University of Erfurt

University of Erfurt
Universität Erfurt
TypePublic
Established1379; 645 years ago (1379)
(closed 1816–1993); reestablished 1994
Academic affiliation
TPC
Budget€ 59.5 million[1]
PresidentWalter Bauer-Wabnegg
Academic staff
358[1]
Administrative staff
287[1]
Students5,715[2]
Location
Erfurt
,
Thuringia
,
Germany

50°59′26″N 11°00′39″E / 50.99056°N 11.01083°E / 50.99056; 11.01083
CampusUrban
Websitewww.uni-erfurt.de
Entrance University of Erfurt

The University of Erfurt (German: Universität Erfurt) is a public university located in Erfurt, the capital city of the German state of Thuringia. It was founded in 1379,[3] and closed in 1816. It was re-established in 1994, three years after German reunification. Therefore, it claims to be both the oldest and youngest university in Germany. The institution identifies itself as a reform university, due to its most famous alumnus Martin Luther, the instigator of the Reformation, who studied there from 1501 to 1505. Today, the main foci centre on multidisciplinarity, internationality, and mentoring.

The university is home to the Max Weber Center for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies, the Gotha Research Center for Cultural and Social Scientific Studies, and the Willy Brandt School of Public Policy.

The Gotha Research Library, which has one of Germany's largest collections of early modern manuscripts, is part of the university. The University Library is also the keeper of the Bibliotheca Amploniana, a collection of nearly 1000 medieval manuscripts collected by the scholar Amplonius Rating de Berka (c.1363–1435), who was a former rector [de] of the university.[4]

  1. ^ a b c "Jahresbericht 2015 der Universität Erfurt" (PDF). University of Erfurt (in German). pp. 58–61. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Statistik" (in German). Archived from the original on 13 July 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Portrait". 24 April 2019. Archived from the original on 24 April 2019.
  4. ^ Bibliotheca Amploniana Archived 18 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine. (Accessed: 31 May 2017)