Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Founded in 1737 in the Age of Enlightenment, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen is an internationally renowned public research university in Lower Saxony, Germany. With 13 faculties, more than 210 degree programmes and around 28,000 students, it is one of the largest universities in Germany. The university has a distinguished research tradition – especially in mathematics, natural sciences and humanities – and is closely integrated with five Max Planck Institutes, the German Primate Center and the German Aerospace Center on the Göttingen Campus. Since 2003 it operates as a foundation under public law (Stiftung öffentlichen Rechts).