European University of Flensburg

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European University of Flensburg
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founding 1946 ( PH ), university since 1994
Sponsorship state
place Flensburg
state Schleswig-Holstein
country Germany
president Werner Reinhart
Students 5,942 (autumn semester 2019)
Employee 560 (October 2019)
including professors 85 (October 2019)
Annual budget € 37.4 million (2018)
Website www.uni-flensburg.de
Aerial view of the Flensburg campus
Overview of the campus

The Europa-Universität Flensburg (EUF) is a state university in the city of Flensburg . It is close to Denmark in the Sandberg district of Flensburg . The EUF is one of two European universities in Germany and, along with the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel and the Universität zu Lübeck, one of three universities in Schleswig-Holstein .

The university emerged from the pedagogical college founded in 1946 and offers courses in the areas of teaching and educational sciences, interdisciplinary European sciences, transformation / sustainability and economics . The special features include German-Danish courses in cooperation with the Syddansk Universitet in Sønderborg .

history

prehistory

Initial planning considerations for founding a university in the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein have been handed down since the mid-16th century.

Since the 1620s, the two sovereigns, the Danish King Christian IV and Duke Friedrich III. together, the goal of founding a Protestant university in Flensburg. When the Flensburg citizen Hans Marquartzen finally promised to donate money and goods in kind, the foundation of such a “Christian and Friedrich University” in 1632 was within reach. But the Thirty Years' War , which was soon followed by the partial destruction of the city, put an end to the plans. In his will, Friedrich III. However, his son Christian Albrecht continued to push the foundation forward. When Duke Christian Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf obtained the imperial privilege to found a university in 1652 , he initially negotiated with Flensburg. Since the city was in the Duchy of Schleswig , which was a Danish fief , and not in the Holy Roman Empire , it was not possible for the new university to settle in Flensburg. Instead, Kiel , which was part of the Gottorf portion of the Duchy of Holstein , was given Christian Albrechts University in 1665 .

In 1877 Flensburg first became the seat of a university, the navigation school . This formed the nucleus for the Flensburg University of Applied Sciences , which today cooperates with the university. The forerunner of the University of Flensburg, the University of Education, was only created in 1946.

  • The Navigation School on Munketoft Street; today a branch of the University of Flensburg

  • The university made its first attempts at walking in the building of the Mürwik Naval School

  • The main entrance at the old location on Mürwiker Strasse ( Fruerlund )

  • The cafeteria, the main building and the library at the old location

  • The small and large lecture halls at the old location

  • Today's University of Flensburg, lecture hall center and cafeteria building

Pedagogical College

On March 2, 1946, a decree was issued by the High School Councilor Friedrich Drenckhahn on behalf of the President of the Province of Schleswig-Holstein to start work at the first college of education , namely in the east wing of the Mürwik Naval School in accordance with the order of the British military government of February 21, 1946 The south wing previously used by the hospital ( Klinik Ost ) will be occupied by the PH. The Mürwiker customs school was located in the north wing from 1950 to 1956 .

The Pedagogical University under the direction of Gerhard Bohne opened its doors on March 21, 1946. Initially, 220 students began studying to become primary school teachers . The course lasts 15 months. The lecturers were required to submit a summary of each lecture to the British Military Government. The first students passed a year later (more precisely on June 9, 1947) the examination for the first state examination for teaching at elementary schools in the subjects of pedagogy , psychology and a chosen subject.

On January 6, 1959, the college of education moved from the naval school to a new building at Mürwiker Strasse 77, near the Volkspark . Soon afterwards, on October 16, 1959, the new student dormitory , the "Flensburger Burse", opened right next to the new building of the college of education. Since January 1, 1963, secondary school teachers have also been trained at the Pedagogical University. By 1967 3588 students had studied at the college of education. On May 2, 1973, the University of Education received the (limited) right to award doctorates . In the 1980s, Germany's first Phenomena was at the University of Education .

