The Rostock Matrikelportal (
matriculation
Matriculation is the formal process of entering a university, or of becoming eligible to enter by fulfilling certain academic requirements such as a matriculation examination.
Australia
In Australia, the term "matriculation" is seldom used now ...
portal) disseminates about 186,000 individual-level datasets drawn from the student registers of the
University of Rostock
The University of Rostock (german: link=no, Universität Rostock) is a public university located in Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Founded in 1419, it is the third-oldest university in Germany. It is the oldest university in continen ...
from its establishment in 1419 to today. Each entry is faithfully transcribed and linked with a digitized image of a student's original, partly handwritten register entry. Users may search and comment on individual entries thus expanding the information on single students. Places of origin are
geo-tagged and displayed on interactive maps. Additional links refer to professors that were active at the time of matriculation (see:
Catalogus Professorum Rostochiensium
The Catalogus Professorum Rostochiensium (CPR) is a freely accessible online catalogue of all professors at the University of Rostock from 1419 to the present. Each entry documents a professor's biographical data and scientific achievements and i ...
) and lectures held.
Integrated Authority File
The (translated as ''Integrated Authority File'', also known as the ''Universal Authority File'') or GND is an international authority file for the organisation of personal names, subject headings and corporate bodies from catalogues. It is u ...
s (GNDs) identify notable students and interlink them with further personal data web portals and platforms on the Internet.
Main page of the Rostock Matrikelportal
accessed on April, 12th, 2014
References
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University of Rostock
History of universities
2008 establishments in Germany
Online person databases