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The University of Marburg, officially '''Philipps-Universität Marburg''', was founded in 1527 by Landgrave Philipp I Of Hesse (usually called the Magnanimous) as the world's first and oldest Protestant University .

It was the main university of the principality of Hesse and remains a public university of that German State . It now has about 20,000 students and 8,000 employees, making Marburg , a town of less than 80,000 inhabitants, the proverbial "university town" (''Universitätsstadt''). Though some subjects are grouped, the University of Marburg is no Campus university.

Marburg is home of Germany's most traditional medicine faculty (the German physicians' union is called " Marburger Bund ").

In 1609 , the University of Marburg established the world's first professorship for chemistry.


FAMOUS ALUMNI AND PROFESSORS


Famous natural scientists:


Marburg was always known as a Humanities university. It retained that strength, especially in Philosophy and Theology for a long time after World War II . Famous theologians include


Famous philosophers include


Other famous students:



LIST OF SUBJECTS


The University of Marburg has a bright spectrum of subjects with research highlights in nano sciences, material sciences, near eastern studies, and medicine.

  • Laws

  • Economy

  • Philosophy

  • European Ethnology

  • Politics

  • Sociology

  • Religious sciences

  • Peace and conflict studies

  • Psychology

  • Protestant religious studies

  • History

  • Archeology

  • Sinology

  • Japanology (will be closed soon by financial/political reasons)

  • German language and literature

  • History of arts

  • Graphic design

  • English language and literature, American studies

  • Latin and Old Greek

  • Middle age Latin

  • Oriental studies, Indiology, Tibetology

  • Romanic languages and literature (French, Italian, Spanish, Catalan)

  • Slavic languages and literature (Polish, Russian)

  • Mathematics

  • Computer sciences

  • Physics

  • Chemistry

  • Pharmaceutics

  • Biology

  • Geo sciences (will move to the University Of Frankfurt Am Main )

  • Geography

  • Medicine

  • Dental medicine

  • Educational sciences



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