University of Giessen: Statistics
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| Position | Category |
|---|---|
| # 331 of 9,560 | In the World |
| # 129 of 2,786 | In Europe |
| # 28 of 369 | In Germany |
| # 3 of 22 | In Hesse |
| # 1 of 3 | In Giessen |
| # 65 of 9,274 | For Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB-GYN) |
| Top 1-3 | For 8 other topics |
Quick Review
Acceptance rate
70%
Enrollment
27,184
Languages
German
Type
Non-profit
Funding
Public-private partnership
Highest Degree
Doctorate
Website
Acceptance rate & Admissions
| Acceptance Rate | 70% |
|---|---|
| Admissions Requirements | Secondary school certificate (Reifezeugnis) or equivalent |
| Academic Calendar | October to July (October - February; April-July) |
| Enrollment | 27,184 |
We've calculated the 70% acceptance rate for University of Giessen based on the ratio of admissions to applications and other circumstantial enrollment data. Treat this information as a rough guide and not as a definitive measure of your chances of admission. Different programs may have significantly varying admissions rates.
University of Giessen faculties and divisions
Explore the various academic institutes, schools, and campuses that make up University of Giessen.
Faculty : Agricultural Sciences, Nutritional Sciences and Environmental Management
Agriculture
Environmental Management
Nutrition
Faculty : Biology and Chemistry
Biology
Chemistry
Faculty : Economics and Business Studies
Business Administration
Economics
Faculty : History and Cultural Studies
Catholic Theology
Classical Languages
History
Philology
Protestant Theology
Theology
Faculty : Language, Literature, and Culture
English
German
Philology
Romance Languages
Slavic Languages
Theatre
Faculty : Law
Law
Faculty : Mathematics and Computer Science, Physics, Geography
Computer Science
Geography
Mathematics
Physics
Faculty : Medicine
Medicine
Faculty : Psychology and Sports Science
Psychology
Sports
Faculty : Social Sciences and Cultural Studies
Art Education
Music
Music Education
Pedagogy
Social Sciences
Faculty : Veterinary Medicine
Veterinary Science
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 Giessen.
| 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
Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering
Agriculture
Art Education
Art History
Biology
Business Administration
Catholic Theology
Chemistry
Child Care and Development
Classical Languages
Cultural Studies
Czech
Data Processing
Ecology
Economics
Educational Sciences
English
Environmental Management
Food Science
Food Technology
French
Geography (Human)
German
Greek (Classical)
Health Sciences
History
Industrial Chemistry
Latin
Literature
Materials Engineering
Mathematics
Modern Languages
Music
Music Education
Natural Resources
Philosophy
Physics
Polish
Protestant Theology
Psychology
Russian
Scandinavian Languages
Social Sciences
Spanish
Sports
Teacher Training
Technology
Theatre
Turkish
Vocational Education
Magister
International Law
Master
Adult Education
Agricultural Business
Agricultural Economics
Agriculture
American Studies
Animal Husbandry
Archaeology
Art Education
Art History
Biology
Biotechnology
Business Administration
Catholic Theology
Chemistry
Comparative Literature
Computer Science
Continuing Education
Cultural Studies
Dance
Development Studies
Eastern European Studies
Ecology
Economics
Educational Sciences
English
English Studies
Environmental Management
Environmental Studies
Food Science
Food Technology
Foreign Languages Education
Geography (Human)
German
Government
Greek (Classical)
History
Home Economics
Horticulture
Latin
Linguistics
Literature
Management
Materials Engineering
Mathematics
Media Studies
Modern Languages
Music
Musicology
Natural Resources
Nutrition
Oenology
Pedagogy
Performing Arts
Philosophy
Physical Therapy
Physics
Political Sciences
Primary Education
Protestant Theology
Psychology
Religion
Slavic Languages
Social Studies
Spanish
Sports Management
Theatre
Vocational Education
PhD
Agriculture
Arts and Humanities
Dentistry
Economics
Food Science
Home Economics
Law
Medicine
Natural Sciences
Nutrition
Social Sciences
Veterinary Science
Habilitation
Agriculture
Ecology
Economics
Environmental Management
Medicine
Research profile
University of Giessen is a world-class research university with 76,835 scientific papers published and 2,220,027 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Biology, Chemistry, Medicine, Genetics, Physics, Biochemistry, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Engineering, Environmental Science, and Organic Chemistry.
