university of rostock

colspan="2" align=center bgcolor="#336699" \| University of Rostock
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olspan="2" align=center bgcolor="#336699" \| Data
gcolor="#888888" \| Motto	bgcolor="#efefef" \| Doctrina Multiplex - Veritas Una "many teachings - one truth"
gcolor="#888888" \| Established	bgcolor="#efefef" \| 1419
gcolor="#888888" \| Latin	bgcolor="#efefef" \| Alma Mater Rostochiensis
gcolor="#888888" \| German	bgcolor="#efefef" \| Universitt Rostock
gcolor="#888888" \| Location	bgcolor="#efefef" \| Rostock, Germany
gcolor="#888888" \| Enrollment	bgcolor="#efefef" \| circa 17,500
gcolor="#888888" \| Campus	bgcolor="#efefef" \| buildings dispersed in town
gcolor="#888888" \| Type	bgcolor="#efefef" \| state university
gcolor="#888888" \| Rector	bgcolor="#efefef" \| Prof. Dr. Hans Jrgen Wendel
gcolor="#888888" \| Homepage	bgcolor="#efefef" \| http://www.uni-rostock.de
gcolor="#888888" \| Member of	bgcolor="#efefef" \| EUA
olspan="2" align=center bgcolor="#336699" \| Map
olspan="2" align=center \| Rostock in Germany

The University of Rostock (German: Universitt Rostock) is a university in northern Germany, located in the city of Rostock in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

Organisation

It is divided into the following eight faculties:

evangelical theology
philosophy (and arts)
natural sciences and mathematics
jurisprudence
engineering
argriculture and environmental studies
medicine
state/political and social sciences

History

It was founded in 1419 by confirmation of pope Martin V. and thus is the oldest university in Northern Europe. Over the centuries numerous of notable students and professors have had ties with the university, such as the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe. The University of Rostock is one of two universities in German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the other being the Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald.

Partner Universities

The university has signed treaties with the following universities (usually for a certain discipline, sometimes for all courses of study): European Union

other

Research

The university is research partner of several independent local institutes, including:

Max Planck Institute of Demographics
Institute for Baltic Sea Research
Leibniz Institute for Organic Catalysis
Fraunhofer Society Institute for Graphic Data Processing
Institute for Athmospheric Physics
Institute for Business and Social Ethics