University of Gottingen: Statistics
Updated:
| Position | Category |
|---|---|
| #161 of 14,131 | In the World |
| #52 of 2,785 | In Europe |
| #10 of 369 | In Germany |
| #1 of 26 | In Lower Saxony |
| #1 of 2 | In Gottingen |
| #4 of 2,235 | For Pharmacy |
| Top100 | For 10 other topics |
Quick Review
- Enrollment
- 31,619
- Type
- Non-profit
- Funding
- Public-private
partnership - Highest Degree
- Doctorate
- Website
- uni-goettingen.de
- Languages
- German;English
- Acceptance rate
- 32%*
* The University of Gottingen is among the institutions that don't provide data on acceptance rates. This might happen because the university has programs where applicants only need to meet admission requirements to enroll and don't necessarily compete with others.
We estimate the above acceptance rate based on admission statistics of closely ranked nearby universities with similar research profiles that do publish such data.
Acceptance rate & Admissions
| Admissions Requirements | Secondary school certificate (Reifezeugnis) or equivalent |
|---|---|
| Academic Calendar | April to March (April - September; October-March) |
| Enrollment | 31,619 |
Research profile
University of Gottingen is a world-class research university with 100,575 scientific papers published and 2,980,535 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Biology, Chemistry, Medicine, Physics, Environmental Science, Engineering, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Biochemistry, Genetics, and Computer Science.
University of Gottingen majors
by publication & citation count
Annual publication & citation counts
| Year | Publications | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 1105 | 10666 |
| 1992 | 1052 | 12198 |
| 1993 | 1020 | 11396 |
| 1994 | 1139 | 12763 |
| 1995 | 1122 | 14449 |
| 1996 | 1436 | 14979 |
| 1997 | 1323 | 16745 |
| 1998 | 1604 | 18023 |
| 1999 | 1518 | 20060 |
| 2000 | 1712 | 22571 |
| 2001 | 1498 | 25358 |
| 2002 | 1616 | 27450 |
| 2003 | 1667 | 31782 |
| 2004 | 1783 | 35905 |
| 2005 | 1928 | 42912 |
| 2006 | 2096 | 47304 |
| 2007 | 2201 | 54190 |
| 2008 | 2663 | 63444 |
| 2009 | 2705 | 74282 |
| 2010 | 2778 | 83298 |
| 2011 | 3206 | 93224 |
| 2012 | 2965 | 104395 |
| 2013 | 3257 | 115347 |
| 2014 | 3491 | 124292 |
| 2015 | 3467 | 132834 |
| 2016 | 3652 | 141789 |
| 2017 | 3627 | 147709 |
| 2018 | 3724 | 160836 |
| 2019 | 3747 | 177991 |
| 2020 | 4270 | 210576 |
| 2021 | 4582 | 241030 |
| 2022 | 3932 | 245034 |
| 2023 | 3672 | 239828 |
Tuition
| Local studetns | 165.70 per semester (EUR) |
|---|
The University of Gottingen has financial aid programs and on-campus housing.
Programs and Degrees
The table below displays academic fields with programs and courses that lead to Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctorate degrees offered by University of Gottingen.
Note that the table provides a general overview and might not cover all the specific majors available at the university. Always visit the university's website for the most up-to-date information on the programs offered.
