University of Rostock Information
The University of Rostock, (Universität Rostock), is located in the city of Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
It is the largest institution in the Northern Europe continent and the Baltic Sea area. The university is the third oldest institution in Germany that is in continuous operation. The other oldest universities in the country include Heidelberg (1386), Cologne (1388), Erfurt (1392/1994), Würzburg (1402/1582) and Leipzig (1409).
Similarly ranked universities in Germany include the University of Bremen, University of Giessen and the University of Greifswald.
The University of Rostock was established upon confirmation of Pope Martin V and saw about 400 to 500 students every year throughout the 15th century, which was already a large number of students at that time. Since Rostock was included amogst the largest and top universities in Northern Germany, many students came from Scandinavia, Holland and other states that are bordering the Baltic Sea in order to study there. In 1437, the university moved to Greifswald due to a course of pressure from the church and political struggles, and it remained there until 1443. Teaching took place in Lübeck from 1487 to 1488.
Tradition and innovation had become the trademark of the university and today, it has nearly 15,000 students and 2,200 employees. The University of Rostock offers a huge array of perspectives into many different scientific fields. It has at its disposal excellent interdisciplinary research fields with the core principles being Knowledge – Culture – Transformation; Life, Light and Matter; Aging Science and Humanities; and Maritime Systems, the areas of medicine, life sciences, natural and technological sciences, humanities and cultural studies. The main goal of the university is to provide quality education while impressing with excellent performance.
The research conducted at the University of Rostock is successful in many different scientific fields. The Majority of the high research activity results in a great variety of projects at international, national and local network levels. Aside from this, the University of Rostock is also known for its extra ordinary quality of research related to its academic profiling.
The University of Rostock is divided into academic faculties that include evangelical theology; engineering; medicine; agriculture and environmental sciences; philosophy (and arts); electrical engineering and informatics; law; mathematics and natural sciences; and economic and social sciences.
University of Rostock Address
Universität RostockUniversitätsplatz 1,
Rostock,
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 18055
Germany
University of Rostock Rankings and Quick Facts
Motto: Tradition and innovation / Traditio et Innovatio
| University world Ranking – Jiaotong 500 (China) |
403 to 510
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| European Rank (Jiaotong) |
173 to 208
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University of Rostock Facts
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| Students (Undergraduates / PG/ Total) |
15,000
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| Faculty / Staff |
2,635
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| Established |
1419
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| Affiliations |
EUA
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