Publication / Citation count by topic
| Biology |
46,425
/ 1,659,158
|
|---|---|
| Chemistry |
38,876
/ 1,398,361
|
| Medicine |
38,825
/ 1,279,587
|
| Genetics |
26,598
/ 978,980
|
| Physics |
26,528
/ 858,086
|
| Biochemistry |
25,685
/ 989,218
|
| Liberal Arts & Social Sciences |
24,878
/ 651,254
|
| Engineering |
24,447
/ 791,765
|
| Environmental Science |
24,167
/ 868,848
|
| Organic chemistry |
19,010
/ 681,781
|
| Computer Science |
18,821
/ 615,630
|
| Quantum and Particle physics |
17,843
/ 609,045
|
| Psychology |
14,781
/ 527,039
|
| Philosophy |
14,607
/ 302,762
|
| Geology |
13,618
/ 541,603
|
| Pathology |
13,614
/ 493,530
|
| Materials Science |
12,218
/ 403,520
|
| Ecology |
10,972
/ 405,006
|
| Immunology |
10,934
/ 425,826
|
| Paleontology |
10,386
/ 409,972
|
| Geography and Cartography |
9,276
/ 330,474
|
| Surgery |
9,026
/ 286,274
|
| Psychiatry |
8,838
/ 353,077
|
| Political Science |
8,509
/ 192,335
|
| Optics |
7,962
/ 245,003
|
| Botany |
7,297
/ 273,878
|
| Neuroscience |
7,276
/ 227,993
|
| Nuclear Physics |
7,156
/ 247,572
|
| Mathematics |
7,084
/ 246,367
|
| Sociology |
6,701
/ 191,204
|
| Anatomy and Physiology |
6,566
/ 236,608
|
| History |
6,464
/ 219,123
|
| Linguistics |
6,290
/ 183,600
|
| Statistics |
5,981
/ 221,129
|
| Radiology |
5,933
/ 203,467
|
| Law |
5,839
/ 176,213
|
| Metallurgy |
5,776
/ 208,566
|
| Archaeology |
5,770
/ 208,845
|
| Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
5,163
/ 134,608
|
| Business |
4,688
/ 148,632
|
100 Notable alumni
1. Ernst Ludwig Alfred Hegar
1830-1914 (aged 84)
physician
gynecologist
surgeon
Ernst Ludwig Alfred Hegar, aka Alfred Hegar, was a German gynecologist famous for developing new medical tools and techniques. He was born on 6 January 1830 in Darmstadt, Germany and died on 5 August 1914. He was buried in Breisgau.
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2. Ralf Reski
1958-. (aged 68)
biotechnologist
geneticist
botanist
university teacher
Ralf Reski is a German professor of plant biotechnology and former dean of the Faculty of Biology of the University of Freiburg. He is also affiliated to the French École supérieure de biotechnologie Strasbourg (ESBS) and Senior Fellow at the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies.
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3. Ernst Dieffenbach
1811-1855 (aged 44)
mineralogist
geologist
malacologist
botanist
botanical collector
Johann Karl Ernst Dieffenbach, also known as Ernest Dieffenbach, was a German physician, geologist and naturalist, the first trained scientist to live and work in New Zealand, where he travelled widely under the auspices of the New Zealand Company, returning in 1841–42 and publishing in English his Travels in New Zealand in 1843.
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4. Johann Jacob Dillenius
1687-1747 (aged 60)
university teacher
botanical collector
pteridologist
botanist
scientific collector
Johann Jacob Dillen Dillenius was a German botanist. He is known for his Hortus Elthamensis ("Eltham Garden") on the rare plants around Eltham, London, and for his Historia muscorum ("History of Mosses"), a natural history of lower plants including mosses, liverworts, hornworts, lycopods, algae, lichens and fungi.
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