Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
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The Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg (German pronunciationⓘ) (Short: OVGU) is a public research university founded in 1993 and is located in Magdeburg, the Capital city of Saxony-Anhalt. The university has about 13,000 students in nine faculties.
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Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg | |
Motto | Rethinking the world together[1] |
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Type | Public |
Established | 1993 |
Budget | €156.6 mil.[2] |
Chancellor | Jörg Wadzack |
Rector | Jens Strackeljan |
Academic staff | 1,226[2] |
Administrative staff | 830[2] |
Students | 13,143[2] |
Location | , , 52°08′24″N 11°38′35″E |
Colours | Purple |
Affiliations | GU8,[3] EUA,[4] GRF,[5] DFN,[6] GRC[7] |
Website | www.ovgu.de |
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The university is named after the physicist and former mayor of Magdeburg Otto von Guericke. The main research areas of the university are in the neurosciences, biosystems technology, disease prevention, automotive research, digital engineering and renewable energies.[8]
One of the best-known alumni and professors is the Leibniz Prize winner Axel Ockenfels.