University of Tübingen
Tübingen, Germany
Founded in 1477, the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen is one of Germany's oldest universities. It is particularly famous for its faculties of medicine, theology, law, philosophy and science. Tightly interwoven with the university's history is the Evangelische Stift, a Protestant seminary founded in 1536 to which many famous names have added distinction. Today, Tübingen's 20,000 students live in a comparatively small city of 85,000 residents. While the majority of the liberal arts departments and institutions are located in the old part of Tübingen, the modern science center was built thirty years ago on the hills overlooking the town. The university has more than 450 professors and 2,000 academic assistants.