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Max Planck Society
Sign in to saveAlso known as Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e. V., MPG, Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science
association of German research institutes
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The Max Planck Society, abbreviated as MPG, is an active nonprofit organization and funder based in Munich, Germany. Established on February 26, 1948, the society operates with a total revenue of 2,563,800,000 and total assets of 3,626,300,000. It employs 23,963 individuals and has a member count of 1,384.
The organization maintains official websites in English and German and uses the hashtag MaxPlanckSociety for social media presence, where it has 186,440 followers. Its status is listed as active, and it is categorized under the name Max Planck Society in various databases.
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Key facts
- Abbreviation
- MPG
- Predecessor
- Kaiser Wilhelm Society
- Formation
- 1911 ; 115 years ago ( 1911 )
- Type
- Non-profit research organization
- Legal status
- Eingetragener Verein (e. V.)
- Headquarters
- Munich , Germany
- President
- Patrick Cramer
- Main organ
- Senate
- Budget
- €2.1 billion (2023)
- Staff
- 25,740 (2024)
- Website
- www .mpg .de /en
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Funder, Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1948
- Location
- Munich, Germany
- Also known as
- MPG
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.4372.2 · ISNI 0000 0001 2105 1091
Official website

Homepage | Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
The Max Planck Society is Germany's premier, non-university research organization dedicated to fundamental research at 85 Max Planck Institutes.
mpg.de →Half of the almost 3,000 doctoral students at the IMPRS come from abroad. Half of the almost 3,000 doctoral students at the IMPRS come from abroad. Opening of the Max Planck-University of Twente Center for Complex Fluid Dynamics in the Netherlands. Opening of the Max Planck-University of Twente Center for Complex Fluid Dynamics in the Netherlands. On the Scaffolding of MAGIC: the mirrows of the telescopes are mounted on the space frame. On the Scaffolding of MAGIC: the mirrows of the telescopes are mounted on the space frame. : Feodor Lynen, Wolfgang Gentner and his wife Alice, Otto Hahn and Josef Cohn from the Weizmann Institute.") The first delegation of the Max Planck Society on its way to Israel (from the left): Feodor Lynen, Wolfgang Gentner and his wife Alice, Otto Hahn and Josef Cohn from the Weizmann Institute. The first delegation of the Max Planck Society on its way to Israel (from the left): Feodor Lynen, Wolfgang Gentner and his wife Alice, Otto Hahn and Josef Cohn from the Weizmann Institute. With the start of the 21st century, the Max Planck Society is fortifying its institutional activity abroad: together with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, it established a Partner Institute in Shanghai. And the first Max Planck Institute in North America is now underway, financed by the State of Florida and Palm Beach County, showing that the Max Planck Society is exploring new ways to increase its financial flexibility. The first delegation of the Max Planck Society on its way to Israel (from the left): Feodor Lynen, Wolfgang Gentner and his wife Alice, Otto Hahn and Josef Cohn from the Weizmann Institute. Half of the almost 3,000 doctoral students at the IMPRS come from abroad. Opening of the Max Planck-University of Twente Center for Complex Fluid Dynamics in the Netherlands. On the Scaffolding of MAGIC: the mirrows of the telescopes are mounted on the space frame. The first delegation of the Max Planck Society on its way to Israel (from the left): Feodor Lynen, Wolfgang Gentner and his wife Alice, Otto Hahn and Josef Cohn from the Weizmann Institute. Half of the almost 3,000 doctoral students at the IMPRS come from abroad. Opening of the Max Planck-University of Twente Center for Complex Fluid Dynamics in the Netherlands. On the Scaffolding of MAGIC: the mirrows of the telescopes are mounted on the space frame. The first delegation of the Max Planck Society on its way to Israel (from the left): Feodor Lynen, Wolfgang Gentner and his wife Alice, Otto Hahn and Josef Cohn from the Weizmann Institute.
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Max Planck
- Official name
- Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e. V.
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Munich
- Headquarters
- Munich
- Subsidiary
- Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry
- Chairperson
- Patrick Cramer
- Industry
- research
- Employees
- 23950
- Revenue
- 2546300000
- Follows
- Kaiser Wilhelm Society
- Official website
- www.mpg.de/de
- Image
- München - Max-Planck-Gesellschaft.JPG
Show 15 more facts
- topic's main category
- Category:Max Planck Society
- inception
- 1948-02-26
- Commons category
- Max Planck Society
- category of associated people
- Category:Max Planck Society people
- native label
- Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
- board member
- Hans F. Zacher
- short name
- MPG
- language used
- German
- total assets
- 3626300000
- social media followers
- 59000
- member count
- 1384
- described at URL
- www.kek-online.de/medienkonzentration/mediendatenbank/#/profile/shareholder/5d2f3b46-07ee-4be2-b64c-a4d8ff4feace
- P8168
- Duruelo
- privacy policy URL
- www.mpg.de/data-protection-information
- hashtag
- MaxPlanckSociety
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Encyclopedic overview
Max Planck, after whom the society is named The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science (German: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e. V.; MPG) is a formally independent non-governmental and nonprofit association of German research institutes. Founded in 1911 as the Kaiser Wilhelm Society, it was renamed to the Max Planck Society in 1948 in honor of its former president, theoretical physicist Max Planck. The society is funded by the federal and state governments of Germany.
Mission
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Max Planck Society” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.