University of Münster Information
Known in Germany as the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (WWU), the University of Münster is a large university located in the North Rhine Westphalia region of Germany. The University of Münster ranking is joint 7th best university in Germany, and 181st in the world. Similarly rated German colleges include University of Frankfurt, University of Freiburg, University of Tübingen, and University of Wuerzburg.
The university offers over 130 different fields of study, spread across 8 major faculties (15 faculties in total).
The faculties offer studies in the following areas:
Biology; Catholic Theology; Chemistry and Pharmacy; Earth Science; Economics and Business; Educational and Social Science; Health Science; History and Philosophy; Law; Mathematics and Computer Science; Medicine and Dental Medicine; Music; Natural Science and Mathematics; Philology; Philosophy; Physics; Protestant Theology; and Psychology and Sport Science.
As the third largest university in Germany, the University of Münster has seen many famous faculty and alumni including two Noble prize winners: Johannes Georg Bednorz and Gerhard Domagk. Other notable people with associations to the University of Münster include Max Dehn, Gerd Faltings, Jens Lehmann, Josef Pieper, Harald Weinrich, Wilhelm Ackermann and Bernhard Rensch.
University of Münster Address
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
Schlossplatz 2
48149 Münster
Germany
Ranking and Quick Facts
| University world Ranking – Times 400 (UK) |
= 339
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| University world Ranking – Jiaotong 500 (China) |
102 to 150
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| European ranking (Jiaotong) |
35 to 56
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Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster Facts
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| Students (Undergraduates / PG/ Total) |
40,000
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| Faculty / Staff |
13,000
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| Established |
1780
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| Annual budget |
$1,200,000,000
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| Annual budget per student |
$30,000
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| Affiliations |
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
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