Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

Posted on Monday, November 28, 2011

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With more than 36,000 students from about 130 nations, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (JGU) is one of the ten largest universities in Germany. As a comprehensive university, JGU combines almost all academic disciplines under one roof, including the Mainz University Medical Center, the School of Music, and the Mainz Academy of Arts. This is a unique feature in the German academic landscape. Some 2,900 academics, including 480 professors, teach and conduct research at JGU’s more than 150 departments, institutes, and clinics.

Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz is proud to be a research institution of national and international recognition, particularly strong in the field of materials science, earth system science, nuclear and particle physics, translational medicine, and media and cultural studies. In September 2011, JGU submitted its definite proposals for one graduate school, three clusters of excellence, and its institutional strategy THE GUTENBERG SPIRIT: MOVING MINDS – CROSSING BOUNDARIES to the Excellence Initiative by the German Federal and State Governments.

Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz is also characterized by its sophisticated large-scale equipment such as the TRIGA light water research reactor of its Institute of Nuclear Chemistry or the key-down electron accelerator MAMI (Mainz Microtron) of the Institute of Nuclear Physics. These facilities attract researchers from all over the world to come to JGU for research.