Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich

The Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich (German Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, LMU) is with approximately 44,000 students the largest university in Germany (second is the University of Cologne) and generally considered one of the best universities of Germany. It is a member of the League of European Research Universities.

The current Rector of the University is Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Bernd Huber.

Munich's other major university is the Technical University of Munich.

History

The university originally existed as the University of Ingolstadt from 1472 (foundation right of Louis IX the Rich) to 1802 in Ingolstadt and was then moved to Landshut by Maximilian IV Joseph (the later Maximilian king of Bavaria). After a short time it was moved to the capital of Bavaria, Munich, in the year 1826, by Louis I. It is named after Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria and Maximilian I, King of Bavaria.

During 1943 the White Rose group of anti-Nazi students conducted their campaign of opposition to Hitler at this university. Pope Benedict XVI studied at the Ducal Georgianum of the university, and later wrote his doctoral thesis and Habilitation there.

Faculties

The University currently consists of 18 faculties:

Faculty of Roman Catholic Theology
Faculty of Protestant Theology
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Business Administration
Faculty of Economics
Faculty of Medicine
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Faculty for History and the Arts
Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Religious Science
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences
Faculty for the Study of Culture
Faculty for Languages and Literatures
Faculty of Social Sciences
Faculty of Mathematics, Computer Sciences and Statistics
Faculty of Physics
Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Faculty of Biology
Faculty of Geosciences

Notable alumni

Nobel laureates

Adolf von Baeyer, (Chemistry 1909)
Bert Sakmann, (Physiology or Medicine 1991)
Eduard Buchner, (Chemistry 1907)
Ernst Otto Fischer, (Chemistry 1973)
Feodor Lynen, (Physiology or Medicine 1964)
Gerd Binnig, (Physics 1986)
Günter Blobel, (Physiology or Medicine 1999)
Gustav Hertz, (Physics 1926)
Hans Adolf Krebs, (Physiology or Medicine 1953)
Hans Bethe, (Physics 1967)
Hans Fischer, (Chemistry 1930)
Heinrich Wieland, (Chemistry 1927)
Johannes Stark, (Physics 1919)
Karl von Frisch, (Physiology or Medicine 1973)
Konrad Emil Bloch, (Physiology or Medicine 1964)
Max Planck, (Physics 1918)
Max von Laue, (Physics 1914)
Otto Loewi, (Physiology or Medicine 1936)
Peter Debye, (Chemistry 1936)
Richard Kuhn, (Chemistry 1938)
Richard Willstätter, (Chemistry 1915)
Theodor W. Hänsch, (Physics 2005)
Werner Heisenberg, (Physics 1932)
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, (Physics 1901)
Wilhelm Wien, (Physics 1911)
Wolfgang Ketterle, (Physics 2001)
Wolfgang Pauli, (Physics 1945)

Politicians and public figures

Valdas Adamkus, President of Lithuania (1998-2003, 2004-)
Konrad Adenauer, Chancellor of Germany (1949-1963)
Karl Carstens, President of Germany (1979-1984)
Gustav Heinemann, President of Germany (1969-1974)
Roman Herzog, President of Germany (1994-1999)
Theodor Heuss, President of Germany (1949-1959)
Manfred Wörner, Secretary General of NATO (1988-1994)
Pope Benedict XVI
Allama Muhammad Iqbal, poet and philosopher.
Sophie Scholl, anti-Nazi resistance activist

External link

University of Munich Website

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