Germany
Kiel University
Kiel University
Kiel
Germany
Kiel
Kiel University нь Герман улсад байрладаг улсын их сургууль бөгөөд 1665 онд байгуулагдсан.
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Kiel University (German: Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, abbreviated CAU, known informally as Christiana Albertina) is a public research university in the city of Kiel, Germany. It was founded in 1665 as the Academia Holsatorum Chiloniensis by Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp. It is the largest, oldest, and most prestigious university in the state of Schleswig-Holstein.
Until 1866, it was not only the northernmost university in Germany but at the same time the second-largest university of Denmark. After the Danish-German war, Kiel came under Prussian administration which later led to being part of the German Empire and today the Federal Republic of Germany. Kiel is the capital of Schleswig-Holstein, and Kiel University is the largest and only comprehensive university in the federal state.
Faculty, alumni, and researchers of Kiel University have won 12 Nobel Prizes. Kiel University has been a member of the German Universities Excellence Initiative since 2006. The Cluster of Excellence The Future Ocean, which was established in cooperation with the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel in 2006 and existed until 2019, has been internationally recognized.
Since 2018, Kiel University has had two Clusters of Excellence. “Precision Medicine in Chronic Inflammation (PMI)“ deals with chronic inflammatory diseases and is closely tied to the University Medical Center Schleswig Holstein, the University of Lübeck, the Research Centre Borstel – Leibniz Lung Centre, the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, the Muthesius Academy of Art, the Kiel Institute for the World Economy and the Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education at Kiel University. „ROOTS - Social, Environmental, and Cultural Connectivity in Past Societies“ explores the roots of social, environmental, and cultural phenomena and processes that substantially marked past human development. It is an interdisciplinary research network involving scientists from 15 institutes at six faculties of Kiel University. There are also project partners in Germany and abroad. The university has a great reputation for its focus on public international law. The oldest public international law institution in Germany and Europe – the Walther Schuecking Institute for International Law – is based in Kiel.
The university works closely with the internationally renowned GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel and the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), which is associated with the university. Through a number of joint appointments, the CAU also has close personnel ties with both institutions.
The origins of the university in Kiel trace back to the increasing need for well-educated priests during the Reformation. Additionally, the growing involvement of citizens in significant administrative roles contributed to the idea of establishing a university in the duchies. However, wars in the early 17th century and political conflicts between dukes and the king initially delayed these plans. Eventually, Duke Friedrich III commissioned his son, Christian Albrecht, to advance the founding of the university. In 1660, Christian Albrecht succeeded in realizing these plans and selected Kiel as the university's location. On October 5, 1665, the university was inaugurated under the name Christiana Albertina in a former Franciscan monastery with four lecture halls and a library. At that time, 17 professors taught theology, medicine, law, and the liberal arts.
A significant growth period for the university occurred a century later under Russian Empress Catherine the Great, from whom it received its colors, purple and white. After the death of her husband, who had been born in Kiel, Catherine commissioned the architect Ernst Georg Sonnin to construct a new university building This plain brick building with rusticated articulation was ready for occupation in 1768 after a two-year construction period. Lectures were held here until 1876. From 1877 until its destruction during World War II, the building served as a museum. Following the unification of the duchies in 1773, the university continued to flourish as the northernmost German and southernmost Scandinavian university.
Nearly 100 years later, the university's development stagnated. With the Second Schleswig War, the rule of the Kingdom of Denmark over the Duchy of Schleswig and the Duchy of Holstein came to an end. After the Austro-Prussian War, the two former duchies became the Prussian Province of Schleswig-Holstein in 1867. Kiel also came under Prussian administration. The Kiel University lost its legal privileges and was now the smallest of the ten universities in Prussia. From 1870, student numbers began to rise again, and 38 years later, women were also admitted.
Acceptance of Nazism was high from an early stage, not only among professors but also among students in Kiel: as early as 1927, Joachim Haupt, an official of the National Socialist German Students' League, was elected chairman of the Kiel Student League. During the Nazi regime starting in 1933, the university experienced Gleichschaltung, the expulsion of Jewish professors, and the persecution of dissenters. According to recent studies, 36 out of 222 members of the teaching staff in Kiel were expelled (17.1%) or dismissed (16.2%) during the Nazi era for racial or political reasons.
The Chancellor oversees the administration of the university under the responsibility of the President. The executive board consists of Chancellor Claudia Ricarda Meyer and Vice-presidents Catherine Cleophas, Markus Hundt, Ralph Schneider and Eckhard Quandt. The position of President has been vacant since early 2025.
Central Administration is divided into several service centres: the Student Affairs and International Relations Service Centre, the Strategy, Research and Integrated Transfer Service Centre, and the Resources Service Centre.
Christian-Albrechts-Universität currently consists of the following eight faculties:
In the 2024/25 winter semester, 24,925 students were enrolled; 54.75% of these were female (13,647 students). The majority of students come from Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg and Lower Saxony.
In the 2024 academic year, 6,446 people began their studies, of whom 3,689 were women and 2,757 were men. In the same year, 3,826 students graduated, including 2,241 women and 1,585 men. The number of doctorates awarded was 401, of which 192 were completed by women and 209 by men. In the calendar year 2024, 23 postdoctoral qualifications were recorded (6 by women and 17 by men).