Former logo of the University of Flensburg

Change to university

In 1985 the first attempt was made to establish a university in Flensburg. The Nordic University was founded privately but had to close in 1989 due to a lack of support and funds. The new state government preferred to convert the college of education into a university. In the 1990s, the transition from the pedagogical college to a university began. In 1992, the "Business Education and Management" course began its work with around 60 students. This is the first non-traditional educational course at the university. Two years later, on September 1, 1994, the state government decided to rename the college of education to "University of Education (University) Flensburg" (BU Flensburg for short). Since BU Flensburg suffered from a lack of space, the former vocational school at the Schützenkuhle was rented on April 1, 1995 (costs around € 150,000 per year). With the vocational school teacher course , the school's offerings were further expanded; on January 8, 1996, the founding commission for this new course met.

Moving to the Sandberg

The following years were also marked by the move to the Sandberg . On January 14, 1998, the joint library of the Flensburg BU and the Flensburg University of Applied Sciences was opened on Sandberg. In the year 2000 the "Bildungswissenschaftliche Hochschule Flensburg - Universität" was renamed "Universität Flensburg". The inauguration of the cafeteria took place on March 25, 2002, the majority of the students on campus at that time still consisted of FH students. On August 1, 2002, the university's institutes moved into the newly constructed building on Sandberg, and on October 29, 2002 the inauguration of the lecture hall center / Audimax took place. Only the institute built in the 1990s at Nordertor , the Flensburg Phenomena in the city ​​center , remained. Since 2003 is also the Flens-Arena (home of the Hall Handball Bundesliga team SG Flensburg-Handewitt ) on campus, the fitness center and facilities for the university sports hosts and can be used by the university. There are also cafeterias in the university buildings. The old buildings of the PH Flensburg and the "Flensburger Burse" in the Mürwik district were demolished in 2004. They gave way to a shopping center. In 2006 the university celebrated its 60th anniversary, which is why a ceremony was held on November 8th of that year. In the same year the Uni-Kat Flensburg , a ship that was developed and built at the Institute for Physics and Chemistry and its Didactics as part of a project, was presented to the public.

The already advanced clean-up work in front of the main building after the storm (2013).

Further gradual expansion

In the years that followed, the university and campus continued to grow. At the beginning of 2010 a new indoor swimming pool and the "Campelle" (a chapel on the campus) were completed, in 2011 the Maritime Center of the Flensburg University of Applied Sciences and the Helsinki building of the EUF. Since November 14, 2016, the buildings of the European University have been named after European capitals. On November 29, 2010, the extension (Helsinki) with further lecture rooms and offices was inaugurated. In 2016/2017, a total of 24 container buildings (nine for the Flensburg University of Applied Sciences, 15 for the European University of Flensburg) of 400 square meters each as office and seminar buildings were erected on the entire campus. The state government purchased the residential containers in 2015 to accommodate refugees and made them available to the state's universities after the number of refugees fell.

At the end of October 2013 the roof of the main building was repeatedly damaged by a storm. During the hurricane Christian , parts of the roof came off and damaged parked cars. As a result, classes were canceled across the entire university.

Accreditation of the courses since 2008

In 2008, for various reasons, some courses (including the largest "Communication Science") were temporarily not accredited . The accreditation took place in 2009 through the decision of the Standing Accreditation Commission. The accreditation of the new study programs Educational Science (BA), Teaching Degree in Primary Schools (M.Ed.), Teaching Degree in Community Schools (M.Ed.) was carried out in 2013. The accreditation of the largest BA Educational Science course (which replaces the previously existing "Communication Science" course) also took place.

