University of Münster
- Germany
- Founded 1780
Overview
The University of Münster is a public research university located in the city of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany.
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Key facts
| Founded | 1780Source: Wikidata (opens in a new tab) |
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| Main location | MünsterSource: Wikidata. Other campuses may not be listed. (opens in a new tab) |
| Students | 43,728 (2021)Source: Wikidata. Can be out of date. (opens in a new tab) |
| Staff | 7,488 (2021)Source: Wikidata. Can be out of date. (opens in a new tab) |
| Website | uni-muenster.de (opens in a new tab) |
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| YouTube | Official channel (opens in a new tab) |
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People who studied here
- Ursula von der Leyen (opens in a new tab)President of the European Commission since 2019
- Karl Weierstraß (opens in a new tab)German mathematician (1815–1897)
- Ulrike Meinhof (opens in a new tab)German left-wing militant, journalist and author (1934–1976)
- Walter Baade (opens in a new tab)German astronomer (1893–1960)
- Robert Ley (opens in a new tab)German Nazi politician; indicted by the International Military Tribunal for war crimes (1890-1945)
- Franz Brentano (opens in a new tab)German philosopher and psychologist as well as refounder of the theory of intentionality (1838–1917)
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