University of Hamburg

The University of Hamburg. is a comprehensive university in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded on 28 March 1919, having grown out of the previous General lecture system and the Colonial Institute of Hamburg as well as the Akademic GymnasiumThe University of Hamburg oversees three museums: the Zoological Museum Hamburg, the Mineralogical Museum Hamburg and the Museum of Geology and　Paleontology Hamburg. All of them are located on the central campus grounds. It is also one of the two founding members of the was founded on 28 March 1919, having grown out of the previous General lecture system (Allgemeines Vorlesungswesen) and the Colonial Institute of Hamburg (Hamburgisches Kolonialinstitut) as well as the Akademic 

Technische Universität Darmstadt

The Technische Universität Darmstadt, commonly referred to as TU Darmstadt is a research university in the city of Darmstadt, Germany. It was founded in 1877 and received the right to award doctorates in 1899.The University's history is varied: its early phases began with the Höhere Gewerbschule (Higher Trade School), which was founded in 1836 and received its own building near the 'Altes Pädagog' on Kapellplatz in 1844, followed by theTechnische Schule (Technical School) in 1864 and the Großherzoglich Hessische Polytechnische Schule (Grand Ducal Hessian Polytechnic) in 1868. At that time, heated discussions were continually held in political circles on the issue as to whether such a poor state as the As early as 1947 the TH Darmstadt played host to the first 'Internationaler Kongress für Ingenieurausbildung - IKIA' (International Congress on Engineering Education), at which the participants discussed the moral responsibility of the technical intelligentsia and of the scientific elite in politics and society. In view of the disastrous consequences of the war, the participants (with the exception of the Americans,who had already contracted with THD faculty to continue weapon development), committed themselves henceforth to do research and teaching in engineering and scientific disciplines solely for the peaceful development of mankind."An interchange of these [past experience], together with ideas and methods of education along engineering lines, will aid greatly, not only in the reconstruction of battle torn countries, but also in the bringing about of a universal understanding and mutual respect, and the charity which have prevented the understanding, the tolerance, the respect, and the charity so necessary for the peace, happiness, and contentment that is the dream of every human being on this earth."^[8]

The post-war period of reconstruction was largely based on a major development programme in the 1960s, by means of which universities and the state reacted to the continuously rising numbers of students. Since almost no land was available in the city centre for new construction projects, the decision was taken in 1963 to use the 'Lichtwiese' (a former airfield on the outskirts of the city) as a site for building extensions to the TH. Thus in the late 1960s and in the early 1970s numerous buildings, including a new student cafeteria, were erected there and ultimately became the university's second campus.

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

Today the University of Munich is part of 24 Collaborative Research Centers funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and is host university of 13 of them. It also hosts 12 DFG Research Training Groups and three international doctorate programs as part of the Elite Network of Bavaria. It attracts an additional 120 million euros per year in outside funding and is intensively involved in national and international funding initiatives.LMU Munich has a wide range of degree programs, with 150 subjects available in numerous combinations. 15% of the 45,000 students who attend the university come from abroadIn 2009, the MVV offered a package which would introduce a Semesterticket at a basic fee of €78.50 with a premium surchage of €143.50, totalling €222; this proposition narrowly fell through after voting was conducted across all the Munich universities as it was still deemed to be too pricey in comparison to the

Free University of Berlin

Founded in 1948 as a university free from political interference, it was set up in the leafy suburb of Dahlem, long linked to Nobel prizewinning scientific research. Such connections are developed today through 17 collaborative research centres. Some 100 subjects are offered to 32,000 students by an academic staff of more than 4,800. This university is one of eleven German Universities of Excellence.

The University of Texas at Dallas

The University of Texas at Dallas has grown rapidly to become a cutting-edge educational institution on the path to achieving Tier One national research status

Heidelberg University

Scientists have developed a mathematical model to explore cellular processes: with the corresponding software, they are able to simulate how collections of cells behave on given geometrical structuresIf mothers smoke during pregnancy, they influence the epigenetic pro­gramming of their unborn child’s genetic make-up in the long term. This may increase the risk of the child developing lung diseases later.Planets of the “super-Earth” category lose their atmosphere through too great proximity to their star. That is the result of an international research project coordinated by astronomer Dr. Mia LundkvistFour humanities subjects at Heidelberg University are among the leading disciplines represented in the recently published QS World University Rankings by SubjectHeidelberg-designed dust detector on the Cassini space probe has identified extremely rare particles of interstellar dust from outside our solar system and examined their chemical compositionLight can be used to control the transport of proteins from the cell nucleus with the aid of a genetically modified plant protein. Biologists working in the field of optogenetics have now developed such a tool.