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Ulm University () is a
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in Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The University was founded in 1967 and focuses on
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, medicine, engineering sciences, mathematics, economics and
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. With 9,891 students (summer semester 2018),Statistik 1: Gesamstatistik (Kopfstatistik)
Retrieved 19. November 2018
it is one of the youngest public universities in Germany. The campus of the university is located north of the city on a hill called ''Oberer Eselsberg'', while the
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has additional sites across the city.


History

The university is the youngest public university in the state of
Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million i ...
, which boasts several old, renowned universities in
Heidelberg Heidelberg (; ; ) is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, fifth-largest city in the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, and with a population of about 163,000, of which roughly a quarter consists of studen ...
(founded in 1386),
Freiburg Freiburg im Breisgau or simply Freiburg is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, fourth-largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart, Mannheim and Karlsruhe. Its built-up area has a population of abou ...
(1457) and
Tübingen Tübingen (; ) is a traditional college town, university city in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, and developed on both sides of the Neckar and Ammer (Neckar), Ammer rivers. about one in ...
(1477). The idea was to create a university with a new approach in both research and teaching. An important concept since the foundation of the university has always been to promote interdisciplinarity. In the decades following the foundation, the spectrum of subjects has steadily been extended, and the university has grown significantly. An important step in combining the strength of industrial and academic research was the realization of the idea of a
science park A science park (also called a "university research park", "technology park", "technopark", "technopolis", "technopole", or a "science and technology park" TP is defined as being a property-based development that accommodates and fosters ...
around the main university campus. Research centers of companies like Daimler,
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,
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and in the past also
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and
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, have been established at the site, in addition to institutes of the university focusing on applied research. Among other large research projects, the university features four
Collaborative Research Centers Collaborative Research Centres (CRC) or Sonderforschungsbereiche (SFB) are long-term basic research projects paid by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG). They can be extended to up to 12 years. In the CRC, scientists from several disciplin ...
(German: ''Sonderforschungsbereiche''), which are established on a competitive basis by the
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(''Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG''). Third-party funding of research reached 67.5 million
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s in 2009. In 1998, Ulm University introduced an International Masters program in English: M.Sc. in Communication Technology, which is the first of its kind in Germany. Since then, this program attracts students from different countries around the world. C-Tech Program has research collaboration with many renowned Universities around the world. It also offers other English programs, namely M.Sc. and PhD in molecular medicine, M.Sc. in advanced materials, M.Sc. in energy science and technology, M.Sc. in finance, M.Sc. in biology and M.Sc. in advanced oncology, the latter being an extra-occupational program. In 2003, the Ulm University was involved in founding a private university in Egypt, the German University in Cairo. Since 2007, the university has been participating in the
German Universities Excellence Initiative The Excellence Initiative of the German Council of Science and Humanities and the German Research Foundation (DFG) aims to promote cutting-edge research and to create outstanding conditions for young scholars at universities, to deepen coopera ...
with the newly founded International Graduate School in Molecular Medicine Ulm.


Name

As
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was born in Ulm in 1879, it was suggested repeatedly that the university be named after him. In November 2006, the senate of the university finally decided to rename the university. As this decision was however not confirmed by the Ministry of Science, Research and Arts of the State of Baden-Württemberg, the university was not renamed to Albert Einstein University of Ulm (German: ''Albert-Einstein-Universität Ulm'') as of July 2007, and stayed as Ulm University. However, the street on which the main buildings of the Ulm University are located, and thus the physical address of the university, was named "Albert-Einstein-Allee" in honor of Einstein.


Campus and facilities


Academy for Science, Industry and Technology

In 2008, the academy again expanded its course programme, including a newly added program entitled "Special Pain Therapy". This is an 80-hour course following the curriculum of the German Medical Association, which is taught in 14 themed blocks in four modules. Another new offer is a three-semester program in "Commercial Mediation and Organizational Development", which consists of nine modules and follows the guidelines of the Federal Association for Mediation in Commerce and the Workplace. Within another newly integrated program on intercultural training, the problems of intercultural communication and interaction were dealt with. The aim here is to shorten the adaptation phase in a foreign culture during a stay abroad and thereby ease integration into the new studying or working environment. In 2008, 875 participants took advantage of the academy's course offerings. The most popular in terms of participant numbers was again the "Compact Seminar Emergency Medicine", followed by the course offerings from the International Center for Advanced Studies (ICAS) and the distance learning programmes in actuarial science.


The Science Park

The University of Ulm's campus is located on a hill on the outskirts of the city of Ulm hosts a variety of public and industrial research and development programs, as well as three major hospitals – jointly referred to as the science park.


Organization

The university is composed of four divisions, which in German universities traditionally are called
faculties Faculty or faculties may refer to: Academia * Faculty (academic staff), professors, researchers, and teachers of a given university or college (North American usage) * Faculty (division), a large department of a university by field of study (us ...
, and separate institutes. The four faculties are the medical faculty, the engineering and computer science faculty, the natural science faculty and the mathematics and economics faculty. A university hospital is associated with the medical faculty.


