Justus Liebig University Giessen is a large public research university in Giessen, Hesse, Germany. 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.
The Essence of JLU – facts and figures regarding study, teaching, and research
Number of persons at the university
- around 27,500 students (as of winter semester 2021/22) (see student statistics)
- around 5,700 employees, including more than 400 professors
- around 5,300 employees of the Giessen and Marburg university hospital (UKGM) at the Giessen site
Teaching and Research
- 11 faculties, 3 graduate centres, 5 interdisciplinary research centres, 2 interdisciplinary centres for study and teaching
- Excellence in research: successful in the framework of the excellence initiative since 2006, most successful Hessian university in the framework of the excellence strategy 2018.
- Third-party funds: around € 110 million per year (2019)
- Substantial network funding: 12 special research areas of the DFG (SFB, SFB/TRR), 5 DFG priority programmes, 7 clinical research programmes, 6 DFG graduate schools
- Broad range of subjects of a comprehensive university, more than 90 courses of study
- most comprehensive range of teaching degrees in Hessen (all types of schools)
- around 80% student satisfaction (see student survey)
- successful in the framework of the national and federal programmes for the promotion of good teaching practice (Qualitätspakt Lehre, „Qualitätsoffensive Lehrerbildung“) and for the promotion of young academics and equal treatment (Nachwuchspakt, Professorinnenprogramm I-III)
- Networks in the framework of the Forschungscampus Mittelhessen (FCMH, research campus Middle Hesse), in the Rhine-Main Metropolitan Area as well as international partners
International
- around 11 per cent international students and around 40 per cent international doctoral students
- around 100 formal agreements for partnerships, cooperative programs, and exchanges worldwide
- seven strategic partner regions: Australia, Europe (with a focus on Eastern Europe), Colombia, Southern Africa, Wisconsin (USA) as well as China and South Asia (in development)
- three external representations: JLU Information Points in Australia, Colombia, and Poland
Source: Justus-Liebig-University Giessen
