With approximately 48,000 students, the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (German: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München or LMU) is one of the largest universities in Germany. It is a member of the League of European Research Universities.

Munich's other major university is the Technical University of Munich.

Contents

1 Departments 2 History 3 Notable alumni 3.1 Nobel laureates 3.2 Politicans 4 Contact

Departments

The University has currently 18 departments:

• 01 - Department of Catholic Divinity
• 02 - Department of Protestant Divinity
• 03 - Department of Law
• 04 - Department of Business Administration
• 05 - Department of Economics
• 07 - Department of Medicine (incl. Dentistry)
• 08 - Department of Veterinary Medicine
• 09 - Department of History and Arts
• 10 - Department of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Religious Science
• 11 - Department of Psychology and Education
• 12 - Department of Cultural Studies
• 13/14 - Department of Languages and Literatures
• 15 - Department of Social Sciences
• 16 - Department of Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics
• 17 - Department of Science
• 18 - Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
• 19 - Department of Biology
• 20 - Department of Earth Sciences

History

The university originally existed as the University of Ingolstadt from 1472 (foundation right of Louis IX, called the Rich) to 1802 in Ingolstadt and was then moved to Landshut by Maximilian IV Joseph (the later Maximilian king of Bavaria). After a short time it was moved to the capital of Bavaria, Munich, in the year 1826, by Louis I.

Notable alumni

Nobel laureates

• Adolf von Baeyer, (Chemistry 1909)
• Hans Bethe, (Physics 1967)
• Gerd Binnig , (Physics 1986)
• Günter Blobel, (Physiology or Medicine 1999)
• Konrad Emil Bloch, (Physiology or Medicine 1964)
• Eduard Buchner, (Chemistry 1907)
• Peter Debye, (Chemistry 1936)
• Ernst Otto Fischer , (Chemistry 1973)
• Hans Fischer , (Chemistry 1930)
• Karl von Frisch, (Physiology or Medicine 1973)
• Werner Heisenberg, (Physics 1932)
• Gustav Hertz, (Physics 1926)
• Wolfgang Ketterle, (Physics 2001)
• Hans Adolf Krebs, (Physiology or Medicine 1953)
• Richard Kuhn, (Chemistry 1938)
• Max von Laue, (Physics 1914)
• Otto Loewi, (Physiology or Medicine 1936)
• Feodor Lynen, (Physiology or Medicine 1964)
• Wolfgang Pauli, (Physics 1945)
• Max Planck, (Physics 1918)
• Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, (Physics 1901)
• Bert Sakmann, (Physiology or Medicine 1991)
• Johannes Stark, (Physics 1919)
• Heinrich Wieland , (Chemistry 1927)
• Wilhelm Wien, (Physics 1911)
• Richard Willstätter, (Chemistry 1915)

Politicans

• Valdas Adamkus, President of Lithuania (1998-2003, 2004-)
• Konrad Adenauer, Chancellor of Germany (1949-1963)
• Karl Carstens, President of Germany (1979-1984)
• Gustav Heinemann, President of Germany (1969-1974)
• Roman Herzog, President of Germany (1994-1999)
• Theodor Heuss, President of Germany (1949-1959)
• Manfred Wörner, Secretary General of NATO (1988-1994)

See also:

• White Rose
• Education in Germany
• List of universities in Germany

Contact

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1

80539 München

tel: (089) 2180-11

Homepage: http://www.uni-muenchen.de/