Kiel University
Also known as Christian Albrechts University, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel University, Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Germany, CAU, University of Kiel
university in Germany
Key facts
- Motto
- Pax optima rerum
- Motto in english
- Peace is the greatest good
- Type
- Public
- Established
- 1665 ; 361 years ago ( 1665 )
- Budget
- €223.7 million (2024) , Third-party funding: €77.5 mio
- President
- Vacancy
- Academic staff
- 431 professors (2024)
- Total staff
- 3,870 (2024, not including UKSH )
- Students
- 24,925 (2024)
- Campus
- Urban
- Colors
- Purple and white
- Website
- www.uni-kiel.de
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
Kiel University (German: Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, abbreviated CAU, known informally as Christiana Albertina) is a public research university in the city of Kiel, Germany. It was founded in 1665 as the Academia Holsatorum Chiloniensis by Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp. It is the largest, oldest, and most prestigious university in the state of Schleswig-Holstein.
Until 1866, it was not only the northernmost university in Germany but at the same time the second-largest university of Denmark. After the Danish-German war, Kiel came under Prussian administration which later led to being part of the German Empire and today the Federal Republic of Germany. Kiel is the capital of Schleswig-Holstein, and Kiel University is the largest and only comprehensive university in the federal state.