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The modern University of Trier , in the German
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 city of Trier
Trier

Trier is a city in Germany on the banks of the Moselle River. It is the oldest city in Germany, founded in or before 16 BC. Trier is not the only city claiming to be Germany's oldest, but it is the only one that bases this assertion on having the longest history as a city, as opposed to a mere settlement or army camp....
, was (re-)established in the year 1970, starting with 360 students matriculated on October 15, 1970.






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The modern University of Trier , in the German
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 city of Trier
Trier

Trier is a city in Germany on the banks of the Moselle River. It is the oldest city in Germany, founded in or before 16 BC. Trier is not the only city claiming to be Germany's oldest, but it is the only one that bases this assertion on having the longest history as a city, as opposed to a mere settlement or army camp....
, was (re-)established in the year 1970, starting with 360 students matriculated on October 15, 1970. The new University campus is located on top of the Tarforst
Tarforst

Tarforst is a suburban part of the city Trier in Germany with about 7,000 inhabitants. The University of Trier is situated in the suburb.The Roman Empire settled in Tarforst 2,000 years ago....
 heights, an urban district on the outskirts of the town. The University has seven faculties with around 470 members. In the year 2006 around 14,000 students had been matriculated, 43.5% male and 56.5% female students. The percentage of foreign
Foreign

Foreign may refer to:*Foreign corporation, a corporation that can do business outside its jurisdiction*Foreign key, a constraint in a relational database...
 students was approximately 15.5%.

History


Historical university


In 1455, Pope Nicholas V
Pope Nicholas V

Pope Nicholas V , born Tommaso Parentucelli, was Pope from March 6, 1447 to his death in 1455....
 granted the archbishop of Trier, Jakob von Sierck to establish a university in his town. The University of Trier was founded March 16, 1473. Battling with financial problems for decades, the university was acquired by the Jesuits in 1560. They emphasized the philosophical
Philosophy

Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, truth, beauty, justice, validity, mind, and language....
 and theological
Theology

Theology is the study of the existence or attributes of a deity or gods, or more generally the study of religion or spirituality. It is sometimes contrasted with religious studies: theology is understood as the study of religion from an internal perspective , and religious studies as the study of religion from an external perspective....
 faculties, while neglecting medicine
Medicine

Medicine is the art and science of healing. It encompasses a range of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
 and law
LAW

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. In the 1580s Peter Binsfeld
Peter Binsfeld

Peter Binsfeld was a Germany bishop and Theology.Peter Binsfeld, a son of a farmer and craftsman, was born in the village Binsfeld in the Germany Eifel region; he died in Trier as a victim of the Bubonic plague....
 was president of the university. In the 1730s Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim
Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim

Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim was a Germany historian and theology.Born in Trier, he belonged to a noble family which had been for many generations connected with the court and diocese of the archbishop-elect on, his father, Kaspar von Hontheim, being receiver-general of the archdiocese At the age of twelve young Hontheim was given by his m...
 also was a faculty member. After the french occupation of the Rhineland
French Revolutionary Wars: Campaigns of 1792

The French Revolutionary Wars began in 1792....
, the French administration ordered the Universities of Cologne
Cologne

Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants....
, Mainz
Mainz

Mainz is a city in Germany and the capital of the Germany States of Germany of Rhineland-Palatinate. It was a politically important seat of the Prince-elector of Mainz under the Holy Roman Empire, and previously was a Roman Empire fort city which commanded the west bank of the Rhine River and formed part of the northernmost frontier of th...
 and Bonn
Bonn

Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located about 20 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the Capital of Germany West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999....
 closed. The historical University of Trier was closed on April 6, 1798.

Modern university

In 1970 the university was refounded as part of the twin-University Trier / Kaiserslautern
University of Kaiserslautern

Kaiserslautern University of Technology is a university located in Kaiserslautern, Germany. It was founded in 1970 and is organized in 10 Faculties....
, but in 1975 the partners separated and formed independent institutions. In 1977 the new university campus in Tarforst
Tarforst

Tarforst is a suburban part of the city Trier in Germany with about 7,000 inhabitants. The University of Trier is situated in the suburb.The Roman Empire settled in Tarforst 2,000 years ago....
 was opened. During the 1990s a former hospital complex was added, and dubbed Campus II.

University seal

The modern university still uses the seal of the historical university in its corporate design . It contains the Latin motto "" (God completes the favors of wisdom from the city of Trier). In 2000 an alternative logo incorporating that seal was introduced, but this met with resistance.

Faculties

The university is subdivided into 6 faculties, called "Fachbereiche".

  • FB I - Pedagogy, Philosophy, Psychology (ca. 2300 students)
  • FB II - Linguistics, Literature, Media (ca. 2700 students)
  • FB III - Egyptology, Papyrology, History, Archeology, Art history, Politics (ca. 1700 students)
  • FB IV - Economics, Sociology, Mathematics, Computer Science (ca. 3300 students)
  • FB V - Law (ca. 1800 students)
  • FB VI - Geography, Geology (ca. 1600 students)


There is also a Faculty of (Roman Catholic) Theology, affiliated to the university but administratively independent. It is considered to have kept the city's academic tradition alive as (Episcopal) theological academy for 150 years until refounded in 1950.It currently counts about 300 students.

Student demographics

Foreign Students at the university (WS 2004/05)
CountryStudentsPercentage
42422.2%
29015.2%
1337.0%
864.5%
703.7%
562.9%
522.7%
502.6%
482.5%
432.3%
  • WS 2001/02: 11,867 students
  • WS 2002/03: 12,660 students
  • WS 2003/04: 13,082 students
  • WS 2004/05: 13,327 students
  • WS 2005/06: 13,755 students
  • WS 2006/07: 13,932 students


While there are many foreign students in Trier, a large majority of students hails from Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 States of Germany of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz....
 and the adjacent states of Saarland
Saarland

Saarland is one of the 16 States of Germany of Germany. The capital is Saarbr?cken. It has an area of 2570 km? and 1,045,000 inhabitants. In both area and population it is the smallest of the German Fl?chenl?nder , i.e., those that are not City States ....
 and Northrhine-Westphalia. This effect is supported by the introduction of Tuition
Tuition

Tuition means "instruction" or "teaching." In American English, the term "tuition" is often used to refer to a fee charged for educational instruction; especially at a formal institution of learning or by a private tutor usually in the form of one-to-one tuition....
 fees in all German states except for Rhineland-Palatine. The SPD who is currently ruling the state does not plan to introduce Tuition so far.

Karl-Marx-University Trier

The AStA
Asta

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, consisting of left-wing student-initiatives, proposed changing the name of the University to Karl-Marx
Karl Marx

Karl Heinrich Marx was a Germanphilosophy, political economy, historian, sociologist, humanism, political theorist and revolutionary credited as the founder of communism....
-Universität Trier, honoring the city's most famous son. Although the proposal was finally rejected, the AStA still refers to the university as "Karl-Marx-Universität Trier".

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