University of Giessen

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University of Giessen

Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
Type	Public
Established	1607; 417 years ago (1607)
Budget	€ 223 million[1]
Rector	Joybrato Mukherjee
Academic staff	3,039[2]
Administrative staff	2,394[2]
Students	28,454[2]
Location	Gießen , Hesse , Germany 50°34′51″N 8°40′35″E / 50.58083°N 8.67639°E / 50.58083; 8.67639
Colors	Blue and white
Affiliations	German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), German Research Council (DFG)
Website	www.uni-giessen.de

University of Giessen, official name Justus Liebig University Giessen (German: Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen), is a large public research university in Giessen, Hesse, Germany. It is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the German-speaking world.^[3] It is named after its most famous faculty member, Justus von Liebig, the founder of modern agricultural chemistry and inventor of artificial fertiliser. It covers the areas of arts/humanities, business, dentistry, economics, law, medicine, science, social sciences and veterinary medicine. Its university hospital, which has two sites, Giessen and Marburg (the latter of which is the teaching hospital of the University of Marburg), is the only private university hospital in Germany.