In 2024, 3,870 people were employed at the university; 1,932 of them were women and 1,938 were men. The number of university professors was 431. State funding amounted to €223.7 million in 2024, whilst expenditure from third-party funding was €77.5 million.
As of April 2025, 1,303 students are enrolled across the faculties at Kiel University.
Central facilities of Kiel University include the University Library (newly opened in 2001), the Computing Centre (RZ), the Sports Centre, the Digital Science Centre, the Interdisciplinary Multimedia Centre, the Research and Technology Centre, West Coast (FTZ) in Büsum, the Graduate Centre, the Postdoc Centre and the Institute for Inclusive Education.
Kiel University Library is located on the campus on Leibnizstraße and opened in 2001 in a new building. As of 2024, its collection includes around 2.5 million printed books and journals, as well as more than 135,000 e-books and over 33,000 electronic journals. In addition, it provides access to more than 600 databases and contains extensive historical collections, including over 6,000 manuscripts and autographs. Alongside the central library, there are several departmental libraries. In total, more than 1,100 study spaces are available to users within the library buildings.
Kiel University includes other independent institutions which, in accordance with Section 35 of the Schleswig-Holstein Higher Education Act (HSG), assume the status of a university institution:
Further centres at Kiel University:
The university offers more than 190 degree programmes leading to different types of qualifications, including bachelor's, master's and state examination programmes, as well as PhD opportunities. The degree programmes are organised across the university's eight faculties.
Teacher training takes place within teacher training programmes designed for different school types. In the field of teacher education, the university collaborates with, amongst others, the Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education (IPN). Institutions such as the Institute for Inclusive Education are also involved in teacher training and qualification. The university participates in the Alliance for Teacher Training in Schleswig-Holstein.
In addition, there are interdisciplinary study programmes and international degree courses, including a number of English-language Master's programmes. The cross-faculty programmes include, amongst others, the interdisciplinary Master School of Marine Sciences, which combines teaching modules on marine science topics from different disciplines, as well as the Kiel School of Sustainability, which organises Master's programmes and courses on sustainable development.
In addition to standard degree programmes, there are a variety of ways to engage with university life, including a junior degree programme for school pupils, guest and part-time student status, and the option of a dual degree programme. Students can also complete certificate programmes in specific subject areas.
The Centre for Key Competencies (ZfS) offers courses and language classes designed to develop interdisciplinary skills.
The Continuing Professional Development Centre sees itself as an interface between scientific findings from the university and the requirements of professional practice. The Centre has been the continuing education provider at Kiel University since 1996. It offers seminars for specialists and managers, internal and external (scientific) university staff, students and graduates.
It offers seminars for professionals and managers, academic staff, as well as students and graduates. These include fee-paying master's-level continuing education programmes, as well as certificate programmes and other professional development opportunities. Part-time degree programmes include, amongst others, the Master's programme in Hospital Management, which is aimed specifically at doctors and prepares them for management roles in the healthcare sector, as well as the Master's programme in School Management and Quality Development, which is aimed at teachers and management staff in the education sector.
Research areas at Kiel University include life sciences, marine sciences, nanoscience and social sciences. The university's central fields of research include marine and geosciences, medical and life sciences, evolutionary biology and nanoscience. Several of these fields are organised in interdisciplinary research networks. A particular priority is placed on research into chronic inflammatory diseases. This research is conducted, among other contexts, within the Cluster of Excellence Precision Medicine in Chronic Inflammation.
Smaller fields of research include agricultural and nutritional sciences. Research in this area includes issues relating to food safety and quality assurance in food production. In this context, the QUASI research network was established in the early 2000s.
As part of the German Universities Excellence Initiative of the German federal and state governments, the Cluster of Excellence The Future Ocean was approved in October 2006. In October 2007, a further Cluster of Excellence, Inflammation at Interfaces, and the Graduate School Human Development in Landscapes followed. With this funding, the university was among the most successful higher education institutions in the first round of the Excellence Initiative after the nine so-called universities of excellence.
Since 2018, the clusters Precision Medicine in Chronic Inflammation (PMI) and ROOTS – Social, Environmental, and Cultural Connectivity in Past Societies have been funded under the Excellence Strategy of the German federal and state governments. Funding for both clusters was extended in 2025 until 2032.
The cluster Precision Medicine in Chronic Inflammation (PMI) deals with the causes, diagnosis and treatment options of chronic inflammatory diseases. The conditions studied include Crohn's disease, psoriasis and diabetes. In addition to CAU, the University of Lübeck, the University Medical Center Schleswig Holstein and other research institutions are involved in the cluster. The Cluster of Excellence ROOTS examines social, cultural and economic interconnections in past societies and their significance for present-day developments. Its research is based particularly in archaeology and related historical disciplines.
With the renewed approval of the clusters, the university again has the opportunity to apply for the status of a University of Excellence. In June 2025, the university senate unanimously decided to submit such an application. At the end of 2025, the university subsequently submitted its application to the German Council of Science and Humanities for funding as a University of Excellence. A decision on the designation of new Universities of Excellence is expected between September and October 2026. If the application is approved, the university could receive additional funding of up to 15 million euros per year until 2033.
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