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Key Fields of Research at the University of Greifswald

The University of Greifswald is one of the oldest higher education institutions in Germany and the Baltic Sea Region. Founded in 1456, it is also the oldest Swedish university, as the region was ruled by the Swedes after the Thirty Years’ War and up until 1815. Today, the University of Greifswald is aware of its tradition and has become a modern University beside the Baltic Sea with approximately 220 professors and 10,400 students. Currently, the University has 785 international students from 91 countries, the proportion of university entrants from abroad has risen to 8 percent.

Research at the University covers a broad spectrum, with five key fields of research: Community Medicine and Individualized Medicine, Environmental Change: Responses and Adaptation, Cultures of the Baltic Sea Region, Plasma Physics, and Proteomics and Protein Technologies. Recently, the University has also been successful in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern's Excellence Initiative.

Greifswald is known as a town with short distances, in which you will find intensive and personal relationships between teaching staff and students.

Studying conditions in Greifswald are excellent. Due to its geographical position in the Baltic Sea Region, cultural and academic contacts have grown historically, especially to partners in Poland, the Baltic States and to Scandinavia.

Current News from the University of Greifswald

15.11.2018

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Studying at the University of Greifswald

The University of Greifswald provides a wide range of academic disciplines in more than 40 degree courses, take a look at the courses on offer here.

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Students tell us about the University of Greifswald

Students training to be teachers at the University of Greifswald take us on a tour to their favourite parts of the Hanseatic and University Town and tell us about what made them choose Greifswald and what they love about studying here.

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PolenmARkT Festival of Polish Culture from 15th- 24th November

This year's 21st PolenmARkT Festival presents some of Poland's most famous contemporary musicians and authors, as well as theatre, film, art and Polish history at various events and exhibitions throughout the Hanseatic town. PolenmARkT is co-organised by members of the University of Greifswald.

A Warm Welcome to Humboldt Research Fellow, Dr. Jill Harvey from Canada

Dr. Jill Harvey has been awarded a Humboldt Research Fellowship for postdoctoral researchers and will be conducting research in Prof. Dr. Wilmking's working group 'Landscape Ecology and Ecosystem Dynamics' at the University of Greifswald's Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology.

93 % of Greifswald's Students Travel to the University by Bike!

Forget Copenhagen, Groningen, Cambridge or Stanford, a study by CHE (Center for Higher Education) showed that students in Greifswald cycle to the university more than in any other town in Germany. The number of students travelling to uni by car and motorcycle has dropped significantly since 2003.

Top Marks for the University of Greifswald in the CHE Ranking 2018

The University of Greifswald is proud to have achieved top positions in the CHE Ranking 2018/2019. The subject areas dentistry, pharmacy and biology received particularly good marks, with other top evaluations in mathematics, political science, human medicine and geography/geosciences.

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Research in Greifswald

Study in Greifswald

International Office

Welcome Centre

Welcome to the University of Greifswald!

Study Opportunities at the University of Greifswald

Your Point of Contact - the International Office

Key Fields of Research at the University of Greifswald

Current News from the University of Greifswald

Bilingual Signs at the University of Greifswald

Call for Entries for the University of Greifswald’s Rudolf Stundl Prize

International Authors’ Conference ‘Junge Literatur in Europa’ in Greifswald

Studying at the University of Greifswald

Students tell us about the University of Greifswald

PolenmARkT Festival of Polish Culture from 15th- 24th November

A Warm Welcome to Humboldt Research Fellow, Dr. Jill Harvey from Canada

93 % of Greifswald's Students Travel to the University by Bike!

Top Marks for the University of Greifswald in the CHE Ranking 2018

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