Renamed European University Flensburg 2014

Carsten Jensen at the EUF's Europe Prize on May 17, 2018

On June 30, 2014, the university was finally renamed "Europa-Universität Flensburg". The President of the EU stated on the occasion of the renaming: “The European University Flensburg is not a reinvention, but a sharpening of the profile. [...] What has already been achieved, [...] - the possibility of German-Danish double degrees, for example, or partnerships with over 60 international universities - is to be accentuated with the proclamation of the European University, as is the new [...] Today we decide on an obvious coupling between our university and the European idea. [...] According to our mission statement, we want to open up horizons and find answers to key questions about the future. We therefore want to build a European University that strengthens the terms of this model: diversity, equity, sustainability. We want to be a European University that values ​​diversity and inclusion, gender and family justice, the rights of others and the rights of nature. For a teacher-focused university, the courageous advocacy of educational equality is one of our trademarks. [...] "

Development since 2015

Since the proclamation, internationally oriented semester times have been introduced at the EUF in September 2017 and European professorships have been created. In the area of ​​study and teaching, new European science courses and the Interdisciplinary Center for European Studies (ICES) have been set up.

In 2018, a "Europe Prize" sponsored by the EUF's University Council was awarded to the Danish writer Carsten Jensen . The prize is intended to honor people who are committed to a strong and democratic Europe - with special attention to the Scandinavian region. The prize was endowed with 10,000 euros and is to be awarded every two years.

University structure and range of courses

The university currently consists of 10 institutes . In the winter semester 2016/17 5,333 students were enrolled there . The first place in the 2012/2013 winter semester was the Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Sciences with 2,420 applicants, followed by the International Management Bachelor degree with around 670 applicants. In 2018, 5,711 students were enrolled. 71.1% of them are female, 28.3% male, the proportion of foreign students is 6.7%. The EUF offers 17 courses. The special features of the university in the German - Danish border area include the close cooperation and joint courses of study with the Danish Syddansk Universitet in Sønderborg, 30 kilometers away . The EUF employs 701 people, including 90 professors, 295 academic staff, 146 technical and administrative staff, two trainees and 168 lecturers.

The EUF offers 17 courses in the areas of teaching and educational sciences, interdisciplinary European sciences, transformation / sustainability and economics. They are divided into three Bachelor and 14 Master programs. For historical reasons, a large part of the courses is related to teaching. The Bachelor of Arts Educational Science forms the first section of teacher training . After successfully completing the course, you can choose from five Masters of Education, which determine the future school type (elementary school, secondary school with a focus on SEK I for grades 5–9 / 10, secondary schools for grades 5–13 and vocational schools). The extracurricular courses of study at the EUF are strongly interdisciplinary and raise the question of a sustainable and livable society . The English-language Bachelor of Arts course "European Cultures and Society" and the multilingual (German and English as well as Danish or Spanish), economics Bachelor course "International Management" are internationally oriented and cooperate closely with the universities in the border region. The EUF's non-teacher training courses are also all - from educational sciences: "Education in Europe - Education in Europe" to "European Studies", "International Management Studies", "Culture - Language - Media" to "Transformation Studies" - strongly interdisciplinary and international with a clear European reference. In 2015/2016, the cooperative course " Kita -Master - Management of Early Childhood Educational Institutions " started with the Master of Arts degree as a continuing education course.

University campus (2013)

Current courses

Currently (autumn semester 2018 ) the following Bachelor and Master courses are offered at the Europa-Universität Flensburg:

  • Masters courses
    • Energy and Environmental Management, Energy and Environmental Systems, Specialization Sustainable Energy Systems and Management in Developing Countries (SESAM) (M.Eng.)
    • Energy and environmental management, specialization in energy and environmental management in industrialized countries (M.Eng.)
    • European Studies (MA)
    • Educational Science: Education in Europe - Education in Europe (MA)
    • International Management Studies (MA)
    • Culture - Language - Media (MA)
    • Teaching degree in primary schools (M.Ed.)
    • Teaching qualification at secondary schools with a focus on SEK I (M.Ed.)
    • Secondary School Teacher Training (M.Ed.)
    • Teacher Training at Community Schools (M.Ed.) (expires)
    • Teaching degree at vocational schools (M.Ed.)
    • Teaching at vocational schools (M.Ed.) - Nutrition and Home Economics (EHW)
    • Teaching qualification special education (M.Ed.)
    • Prevention and Health Promotion (MA) (last admission of students for the winter semester 2016/17)
    • Transformation Studies (MA)
  • Continuing education course
    • KiTa-Master - Head of Early Childhood Educational Institutions (MA)

Institutes and seminars

The university is currently divided into ten institutes.


