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| Established | 1966 |
| Type | Public |
| Rector | Prof. Dr. Ulrich Rüdiger |
| Students | less than 10,000 |
| Location | Konstanz, Germany |
| Affiliations | German Excellence Universities |
| Website | www.uni-konstanz.de/ |
The University of Konstanz (German: Universität Konstanz) is a university in the city of Konstanz in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was founded in 1966, and the main campus on the Gießberg was opened in 1972. It is located about 3 km from the center of the city, easily accessible by foot, bike, and the thorough public bus system of the city. Today, Konstanz University is counted among Germany's most prestigious institutions of higher education and enjoys great reputation as a research university. In 2007, Konstanz University joined the national Excellence Initiative competition and suceeded in becoming Germany's smallest and youngest University of Excellence link title.
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History
In 1965 the founding committee of the university developed the concept of a reform university with new forms of study and teaching, a central administration and central facilities for technology, computers and language training. New forms of self-administration replaced traditional university structures.
In 1966 the university began its work in a wing of today's Inselhotel, formerly a Dominican monastery.
The beginning was makeshift - in the middle of Sonnenbuhl on the edge of the town quarter Petershausen on the right side of the Rhine, with only a handful of professors and a few dozen students. Starting in 1967, today's campus was developed through individual construction projects on the hill known as the Gießberg. Until today, the university has continued to be structurally altered and expanded.
From the start, the university was planned as a place of life and learning, in which the new forms of research and teaching should be reflected in the architectural style. Dense construction, short paths, the absence of large auditoriums in exchange for a large number of seminar rooms, as well as the variety of work, traffic, and quiet areas, are all part of the architectural concept. In addition, there was the idea of creating lasting "Kunst am Bau" (structural art) accents, so that the building of a desolate concrete landscape could be avoided in an effective manner.
In 2007, the university was successful in the last round of the so called "Exzellenzinitiative" together with eight other German universities. The future concept is founded by this initiative.
Organization
These are the 3 faculties into which the university is divided:
- Faculty of Sciences
- Faculty of Humanities
- Faculty of Law, Economics and Politics
Points of interest
- Botanischer Garten der Universität Konstanz, the university's botanical garden
See also
External links
- University of Konstanz Website (German) (English)
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Coordinates: 47°41′24″N 9°11′17″E / 47.690°N 9.188°E
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