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The University of Münster (German Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, WWU) is a public university located in the city of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany.
With more than 40,000 students and over 130 fields of study it is Germany's third largest university and one of the foremost centers of German intellectual life.
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History
The University has its roots in the Jesuiten-Kolleg Münster, which was founded in 1588. But today's University of Münster was founded in 1780 with four faculties: Law, Health Science (Medicine), Philosophy and Theology. The ceremony of constitution was performed by Franz Freiherr von Fürstenberg. In 1805 the university was extended to the Prussian University of Westphalia.
It got its current name from Emperor Wilhelm II in 1907: Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität (WWU).
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Organisation
Faculty of Health Science (Medicine and Dental Medicine)
Faculty of Educational and Social Science
Faculty of Psychology and Sport Science
Faculty of History/Philosophy
Faculty of Natural Science and Mathematics
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy
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Student life
The University of Münster offers a very active student life. Student organisations such as AIESEC, AEGEE, MOVE, MTP and many more are well represented and usually have a high number of members. A wide range of language courses is also offered (UNIcert). The city of Münster itself has a very active night life with over 1.000 bars, discotheques and clubs and the city of the Peace of Westphalia also has - of course - a very rich cultural life.
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Students
Prof. Dr. Hans-Werner Sinn, student, President of the leading Institution for Economic Research (Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung, IFO).
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University lecturer
Prof. Dr. Max Dehn, (1878-1952) Mathematican
Prof. Dr. Heinrich Scholz, Co-Founder of Logic and Mathematics, first Institute
Prof. Dr. Ulrich van Suntum, Economist, former member of the German Council of Economic Advisers
Prof. Dr. Hans Wehr (1909-1981), Islam Scientist and Author of the leading arabian-english dictionary (also used for Wikipedia guidelines).
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Honorary Doctor
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Jan Assmann (D. theol. h.c. Faculty of Proestant Theology (1998))
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Arnold L. Demain, Biotechnology (2003 Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Science and Mathematics)
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Tomas Hammar, Political Scientist (2002 Faculty of Philosophie)
Dr. h.c. Wim Kok, Prime Minister (Netherlands) (2003 Faculty of Philosophie)
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Robert Leicht, Reporter (2003 Faculty of Protestant Theology)
Dr. h.c. Reinhard Mohn, Director Bertelsmann (2001 Faculty of Economics (Münster School of Business Administration and Economics))
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hubert Schmidbaur, Chemist (2005 Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Faculty of Natural Science and Mathematics)
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See also
CeNTech - Center for Nanotechnology
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