Back جامعة أوتو فون-غريكي ماغديبورغ Arabic Магдэбургскі ўніверсітэт імя Ота фон Герыке Byelorussian Магдебургски университет Bulgarian Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg German Universidad de Magdeburgo Spanish دانشگاه اتو فون گوریکه ماگدبورگ Persian Université Otto-von-Guericke de Magdebourg French Uniwersytet Ottona von Guerickego w Magdeburgu Polish Universidade de Magdeburgo Portuguese Университет Отто фон Герике в Магдебурге Russian
Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg | |
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| Motto | Rethinking the world together[1] |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1993 |
| Budget | €156.6 mil.[2] |
| Chancellor | Jörg Wadzack |
| Rector | Jens Strackeljan |
Academic staff | 1,226[2] |
Administrative staff | 830[2] |
| Students | 13,143[2] |
| Location | , , 52°08′24″N 11°38′35″E / 52.140°N 11.643°E |
| Colours | Purple |
| Affiliations | GU8,[3] EUA,[4] GRF,[5] DFN,[6] GRC[7] |
| Website | www.ovgu.de |
The Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg () (Short: OVGU) is a public research university founded in 1993 and is located in Magdeburg, the Capital city of Saxony-Anhalt. The university has about 13,000 students in nine faculties.
The university is named after the physicist and former mayor of Magdeburg Otto von Guericke. The main research areas of the university are in the neurosciences, biosystems technology, disease prevention, automotive research, digital engineering and renewable energies.[8]
One of the best-known alumni and professors is the Leibniz Prize winner Axel Ockenfels.
- ^ "Rethinking the world together". ovgu.de.
- ^ a b c d "Facts & Figures" (in German). Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ "Membership - Global U8 Consortium". guc8.org.
- ^ "Member directory - EUA". eua.eu.
- ^ "DFG Member Organisations". dfg.de.
- ^ "Mitgliederliste - DFN". dfn.de (in German).
- ^ "Universities - German Rectors' Conference". hrk.de.
- ^ "About the European Universities initiative". education.ec.europa.eu.