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Philipps-Universität Marburg

No: 145008-TEMPUS-2008-DE-JPGR Coordination meeting in Maribor 15.04. – 18.04. 2009.

Located in the federal state of Hessen More than 1,000 years of history

Marburg – idyllic University town

„Other Towns have a University, Marburg is one….“

• Approx. 19.000 Students
• 12 – 14% International Students
• 3.400 staff members
• 2.000 academics
• Founded in1527
• 80,000 habitants

„Old town“ Marburg

Philipps-Universität Marburg – between tradition and the modern

Die Philipps-Universität Marburg Wide range of disciplines

Philipps-Universität Marburg

Presidential Board Senate Administration

Expanded Presidential Board

advice support

FACULTIES

FB01: Faculty of Law FB02: Faculty of Business Administration and Economics FB03: Faculty of Social Science and Philosophy FB04: Faculty of Psychology FB05: Faculty of Protestant Theology

• FB06. Faculty of History and Cultural Studies

FB09: Faculty of German Studies and History of the Arts FB10: Faculty of Foreign Languages and Cultures FB12: Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science FB13: Faculty of Physics FB15: Faculty of Chemistry FB16: Faculty of Pharmacy FB17: Faculty of Biology FB19: Faculty of Geography FB20: Faculty of Medicine FB21: Faculty of Education

Interdisciplinary Research Centers e.g

• Centre for Near and Middle Eastern Studies

(CNMS)

• Japan- Centre
• Centre for Material Studies (WZMW)
• Centre for Conflict Studies
• Centre for Teacher Training
• Marburg University Research Academy

(MARA)

• Gradruate Centre f. Humanities and

Social Science

• Centre for the history of the Arts – Bildarchiv

Foto Marburg

• German Linguistic Atlas

Services Centres e.g.

• University Library
• IT Centre
• University Sports
• Language Centre
• Teaching Network
• Studienkolleg Mittelhessen
• Transfer Centre Mittelhessen
• Welcome Centre for Academics

from abroad

• Family Welcome Centre
• Central Student Information

Positive rankings in different fields

• Chemistry
• Physics
• Psychology
• Economics

International orientation

Top Research fields at the Philipps-Universität – international & interdisciplinary

• Research is focused on:

– Material- and Nano-studies – Life Sciences – Peace and conflict – Natural sciences

• Top Research in special Research Centres:

– Centre for Near and Middle East Studies (CNMS) – German linguistic Atlas

Graduate Programmes: Qualification of young academics

• 10 different graduate schools

– International DFG Graduateschool – Max-Planck-Research-School: Koop. between Philipps-Universität and the Max-Planck-Institute for Microbiology

• MARA (Marburg University Research

Academy): structured support of graduates from the Phd to the Postdoc

• Own scholarships and prices

Social Counselling for Students & academics from abroad

• Different Orientationprogrammes
• ZAS – StudiFon
• Welcome Center international

academics

Special counselling for exchange Students

1. Support with the application 2. Accomodation 3. Orientationprogramme: – Get to know the town – To open a banc account – Health insurance – Formalities with the aliens office – Get to know contact persons in the faculties

Culture in Marburg

• Singing in the Studenten-Sinfonie-
• rchester or in the Students-Bigband

Marburg

• Singing in the uniCHOR
• Botanical Garden
• studentische Theatergroups
• 4 Theater
• 5 University museum, Halls of Art,
• To learn languages in the language

Centre

Sports and Fun

• Centre for

university sports

• Boathouse on the

Eder Lake

Additional Information

• Homepage der Universität: http://www.uni-marburg.de/
• Studienangebot: http://www.uni-

marburg.de/studium/studgang/studienfaecher/studiengangsliste

„I am indebted to Marburg on the Lahn for at least half of my hopes and maybe even for my entire way of thinking“, wrote Ortega y Gasset about his student times at Philipps-Universität

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