The University of Rostock (Rostock University, German: Universität Rostock) is a public university located in Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Founded in 1419, it is the third-oldest university in Germany. It is the oldest and largest university in continental northern Europe and the Baltic Sea area, and 8th oldest in Central Europe.It was the 5th university established in the Holy Roman Empire. The university has been associated with five Nobel laureates. Famous alumni include Nobel laureates: Albrecht Kossel, Karl von Frisch, and Otto Stern; theoretical physicists: Pascual
Jordan and Walter H. Schottky. It is a member of the European University Association. The language of instruction is usually German, but English for postgraduate studies.
It was founded in 1419 by confirmation of Pope Martin V and thus is the oldest university in Northern Europe.
In Germany, there are only five universities that were founded before, while only Heidelberg and Leipzig operated continuously since then: Heidelberg (1386), Cologne (1388), Erfurt (1392/1994), Würzburg (1402/1582) and Leipzig (1409). That makes Rostock University the third oldest German university in continuous operation.
Throughout the 15th century, the University of Rostock had about 400 to 500 students each year, a large number at that time. Rostock was among the largest universities in Germany at the time and many of its students also came from the Low Countries, Scandinavia or other states bordering the Baltic Sea.In the course of political struggles and pressure from the church, the university moved to Greifswald in 1437 and remained there until 1443. From 1487 to 1488 teaching took place in Lübeck.
A few years later the city of Rostock, its university also became Protestant in 1542. Humanism and Lutheranism were defining characteristics of the university. After the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648), the University of Rostock played only a regional role. When the "ownership" of the university moved from the city to the state (Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-
Schwerin) in 1827, however, things changed for the better. The end of the 19th century saw generous building activity in Rostock's alma mater and the university soon regained its old reputation amongst German universities.
The regional economy has improved as over 800 companies launched from the university since 1991. External funding for research increased between 2005 and 2010 by 83% and currently is above 47 million Euros per year. Over 500 million Euros has been invested in the university infrastructure since 1991, which will reach 750 million Euros by 2015. The number of young people from the West Germany and international students who choose University of Rostock as a study location, are increasing every year. International Students from 99 different countries have been studied at University of Rostock. In 2007, the University of Rostock gathered its research capacities into three profile lines: Life, Light & Matter (LLM), Maritime Systems, and Aging of Individuals and Society. In 2010 a fourth was added, called Knowledge-Culture-Transformation. Life, Light & Matter develops new concepts for future technologies based on atomic and molecular processes in connection with laser optics and life sciences. Maritime Systems unites oceanographers, engineers,
humanities scholars, agricultural and social scientists, economists and lawyers. Aging of Individuals and Society has as its target a self-determined lifestyle in old age. Knowledge-Culture-Transformation deals with media and the representation of knowledge, transformation of knowledge, knowledge and interculturalism as well as knowledge and power.
University of Rostock was ranked in 2014: 401-500 in the world in the Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Academic Ranking of World Universities. The CWTS Leiden Ranking ranked University of Rostock as 327th in 2012, 379th in 2013,and 405th in 2014.[6] However since 2010, QS World University Rankings has not listed University of Rostock within the top 500 universities. Moreover, Times Higher Education World University Rankings has not listed University of Rostock within the top 400 universities since 2011. In 2014, the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) ranked University of Rostock as 481st in the world, 352nd in Quality of Teaching, 210th in Quality of Faculty, 478th in Alumni Employment, 433rd in Publications, 380th in Broad Impact, and 338th in Patents.[16] According to the SCImago Institutions Rankings (SIR), University of Rostock was ranked in the world in 2014: 557 in Output, 238 in Innovative Knowledge, 325 in Technological Impact, 691 in Scientific Talent Pool, 658 in Excellence with Leadership, and 585 in Website Size.[17] The National Taiwan University Ranking (NTUR) published by the Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council of Taiwan (HEEACT) ranked University of Rostock as 429th worldwide in 2014.
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