University of Bayreuth
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The University of Bayreuth is a public research university situated in Bayreuth, Germany
. It was founded in 1975 as a campus university focusing on international collaboration and interdisciplinarity. The university has an outstanding reputation in a broad range of disciplines and currently maintains a network of more than 450 international cooperations with research institutes and universities around the world. It is broadly organized into six undergraduate and graduate faculties, with each faculty defining its own admission standards and academic programs in near autonomy. The university is renowned for offering several interdisciplinary courses such as Philosophy & Economics, Global Change Ecology, Theatre and Media studies, and Health Economics. The management, economics and law programs are ranked among the top degrees in Germany. It is a member of the Elite Network of Bavaria (Elitenetzwerk Bayern), a coalition of leading research universities jointly offering graduate programs and international doctorate programs.
Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg
, German Federal Minister of Defence, was awarded a summa cum laude doctorate by the Faculty of Law, Business Administration and Economics in 2007. After extensive plagiarism in zu Guttenberg's dissertation was revealed in February 2011, German media also criticised the University of Bayreuth. A University spokesman has denied allegations of bribery and political corruption.
The University cancelled the doctorate and Guttenberg was forced to resign.
Germany
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. It was founded in 1975 as a campus university focusing on international collaboration and interdisciplinarity. The university has an outstanding reputation in a broad range of disciplines and currently maintains a network of more than 450 international cooperations with research institutes and universities around the world. It is broadly organized into six undergraduate and graduate faculties, with each faculty defining its own admission standards and academic programs in near autonomy. The university is renowned for offering several interdisciplinary courses such as Philosophy & Economics, Global Change Ecology, Theatre and Media studies, and Health Economics. The management, economics and law programs are ranked among the top degrees in Germany. It is a member of the Elite Network of Bavaria (Elitenetzwerk Bayern), a coalition of leading research universities jointly offering graduate programs and international doctorate programs.
Faculties:
The University of Bayreuth is divided into six faculties:- Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science
- Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Geosciences
- Faculty of Law, Business Administration and Economics
- Faculty of Philology and Literature
- Faculty of Cultural Sciences
- Faculty of Engineering
Facilities:
- Bayreuth University Library
- Language Centre
- IT Service Centre
- Technical Support Centre
- Ökologisch-Botanischer Garten der Universität BayreuthÖkologisch-Botanischer Garten der Universität BayreuthThe Ökologisch-Botanischer Garten der Universität Bayreuth is a botanical garden maintained by the University of Bayreuth. It is located at Universitätsstraße 30, Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany, and open daily except Saturday....
, the university's botanical gardenBotanical gardenA botanical garden The terms botanic and botanical, and garden or gardens are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word botanic is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens. is a well-tended area displaying a wide range of plants labelled with their botanical names...
Research:
- Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies - BIGSAS
- Bavarian Research Institute of Experimental Geochemistry and Geophysics - BGI
- Bayreuth Institute of Macromolecular Research - BIMF
- Bayreuth Centre for Colloids and Interfaces - BZKG
- Research Center for Bio-Macromolecules - bio-mac
- Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research - BayCEER
- Bayreuth Centre for Materials Science and Engineering - BayMAT
- Bayreuth Centre for Molecular Biosciences - BZMB
- Institute of Music Theatre Research - FIMT
- Bayreuth Institute for European Law and Legal Culture
Notable Alumni
- Andreas VoßkuhleAndreas VoßkuhleAndreas Voßkuhle is a German legal scholar and the president of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany.-Life:...
, President of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany - Auma Obama, Half-sister of U.S. President Barack Obama
- Thomas Hacker, Leader of the FDP in the Bavarian Parliament
- Ulrike Gote, Parliamentary secretary of the Greens in the Bavarian parliament
- Maximilian MüllerMaximilian MüllerMaximilian Müller is a field hockey player from Germany. He was a member of the Men's National Team that won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He was born in Nuremberg. He is now captain of the German team....
, German hockey player
Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg
Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg
Karl-Theodor Freiherr zu Guttenberg is a German politician of the Christian Social Union ....
, German Federal Minister of Defence, was awarded a summa cum laude doctorate by the Faculty of Law, Business Administration and Economics in 2007. After extensive plagiarism in zu Guttenberg's dissertation was revealed in February 2011, German media also criticised the University of Bayreuth. A University spokesman has denied allegations of bribery and political corruption.
The University cancelled the doctorate and Guttenberg was forced to resign.