Public university in Mainz, Germany
The Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (German: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz) is a public research university in Mainz, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany. It has been named after the printer Johannes Gutenberg since 1946. As of 2018,[update] it had approximately 32,000 students enrolled in around 100 academic programs. The university is organized into 11 faculties.
The university is a member of the German U15, a group of fifteen major research and medical universities in Germany. It also participates in the IT-Cluster Rhine-Main-Neckar and forms part of the Rhine-Main-Universities (RMU) along with Goethe University Frankfurt and Technische Universität Darmstadt.
Founded in 1477, it is one of the oldest universities in Europe and one of the most prestigious in Germany.[3]
The Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz is divided in ten faculties since 07 April 2024.
The academies for music and art are independent art colleges of the Johannes Gutenberg University, the Hochschule für Musik Mainz and the Kunsthochschule Mainz [de].[4]
The University of Mainz is one of few campus universities in Germany. Nearly all its institutions and facilities are located on the site of a former barracks in the south west part of the city. The university medical centre is located off campus, as is the Department of Applied Linguistics and Cultural Sciences, which was integrated with the university in 1949 and is located in Germersheim. On campus next to the university is the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, the Institute of Molecular Biology, the electron accelerator MAMI, the research reactor TRIGA, the botanical garden, a sports stadium and an indoor swimming pool. Mainz Academy of Arts (Kunsthochschule Mainz) is located off campus.
The range of studies is comprehensive; the university lacks some technical studies, veterinary medicine and nutrition science. One can nonetheless study the theology, history of books, athletics, music, visual arts, theatre, and film.
Today the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz has approximately 36,000 students (as of 2010[update]) and consists of over 150 institutions and clinics. The university offers international programs, such as the award-winning choir EuropaChorAkademie, founded by Joshard Daus in 1997, in collaboration with the University of the Arts Bremen.[5]
One of the instruments carried by the Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity, a miniature Mössbauer spectrometer, was developed at the university.
The University of Mainz does currently levy fees or tuition (Studiengebühren) for a regular course of study. Senior citizen students, auditing students, and certain postgraduate students may be subject to higher fees.[6]
As per the QS World University Rankings for 2024, the university holds the 464th position worldwide and is placed 27th nationally.[7] On the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, it finds itself within the 251–300 range globally, and falls within the 25–31 range on a national scale in the 2024 edition.[8] In terms of the ARWU World Rankings for 2022, the university is positioned in the 201–300 band internationally, and ranks between 10th and 19th in the country.[9]
According to the report of the German Research Foundation (DFG) from 2018, the University of Mainz is one of the best universities in natural sciences in Germany. In the period under review from 2014 to 2016, the University of Mainz received the highest number of competitive grants in the natural sciences. The university also achieved the first place in physics.[10] In a competitive selection process, the DFG selects the best research projects from researchers at universities and research institutes and finances them. The ranking is thus regarded as an indicator of the quality of research.[11]
QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023[12] Subject Global NationalArts & Humanities
283 15 Linguistics151–200
11–14
Archaeology101–150
9–12
English Language and Literature201–250
8–9
Modern Languages201–250
10–13
Engineering and Technology
N/A N/A Engineering – Chemical201–250
9–10
Life Sciences & Medicine
N/A N/A Pharmacy and Pharmacology74
4
Natural Sciences
175 13 Chemistry151–200
13–14
Physics and Astronomy112
9
Social Sciences & Management
N/A N/A Communication and Media Studies101–150
3–7
THE World University Rankings by Subject 2023[13] Subject Global National Arts & humanities251–300
21–27
Education501–600
27
Social sciences201–250
14–17
Clinical & health301–400
21–25
Life sciences201–250
20–25
Physical sciences151–175
12–15
Psychology201–250
20–23
ARWU Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2022[14] Subject Global National Natural Sciences Mathematics301–400
19–29
Physics51–75
3–5
Chemistry201–300
16–25
Earth Sciences151–200
13–16
Atmospheric Science76–100
2–6
Engineering Biomedical Engineering101–150
6–10
Materials Science & Engineering301–400
16–21
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology201–300
8–17
Environmental Science & Engineering401–500
22–28
Life Sciences Biological Sciences201–300
20–30
Human Biological Sciences76–100
9–12
Medical Sciences Clinical Medicine301–400
23–30
Dentistry & Oral Sciences201–300
22–28
Medical Technology201–300
24–30
Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences76–100
7–9
Social Sciences Political Sciences201–300
13–16
Communication34
2
Psychology151–200
12–17
Alumni of the old University include theologian Friedrich Spee as well as Austrian diplomat Klemens von Metternich, who studied law from 1790 to 1792, and revolutionary Adam Lux.
Among notable alumni from the post-1946 University of Mainz are German politicians Malu Dreyer (SPD, Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate); Rainer Brüderle (FDP, Federal Minister for Economics and Technology); Horst Teltschik [de] (former security advisor to Chancellor Helmut Kohl and president of the Munich Conference on Security Policy); Kristina Schröder, Federal Minister of Family and Social Affairs; Franz Josef Jung (CDU, Former Federal Minister of Labor and Social Affairs and former Federal Minister of Defence); Jens Beutel, Oberbürgermeister (mayor) of Mainz; particle physicist Vera Lüth; nuclear and particle physicist Johanna Stachel; sculptor Karlheinz Oswald; sports journalist Béla Réthy; political journalist Peter Scholl-Latour; Dieter Stolte, former director-general of ZDF; soprano Elisabeth Scholl; a founder of American avant-garde cinema Jonas Mekas; his brother Adolfas Mekas, film director, writer and educator; mural artist Rainer Maria Latzke; the German climatologist Wolfgang Seiler; Abbas Zaryab, notable Iranian scholar and historian; Indonesian Toraja Church pastor and politician, Ishak Pamumbu Lambe;[16] Srinivas Kishanrao Saidapur, an Indian reproductive biologist; American educator Biddy Martin; Stanisław Potrzebowski, one of leaders of the ridnovir movement in Poland; German opera singer Christine Esterházy; and Ruth Katharina Martha Pfau, nun, physician and writer who devoted more than 50 years of her life to fighting leprosy in Pakistan.
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