Philipps University of Marburg: Courses, Admission, Cost

The Philipps University of Marburg is a traditional German university which is believed to be one of the world's oldest universities. Founded as a Protestant institution in 1527, this university is a public university of the state of Hesse. This university comprises of 16 different departments specializing in different disciplines. These departments are Law, Business and Economics, Social Sciences and Philosophy, Psychology, Protestant Theology, History and Cultural Studies, History and Cultural Education, German Arts and Studies, Foreign Languages and Cultures(German), Mathematics and Computer Sciences, Physics, Chemistry, Pharmacy(German), Biology, Geography, Medicine(German) and Education.

Further, Philipps University of Marburg is popular for its research specialization in the field of life sciences. It is situated in Marburg, Hesse, Germany. This university has two major locations in Marburg which are Lahntal and Lahnberge. This university has over 120 buildings at 14 different locations. Moreover, it has two botanical gardens, namely Alter Botanischer Garten Marburg and Botanischer Garten Marburg.

This university has a center called CNMS (center for near and Middle Eastern studies) which conducts Middle East research. The psychology and geography departments of this university have an Excellence Group status in the CHE Excellence Ranking 2009. The motive of the researchers in this university is to overcome the barriers of disciplines, institutes, departments, and faculties within the participating university.

The different research centers in this university are the Center for Conflict Studies, Center for Gender Studies and Feminist Futurology, Center for Imaging Processes, Center for Interdisciplinary Religious Research, Center for Mind, Brain and Behavior, Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies, Center for Synthetic Microbiology (Synmikro), Foto Marburg Picture Archive, Linguistic Atlas of Germany, Marburg Center for Mind, Brain and Behavior, Marburg Center for the Ancient World, Marburg Centre for Canadian Studies, Materials Sciences Center, Teacher Training Center of the Philipps-Universitat Marburg, The International Research and Documentation Centre for War Crimes Trails (ICWC), and Center for University Continuing Education. This university has 12 Leibniz Prize winners.

When it comes to research, this university lays emphasis on subjects like infection and tumor, synthetic microbiology, material sciences, cognitive and applied neurosciences, language dynamics research, biodiversity and climate research, and conflict. The campus of this university comprises of numerous service facilities such as Sports Center, Library, Computer Center, Archive, Preparatory College of Central Hessen, Marburg University Research Academy, Language Center, Information Center for Foreign Language Research and Family Service. Further, Philipps University of Marburg has a number of museums, including the Marburg Art Museum, Mineralogical Museum, Museum Anatomicum, Museum of Cultural History, and Religious Studies Collection and Museum.