Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen | |
Latin: Universitas Eberhardina Carolina | |
Motto | Attempto! |
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Motto in English
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I dare! |
Type | Public |
Established | 1477 |
Budget | €508.1 million (2015) incl. Medical Faculty |
Rector | Bernd Engler[] |
Administrative staff
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~ 10,000 (including hospital staff) |
Students | 28,515 (WS2016/17) |
Undergraduates | ~ 21.800 (WS2016/17) |
Postgraduates | ~ 4.600 (WS2016/17) |
~ 2.000 (WS2016/17) | |
Location | Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
Campus | Urban |
Colours | |
Affiliations | German Universities Excellence Initiative, MNU |
Website | www |
The Neue Aula |
Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen (German: Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen; Latin: Universitas Eberhardina Carolina) is a public research university located in the city of Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg. It is one of Germany's most famous and oldest universities, noted in medicine, natural sciences, and the humanities. In the area of German Studies (German: Germanistik) it has been ranked first among all German universities for many years, and is known as a centre for the study of theology and religion. Tübingen is one of five classical "university towns" in Germany; the other four being Marburg, Göttingen, Freiburg and Heidelberg. The university is associated with some Nobel laureates, especially in the fields of medicine and chemistry.
The University of Tübingen was founded in 1477 by Count Eberhard V (Eberhard im Bart, 1445–1496), later the first Duke of Württemberg, a civic and ecclesiastic reformer who established the school after becoming absorbed in the Renaissance revival of learning during his travels to Italy. Its first rector was Johannes Nauclerus.