University of Giessen

University of Giessen
Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
TypePublic
Established1607 (1607)
Budget€ 223 million[1]
RectorJoybrato Mukherjee
Academic staff
3,039[2]
Administrative staff
2,394[2]
Students28,454[2]
Location, ,
Germany

50°34′51″N 8°40′35″E / 50.58083°N 8.67639°E / 50.58083; 8.67639
ColorsBlue and white
   
AffiliationsGerman Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), German Research Council (DFG)
Websitewww.uni-giessen.de
Main building

University of Giessen, official name Justus Liebig University Giessen (German: Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen), is a large public research university in Giessen, Hesse, Germany. It is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the German-speaking world.[3] It is named after its most famous faculty member, Justus von Liebig, the founder of modern agricultural chemistry and inventor of artificial fertiliser. It covers the areas of arts/humanities, business, dentistry, economics, law, medicine, science, social sciences and veterinary medicine. Its university hospital, which has two sites, Giessen and Marburg (the latter of which is the teaching hospital of the University of Marburg), is the only private university hospital in Germany.

  1. ^ "Universität: Haushalt auf Rekordniveau" (in German). Gießener Allgemeine Zeitung. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "Facts and Figures". University of Giessen. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  3. ^ Official name in English according to the university's website.

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