| Programs | Bachelor | Master | Doctoral |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art & Design | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Biology | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Business | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Chemistry | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Computer Science | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Economics | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Engineering | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Environmental Science | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Liberal Arts & Social Sciences | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mathematics | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Medicine | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Physics | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Psychology | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Bachelor's Degree | Agriculture, Arts and Humanities, Business Administration, Computer Science, Cultural Studies, Earth Sciences, Economics, Forestry, Law, Mathematics, Medicine, Modern Languages, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences |
|---|---|
| Kirchliche Abschlussprüfung | Protestant Theology |
| Magister | Theology |
| Master | Accountancy, Agriculture, American Studies, Ancient Civilizations, Animal Husbandry, Anthropology, Arabic, Archaeology, Art History, Biochemistry, Biology, Business Administration, Business Computing, Cardiology, Central European Studies, Chemistry, Comparative Literature, Computer Education, Computer Science, Earth Sciences, East Asian Studies, Ecology, Economics, Education, Educational Research, Educational Sciences, English, Environmental Management, Ethnology, European Studies, European Union Law, Finance, Finnish, Foreign Languages Education, Forestry, French, French Studies, Gender Studies, Geography, Geology, German, Germanic Studies, Greek (Classical), Hispanic American Studies, History, Human Resources, Humanities and Social Science Education, Information Technology, International Economics, International Studies, Islamic Studies, Italian, Latin, Law, Linguistics, Management, Marketing, Materials Engineering, Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Medicine, Medieval Studies, Microbiology, Modern History, Molecular Biology, Musicology, Native Language Education, Neurosciences, Pedagogy, Persian, Philosophy, Physical Education, Physics, Political Sciences, Portuguese, Prehistory, Psychology, Religious Education, Religious Studies, Romance Languages, Scandinavian Languages, Science Education, Slavic Languages, Sociology, South Asian Studies, Spanish, Sports, Statistics, Taxation, Theology, Tropical Agriculture, Turkish |
| PhD | Agriculture, Behavioural Sciences, Biochemistry, Biological and Life Sciences, Biology, Business Administration, Cell Biology, Chemistry, Cognitive Sciences, Computer Science, Earth Sciences, Ecology, Economics, Forest Biology, Forestry, Genetics, Geography, Law, Mathematics, Medicine, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Neurosciences, Philosophy, Physics, Protestant Theology, Psychology, Social Sciences, Theology, Wood Technology |
| Habilitation | Agriculture, Biological and Life Sciences, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Economics, Forestry, Geography, Law, Mathematics and Computer Science, Medicine, Philosophy, Physics, Social Sciences, Theology |
University of Gottingen alumni
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Robert Oppenheimer
- Occupations
- university teacherscience administratortheoretical physicistengineerart collector
- Biography
-
J. Robert Oppenheimer was an American theoretical physicist. He was director of the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II and is often called the "father of the atomic bomb".
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Otto von Bismarck
- Enrolled in the University of Gottingen
- 1832-1833 studied legal science
- Occupations
- writerjuristdiplomatpoliticianvolunteer serving one year
- Biography
-
Otto, Prince of Bismarck, Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen, Duke of Lauenburg was a Prussian and later German statesman and diplomat.
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Arthur Schopenhauer
- Enrolled in the University of Gottingen
- Studied in 1809
- Occupations
- writeruniversity teachertranslatormusicologistphilosopher
- Biography
-
Arthur Schopenhauer was a German philosopher. He is known for his 1818 work The World as Will and Representation (expanded in 1844), which characterizes the phenomenal world as the manifestation of a blind and irrational noumenal will. Building on the transcendental idealism of Immanuel Kant (1724–1804), Schopenhauer developed an atheistic metaphysical and ethical system that rejected the contemporaneous ideas of German idealism.
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Max Weber
- Occupations
- economistsociologistjuristmusicologistphilosopher
- Biography
-
Maximilian Karl Emil Weber was a German sociologist, historian, jurist and political economist, who is regarded as among the most important theorists of the development of modern Western society. He was one of the central figures in the development of sociology and the social sciences, and his ideas profoundly influence social theory and research.
University of Gottingen faculties and divisions
| Faculty : Agricultural Sciences | Agriculture |
|---|---|
| Faculty : Biology and Psychology | Biology, Psychology |
| Faculty : Chemistry | Chemistry |
| Faculty : Economic Sciences | Accountancy, Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Human Resources, Management, Marketing, Taxation |
| Faculty : Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology | Ecology, Forestry |
| Faculty : Geoscience and Geography | Environmental Management, Geography, Geology |
| Faculty : Humanities | Ancient Civilizations, Arabic, Archaeology, Art History, Arts and Humanities, Classical Languages, East Asian Studies, Finnish, History, Musicology, Philology, Philosophy, Romance Languages, Scandinavian Languages, Slavic Languages |
| Faculty : Law | Law |
| Faculty : Mathematics and Computer Science | Mathematics |
| Faculty : Physics | Physics |
| Faculty : Social Sciences | Ethnology, Gender Studies, Indic Languages, Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Sociology |
| Faculty : Theology | Bible, Ethics, Jewish Studies, New Testament, Religious Studies, Theology |
General information
| Alternative names | University of Göttingen Georg-August-Universität Göttingen |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1734 |
| Accreditation | Zentrale Evaluations und Akkreditierungsagentur (ZevA) |
| Motto | In publica commoda |
Location and contacts
| Address | Wilhelmsplatz 1 (Aula) Göttingen, 37073 Germany |
|---|---|
| City population | 117,000 |