University of Duisburg-Essen

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University of Duisburg-Essen
Universität Duisburg-Essen

Motto:	Modern Studying in the Rhine-Ruhr Region
Established:	January 1, 2003
Endowment:	470 Mio. €
Rector:	Prof. Dr. Ulrich Radtke
Faculty:	4.349 (2007)
Students:	30.459 (WS 2007/08)
Location:	Duisburg and Essen, Germany
Website:	www.uni-duisburg-essen.de

A building of Uni-DUE at Campus Essen

The University of Duisburg-Essen (German: Universität Duisburg-Essen) is a university institution situated in the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It was founded on January 1, 2003 as a merger of the Gerhard Mercator University of Duisburg and the University of Essen, both of which were established in 1972.

With its 14 departments and more than 30 thousand students, the University of Duisburg-Essen ranks among the 10 largest German universities. Many international students study at the University of Duisburg-Essen and give the cities of Duisburg and Essen an international atmosphere.

1 Departments
2 Mercator-Professorship Award
3 The old University of Duisburg
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Departments

Architecture
Arts and Design
Biology and Geography
Business Administration & Mercator School of Management (refers to the department of Economics)
Chemistry
Economics
Educational Sciences
Faculty of Engineering
Faculty of Medicine & University Clinical Centre
Humanities (Philosophy)
Mathematics
Physics
Politics (refers to the department of Social Sciences but is with another emphasis)
Social Sciences

[edit] Mercator-Professorship Award

The University of Duisburg-Essen awards the Mercator-Professur to individuals who are well-known for their social and scientific engagement. So far, recipients of the Mercator-Professur have been:

1997: Hans-Dietrich Genscher
1998: Siegfried Lenz
1999: Jan Philipp Reemtsma
2000: Jutta Limbach
2001: Volker Schlöndorff
2002: Ulrich Wickert
2003: Daniel Goeudevert
2004: Walter Kempowski
2005: Richard von Weizsäcker
2006: Necla Kelek
2007: Hanan Ashrawi

[edit] The old University of Duisburg

The University of Duisburg was established on October 14, 1655 and dissolved in 1818. It was succeeded by the University of Bonn, founded the same year.