University of Erfurt
The
University of Erfurt is one of the oldest universities in
Germany.
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | University of Erfurt | | President: | bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Year founded: | 1392 (refounded 1994) | bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Town, State: | Erfurt, (Thuringia) | bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | No. of courses: | 30> bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | No. of faculties: | bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Matriculated students: | 4,003 (winter term 2004/2005) | bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Proportion of women: | 70%> bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Staff: | 528> bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Of whom
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| Address: | Nordhäuser Str. 63
99089 Erfurt | bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Website: | www.uni-erfurt.de | |
The University of Erfurt was founded in
1392 as the third university in the territory which is now
Germany; for some time it was the largest university in the country. When the town of Erfurt became part of
Prussia in
1816 the university was closed.
In December
1993 the
Thuringian state parliament voted to reestablish the university, at the same time as dissolving the nearby
Suhl university which had been opened only in
1985. The university was officially refounded on
january 1 1994. Lectures began in the winter term from
1999 to
2000. Shortly afterwards, the
rector who had overseen the founding,
Peter Glotz, a politician in the
SPD party, left the university. The position was taken over by Wolfgang Bergsdorf, a friend of
Bernhard Vogel, Thuringia's
Minister-president.
In
2001, the Erfurt University of Pedagogy (
Pädagogische Hochschule Erfurt) became part of the university. This had been founded in
1969 and had trained teachers since
1990.
On
January 1 2003 a fourth faculty was added to the university in the form of the Catholic Theological Faculty, previously the Erfurt Philosophical and Theological Centre,
Philosophisch-Theologisches Studium Erfurt.
In
2003 a chronic lack of financing meant that there were many redundancies and that vacancies were left unfilled: this led to student protests all over Thuringia. The university management and committees were reformed and the situation was stabilised.
Institutions of particular note are the Max Weber College for Cultural and Social Sciences and the Erfurt School of Public Policy (ESPP), which is partly financed by tuition fees. The Erfurt-Gotha Research Library houses the famous
Amploniana collection of scripts from the
Middle Ages.
The University of Erfurt is thought of as a reformist university.
Martin Luther once attended it in 1502, receiving his bachelor's degree. Its main focuses are multidisciplinarity, internationality and a strong
mentoring system. All new courses lead to a modern
Bachelor of Arts or
Master's degree rather than the traditional German
Diplom. This makes Erfurt one of the first German universities to completely implement the
Bologna process.
An especially important faculty is that of
Staatswissenschaften (Government Studies), the only one in Germany to offer integrated courses in
economics,
social sciences and
law.
Diplom courses
*Catholic Theology
*Pedagogy
(now closed)B.A. and Masters courses
*Science of history
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Communication studies*
Literature*
Philosophy*
Religious studies*
Linguistics*
English language and
literature*
German language and
literature*
French language and
literature*
Slavic languages and literature
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Law*
Social Sciences*
Economics*Master of Public Policy
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Pedagogy*
Psychology of
teaching and training
*Movement pedagogy
*Evangelic religious studies
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Art*
Mathematics for primary and secondary school teachers
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Music teaching
*Pedagogy of childhood
*Catholic religious studies
*Education management
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Psychology *
Primary school teaching
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Secondary school teaching for the
RegelschuleIn the summer semester of
2003, a project group was formed at the university to take part in the
Model United Nations (MUN) in
New York City in April
2004.
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Martin Luther *
Ulrich von Hutten*
List of universities in Germany*
Education in Germany*
Official website*
Official website of the MUN project
