||
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Overall – Global & National | ||||||||||
|
Kiel University is recognized in several university ranking systems. According to the 2024 QS World University Rankings, the institution is globally positioned at 530 and holds the 33rd place nationally. [11] In the 2024 THE World University Rankings, it is placed within the 301–350 bracket worldwide and ranks between 32nd and 33rd nationally. [12] The ARWU World Rankings for 2023 presents the university within the global 201–300 range, while its national rank is within the 10th to 19th positions. [13]
CAU's most renowned award is the Holstein Study Award (Holsteiner Studienpreis), which is awarded to the university's top three students each year since 2001. [20] [21] The award's criteria include extraordinary academic achievements, a broad intellectual horizon and political or social involvement. [22] It is endowed with a prize money of €500 for the 2nd and 3rd prize and €1000 for the 1st prize. [23] The Holstein Study Award is funded by the association 'Iuventus Academiae Holsatorum'. The award's expert jury includes professors of various faculties and the prizes are awarded by the university's president or vice-president in a formal ceremony in the top floor of the skyscraper on campus. [24]