Universities in Thuringia

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In the German state of Thuringia there are currently four universities , four technical colleges , an art college , an administrative college , a dual university and two private universities.

Overview

University / college founding Exist in
today's form 		Number of students

WS18 / 19

Number of students

WS 16/17

Number of students
WS 10/11 		Faculties /
departments 		Focus
Friedrich Schiller University Jena 1558 1991 17.179 17,523 21,378 10 Full university
technical university Ilmenau 1894 1992 5,608 6.253 6,439 5 Technology and media
University of Erfurt 1392 1994 5,758 5,715 5,500 4th Humanities and Social Sciences
Bauhaus University Weimar 1860 1996 3,735 3,781 3,849 4th Construction, art and media
Liszt University of Music Weimar 1872 1956 843 810 850 music
Ernst Abbe University of Jena 1991 1991 4,549 4,487 4,901 8th Technology, economics and social work
University of Applied Sciences Erfurt 1946 1991 3,937 4,238 4,617 8th Architecture, logistics and social work
Schmalkalden University of Applied Sciences 1902 1991 2,518 2,696 2,942 5 technology and economy
Nordhausen University 1997 1997 2,342 2,332 2,548 2 Technology, economics and social work
University of Applied Sciences for Public Administration Gotha (seat) / Meiningen 1994 1994 445 422 about 550 3 Administration, taxes and police
International University of Applied Sciences Bad Honnef Bonn

until 2013 Adam Ries University of Applied Sciences Erfurt
(private; since 2019 based in Erfurt)

2008 2013 ~ 22,500

(all 15 locations across Germany)

442 (2013) 264 economy
SRH University of Health Gera
(private) 		2006 2006 1,169 1,015 400 Healthcare
Cooperative State University Gera-Eisenach ,

Eisenach location

1998 2016 558 521 1440
(WS 18/19) 		technology and economy
Cooperative State University Gera-Eisenach,

Location Gera

1998 2016 839 727 Technology, economy and social issues

Vocational academies in Thuringia:

history

A first university was founded in Erfurt in 1392 as the third university in Germany. It existed until 1816 and was re-established in 1994 as the University of Erfurt . Since Erfurt was politically not a part of Thuringia, but belonged to Kurmainz , calls for a university for the Thuringian states were quickly voiced. This resulted in the establishment of the University of Jena by Johann Friedrich I in 1558 , which functioned as the state university of the Ernestines after they had lost the University of Wittenberg .

When broader strata of the population gained access to university education towards the end of the 19th century, capacities had to be expanded. In 1860 the Grand Ducal Saxon Art School, the forerunner of the Bauhaus University Weimar , in 1872 the Orchestra School Weimar, from which the Liszt School of Music emerged , and in 1894 the Thuringian Technical Center as a forerunner of the TU Ilmenau . All three were in the state of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach , which held the leading role among the Thuringian states.

In addition to the Jena University, Thuringia also had a technical and two artistic teaching institutions.

In 1902 the Royal Prussian Technical School for Small Iron and Steel Goods Industry Schmalkalden was founded. Today's Schmalkalden University of Applied Sciences developed from it .

Recently, four more universities of applied sciences have been founded in order to further expand the educational offer in Thuringia. In 1946 the foundation stone of today's University of Applied Sciences Erfurt was laid with the engineering school for horticulture in Erfurt . The Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences in Jena was established in 1991, the administrative college in Gotha and Meiningen in 1994 and the Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences in 1997. The Gera-Eisenach Cooperative State University emerged in 2016 from the Eisenach and Gera vocational academies.

In 2019, the IUBH moved its headquarters from Bad Honnef to Erfurt, which increased the number of students by 50% (~ 25,000 students).

literature

  • Hannes Berger, Lukas C. Gundling: University policy and university law. Using the example of the state of Thuringia . Dr. Kovac, Hamburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-8300-8622-2 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Students at universities - Fachserie 11 Reihe 4.1 - winter semester 2018/2019 (corrected version from November 1, 2019). Federal Statistical Office, October 18, 2019, pp. 68-69,74,85,88,97,106 , accessed on November 29, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Overall students in the winter semester by type of university, universities and subject groups in Thuringia. Retrieved March 22, 2018 .
  3. ↑ heise online: Number of students higher than ever, the proportion of women is growing. Retrieved November 29, 2019 .