Back جامعة غيسن Arabic جامعة جيسن ARZ Gissen Universiteti Azerbaijani قیسن بیلیمیوردو AZB Гісенскі ўніверсітэт імя Юстуса Лібіха Byelorussian Justus Liebig-Universität Giessen Catalan Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen German Universitato de Gießen Esperanto Universidad de Giessen Spanish Gießeni ülikool Estonian
Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen | |
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| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Established | 1607 |
| Rector | Katharina Lorenz[1] |
Total staff | 5,853[2] |
| Students | 24,961[2] |
| Location | , Hesse , Germany 50°34′51″N 8°40′35″E / 50.58083°N 8.67639°E |
| Colors | Blue and white |
| Affiliations | German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), German Research Council (DFG) |
| Website | www |
University of Giessen, official name Justus Liebig University Giessen (German: Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen), is a large public research university in Giessen, Hesse, Germany. It is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the German-speaking world.[3] It is named after its most famous faculty member, Justus von Liebig, the founder of modern agricultural chemistry and inventor of artificial fertiliser. It covers the areas of arts/humanities, business, dentistry, economics, law, medicine, science, social sciences and veterinary medicine. Its university hospital, which has two sites, Giessen and Marburg (the latter of which is the teaching hospital of the University of Marburg), is the only private university hospital in Germany.
- ^ "President". University of Giessen. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
- ^ a b "Facts and Figures". University of Giessen. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
- ^ Official name in English according to the university's website Archived 13 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine.