Philipps University Marburg (Philipps-Universität Marburg)
Philipps University Marburg (Philipps-Universität Marburg) is a public institution in Marburg, Germany, accredited by German Accreditation Council (Akkreditierungsrat) and accrediting agencies (AQAS, ASIIN, ACQUIN, FIBAA, evalag, ZEvA); Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF); Länder ministries; European Higher Education Area (EHEA / Bologna Process since 1999). Primary language: German. AlmiStudy lists 8 canonical subject areas, all verified against German Accreditation Council (Akkreditierungsrat) and accrediting agencies (AQAS, ASIIN, ACQUIN, FIBAA, evalag, ZEvA); Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF); Länder ministries; European Higher Education Area (EHEA / Bologna Process since 1999).
- Country
- Germany (DE)
- City
- Marburg
- Control
- public
- Language
- German
- Accreditation
- German Accreditation Council (Akkreditierungsrat) and accrediting agencies (AQAS, ASIIN, ACQUIN, FIBAA, evalag, ZEvA); Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF); Länder ministries; European Higher Education Area (EHEA / Bologna Process since 1999). Verify on the public registry · last verified 2026-05-16.
- Source
- Philipps University Marburg (Philipps-Universität Marburg) Official Website · tier: tier_1_official
- Website
- https://www.uni-marburg.de/en
Subjects offered
Show all 16 listed subjects (raw)
Law · Economics and Business Administration · Social Sciences and Philosophy · Psychology · Protestant Theology · History and Cultural Studies · Linguistics · Foreign Languages and Cultures · Mathematics and Computer Science · Physics · Chemistry · Pharmacy · Biology · Geography · Medicine · Education
Founded in 1527 by Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, the Philipps University Marburg is the WORLD'S OLDEST PROTESTANT UNIVERSITY (founded just 10 years after Luther's 95 Theses, 1517). Approximately 22,000 students. Distinguished alumni across five centuries: Mikhail Lomonosov (founder of Russian science), Wilhelm Hauff (writer), Gustaf Mannerheim (Finnish military commander), Otto Hahn (Chemistry Nobel 1944, nuclear fission discovery), Boris Pasternak (Russian poet/novelist, briefly), Hannah Arendt (philosophy student under Heidegger here), Emil von Behring (Medicine Nobel 1901 — diphtheria serum).
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