Faculties

The University of Ulm is divided into four faculties, each with its numerous scientific establishments, the institutes. The faculties are headed by the deans' offices, which are responsible for coordinating student services. * Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science *Faculty of Mathematics and Economics *Faculty of Natural Sciences * Faculty of Medicine


Academic profile


Research

The university has defined the following areas as its research concentrations: * Engineering and technology * Life Sciences and medicine * Nanomaterials and biomaterials * Financial services


Collaborative Research Centers

Collaborative Research Centers (Sonderforschungsbereiche – SFBs) are interdisciplinary research concentrations at one or more universities, which can be funded for up to 12 years. The University of Ulm is a public institution. As a major, innovative, and forward-thinking employer in the Ulm region with over 1,800 employees, the University of Ulm University offers various facilities such as central Universitäsverwaltung, communication and information center, workshop and scientific animal research center at attractive occupations. The Collaborative Research Centers are reviewed by the German Research Foundation in a three-year rotation.


International exchange

The University of Ulm currently holds 101 bilateral agreements with 79 partner universities in 19 European countries. During 2008, a total of 43 students from these partner universities studied in Ulm, while 54 students from Ulm studied abroad at European partner universities under the ERASMUS program. From overseas partners, 38 students came to study at the University of Ulm for a full year and 51 students from Ulm took part in our 27 overseas exchange programs. A particularly large number went to Canada and Australia as well as to the US. A large proportion of international students enroll in the two-year Master in Finance program that blends finance and mathematics.


Partnerships and collaborations

The idea behind the "Ulm Science Park", joining university and industrial research, is implemented successfully by collaboration between the university's associated institutions and the university, the University of Applied Science, the University Hospital and industry. Application-oriented research is in the foreground. The first associated institution was founded in 1985, the Institute for Laser Technology in Medicine and Measurement Technique (ILM), as a foundation under public law. Other local partnerships include: * Ulm Innovation Region * Ulm Science Park * IHK Ulm * Ulm University of Applied Science * New Ulm University of Applied Science * Stadt Ulm/Neu-Ulm * Ulmer Volkshochschule * Stadtbiblothek Ulm


German University in Cairo

Together with the
University of Stuttgart The University of Stuttgart () is a research university located in Stuttgart, Germany. It was founded in 1829 and is organized into 10 faculties. It is one of the oldest technical universities in Germany with programs in civil, mechanical, ind ...
, the university is a partner university of the German University in Cairo.


Rankings

According to the 2024
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, the University of Ulm was placed 542nd globally and 34th nationally within Germany. In the
Times Higher Education World University Rankings The ''Times Higher Education World University Rankings'', often referred to as the THE Rankings, is the annual publication of university rankings by the ''Times Higher Education'' magazine. The publisher had collaborated with Quacquarelli Symon ...
of 2024, the University of Ulm was ranked 193rd worldwide, while securing 19-21st place in the national context. The
Academic Ranking of World Universities The ''Academic Ranking of World Universities'' (''ARWU''), also known as the Shanghai Ranking, is one of the annual publications of world university rankings. The league table was originally compiled and issued by Shanghai Jiao Tong Universi ...
(ARWU) for 2022 also provided a range for its global and national placement, ranking it between 401–500 internationally and between 25–31 in Germany.


Notable faculty

* Dieter Grossmann (born 1926) – professor of painting *
Erich Sackmann Erich Sackmann (26 November 1934 – 29 May 2024) was a German experimental physicist and a pioneer of biophysics in Europe. Education Sackmann obtained his MSc (1961) and PhD (1964) degrees from the University of Stuttgart in the group of T ...
(born 1934) – experimental physicist * Franz Josef Radermacher (born 1950) – mathematician and economist *
Helmut Maier Helmut Maier (born 17 October 1953) is a German mathematician and professor at the University of Ulm, Germany. He is known for his contributions in analytic number theory and mathematical analysis and particularly for the so-called Maier's matri ...
(born 1953) – mathematician * Elisabeth Kalko (1962–2011) – tropical scientist and ecologist * Martin Bodo Plenio (born 1968) – physicist * Heiner Fangerau (born 1972) – historian of medicine and medical ethics * Wolfgang P. Schleich (born 1957) – theoretical physicist


Notable alumni

*
Reiner Knizia Reiner Knizia () is a prolific German-style board game designer. He was born in West Germany in 1957 and earned a doctorate in Mathematics from the University of Ulm before designing games full time. He is frequently included on lists of the gre ...
(born 1957) – German-style board game designer * Sarah Straub, doctorate in psychology, 2015. Musician, songwriter and pianist.


References


External links

* (in English) {{DEFAULTSORT:Ulm Buildings and structures in Ulm Educational institutions established in 1967 1967 establishments in West Germany Universities and colleges in Baden-Württemberg