High percentage of female professors – life sciences attractive for international visiting fellows

Between 2008 and 2010, the University of Göttingen was recipient of a total of € 168.6 million in grant money from the German Research Foundation (DFG). These figures put the Georgia Augusta at ninth place in the 2012 DFG Funding Atlas published today. The DFG Funding Atlas is the successor to the well-established DFG funding ranking, considered to be the most important ranking list for German universities. Göttingen University had similarly placed ninth in the previous rankings for the years 2005-2007. As compared to this period of time, the university managed to raise the amount of DFG funding by another € 15.1 million. This is equivalent to a ten percent increase. If subsidies from the Excellence Initiative are not taken into account, the sum of DFG funding actually rose by around 14 percent. mehr ...

CHE University Ranking: University of Göttingen again in the top group

In the current academic ranking of the Centre for Higher Education Development (CHE), the University of Göttingen ranked at the top group in five subjects. The subjects of Mathematics, Physics, Geography and Earth Sciences both achieved top marks in the category of “study situation”. The subject Chemistry is represented in the category of citations in the top group. Physics was also convincing with the laboratory equipment as well as research funds. more ...



International student survey: Göttingen has the best university in Germany

The “International Student Barometer 2011”, an international student survey service, has given Göttingen University the top place among German Universities. In the global rankings, the Georgia Augusta placed 5th. The renowned International Graduate Insight Group (i-graduate) applied its benchmarking tools to survey the insights, needs and decision-making criteria of more than 200,000 international students relating to their country and city of study. more...


Göttingen University is no. 2 German institution of higher education in world ranking

In their world ranking for 2011/12, the authoritative British magazine Times Higher Education (THE) has ranked Göttingen University 69th, placing Göttingen in second position among all German institutions of higher education. “We are delighted that we have again achieved an outstanding result in the country-wide comparison. This has underlined our firm position in the leading group of German universities," said University President Professor Ulrike Beisiegel. more...


Global ranking places Göttingen University top in Germany

In the 2010/11 worldwide ranking of universities presented by the prominent British magazine Times Higher Education (THE), the University of Göttingen occupies 43rd place, making it Germany’s highest ranked university. “We are pleased to note this considerably improved position in the latest ranking. The Presidential Board is encouraged to continue with the consistent implementation of our institutional strategy, as mapped out in the framework of the Excellence Initiative”, says Markus Hoppe, Vice President of the University of Göttingen. more...


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