The Georg-August-Universität of Göttingen was founded in 1737 with an
inherent commitment to the critical spirit of the Enlightenment. Throughout
the course of its history, the “Georgia Augusta” has succeeded in
attracting and retaining world-class researchers whose groundbreaking basic
research led to the establishment of the University’s international
reputation, both in the natural sciences and in the arts, and who remain
influential in the shaping of the University profile to this day; the name
of Göttingen is associated with more than 40 Nobel Prize winners who have
lived and worked here. Today, the University is confronting the challenge
of not merely maintaining but enhancing its high standard of research and
the strong Göttingen focus on research-based teaching by undertaking reform
projects in the areas of research, teaching and administration.
