University of Lübeck

University of Lübeck
Universität zu Lübeck
Seal of the University of Lübeck
Latin: Universitas Lubecensis
Motto Im Focus das Leben (German)
Motto in English
 Focus on Life
Type Public
Established 1964
Budget € 113.3 million[1]
President Hendrik Lehnert[2]
Academic staff
 2,154[1]
Administrative staff
 310[1]
Students 4,341 WS 2016/17[3]
Location Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Colors Ocean green and White         [4]
Website www.uni-luebeck.de

The University of Lübeck is a research university in Lübeck, Northern Germany which focuses almost entirely on medicine and sciences with applications in medicine. In 2006, 2009 and 2016, the University of Lübeck was ranked No. 1 in medicine among all universities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland according to the CHE Hochschulranking.[5] In Computer Science and Molecular Life Science, the University was ranked No. 2 in the 2009 evaluation.

General

The university has a Faculty of Medicine and a Faculty of Technology and Natural Sciences. It offers professional degrees and doctoral degrees (in particular, but not only, Dr.med.) in medicine and Bachelor, Master and doctoral degrees in science and engineering disciplines with applications to medicine. Further, in winter semester 2007/2008, the PhD programme "Computing in Medicine and Life Sciences" was introduced with the establishment of the Graduate School for Computing in Medicine and Life Sciences at the university.

Currently, the university has around 3,500 students, 160 Professors and 100 lecturers. In 2003 the affiliated teaching hospital of the University of Lübeck was merged with that of the University of Kiel into the university teaching hospital of Schleswig-Holstein, thus making the 2nd largest one in Germany. With a total number of staff over 5,300, the University of Lübeck and its teaching hospital belong to the largest employer in the region of Lübeck.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Universitätskennzahlen 2016" (PDF). University of Lübeck (in German). Retrieved 2017-06-14.
  2. ↑ "University of Lübeck Council". University of Lübeck. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Jahresbilanz 2016" (PDF). University of Lübeck. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Handbuch Corporate Design" (PDF). University of Lübeck. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  5. ↑ CHE Hochschulranking


Coordinates: 53°50′13″N 10°42′21″E / 53.83694°N 10.70583°E / 53.83694; 10.70583

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