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Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich

With approximately 48,000 students, the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (German: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München or LMU) is one of the largest universities in Germany. It is a member of the League of European Research Universities.

Munich's other major university is the Technical University of Munich.

Table of contents

1 Departments 2 History 3 Contact

Departments

The University has currently 18 departments:

• 01 - Department of Catholic Divinity
• 02 - Department of Protestant Divinity
• 03 - Department of Law
• 04 - Department of Business Administration
• 05 - Department of Economics
• 07 - Department of Medicine (incl. Dentistry)
• 08 - Department of Veterinary Medicine
• 09 - Department of History and Arts
• 10 - Department of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Religious Science
• 11 - Department of Psychology and Education
• 12 - Department of Cultural Studies
• 13/14 - Department of Languages and Literatures
• 15 - Department of Social Sciences
• 16 - Department of Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics
• 17 - Department of Science
• 18 - Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
• 19 - Department of Biology
• 20 - Department of Earth Sciences

History

The university originally existed as the University of Ingolstadt from 1472 (foundation right of Louis IX, called the Rich) to 1802 in Ingolstadt and was then moved to Landshut by Maximilian IV Joseph (the later Maximilian king of Bavaria). After a short time it was moved to the capital of Bavaria, Munich, in the year 1826, by Louis I.

See also:

• White Rose
• Education in Germany
• List of universities in Germany

Contact

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1

80539 München

tel: (089) 2180-11

Homepage: http://www.uni-muenchen.de/