Wuerzburg University
600 years
of academic tradition
History/Profile
The Julius Maximilian University of Wuerzburg is an old traditional german university.

The first half of the name is derived from Julius Echter, the second from the Bavarian King Maximilian, who brought Wuerzburg and its university, the 'Alma Julia', under his rule in 1814.

Throughout its 600 year history, Wuerzburg University has always been one of the largest universities in Germany. Today it is one of the four largest in Bavaria with over 20,000 students. Its comprehensibility and integration into a friendly, charming city create an outstanding atmosphere for students.

In the research community, the university is held in high esteem nationally and internationally. Due to famous researchers like Lexer, Dahn, von Koelliker, Schwab, Boveri, Virchow and Roentgen, who discovered x-rays here in 1895. 		A university's competitiveness in academic instruction is evaluated decisively by the quality, intensity and originality of academic research. over 6,000 research papers are published yearly in Wuerzburg. Moreover, there are eight special research areas, seven graduate colleges and a series of other research areas, groups and centers.

The MBA program "Business Integration" is run by the business faculty which for many years has offered integrated master's degree programs in economics and business management.

Furthermore, Wuerzburg University initiated a new bachelor's degree program in business information technology in the year 2000, making it one of Germany's pioneers, offering degree programs based on the Anglo-Saxon model.