Research institutions

The EUF's main research areas are educational sciences, interdisciplinary European research and sustainable development / transformation research.

There are two central research centers at the Europa-Universität Flensburg: The "Center for Education, Teaching, School and Socialization Research" (ZeBUSS) has been bundling and promoting research since November 2016, in particular basic research in the areas of school and extracurricular educational processes. Since March 2018, the Interdisciplinary Center for European Studies (ICES) has been researching the complex processes of European development with the different perspectives and methods of the social sciences and humanities .

There are also the following research institutions at the EUF:

  • The Institute for Schleswig-Holstein Contemporary and Regional History (IZRG) researches and communicates the regional contemporary history of Schleswig-Holstein in a supra-regional and international context.
  • The Norbert Elias Center for Transformation Design & Research (NEC) researches the possibilities of social change under the guiding principle of sustainability against the background of climate change, resource scarcity and environmental pollution.
  • The Center for Small and Regional Languages ​​(KURS) researches small and regional languages ​​from a linguistic, literary and cultural studies perspective, paying particular attention to multilingualism in the Schleswig region.
  • The common Dr. Werner Jackstädt Center (DWJZ) bundles the research, teaching and transfer activities of the European University of Flensburg and the University of Flensburg in the fields of entrepreneurship and SME research.
  • The Center for Sustainable Energy Systems (ZNES), also in collaboration with the Flensburg University of Applied Sciences, has set itself the goal of researching, developing and implementing environmentally and climate-friendly energy systems and energy technologies.

Since the name was changed to European University in June 2014, the European focus has been continuously expanded. Since then, more than ten professorships with a European focus, the English-language, European bachelor's degree "European Cultures and Society" and the "Interdisciplinary Center for European Studies" (ICES) have been created. In addition to interdisciplinary European research, the relationship to Europe plays an important role in teaching; many subjects and courses of study place their content in a European context.

internationalization

In the autumn semester 2017/18, the semester times were designed to be internationally compatible with important partner universities: since then, the EUF has been one of two German universities alongside the University of Mannheim where the lecture period in the spring semester runs from March to June and in the autumn semester from September to December. The EUF maintains relationships with over 120 partner universities in 35 countries, where student exchanges and mutual recognition of academic achievements have been agreed. The International Center (IC) coordinates the exchange. The IC assists in finding a suitable university, financing and recognition of academic achievements. It offers students and employees free language courses and looks after students, doctoral candidates and guest lecturers from other countries.

Refugees interested in studying

Since 2015, the EUF supported by the "Program to study preparation and integration of fugitives" (ProRef) study interested Escaped in the linguistic, methodological and cultural preparation for their studies and the integration into the German university system , the labor market and society. The one-year program is funded by the state of Schleswig-Holstein and the DAAD with funds from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) with a total of almost 1.3 million euros.

Rectors or Presidents

campus

The EUF buildings are located on the campus, an approximately 30 hectare green area in the Sandberg district of Flensburg. Teaching, studying and research mainly take place there. The EUF shares the campus with the Flensburg University of Applied Sciences . A total of around 10,000 students study on the Flensburg campus. In addition to the various EUF buildings, the campus also houses the Audimax shared with the university , the cafeteria , dormitories , a kindergarten and the library (ZHB) , which is also a joint facility of the University and University of Applied Sciences Flensburg. There are also cafeterias in the university buildings. On the campus there is also the Flens Arena (home hall of the handball Bundesliga team SG Flensburg-Handewitt ), which also houses a fitness center and facilities for university sports. Only the "Institute for Management and Economic Education" (IIM), which is responsible for the EUF's management courses, is not located on campus, but in the old navigation school across from the Flensburg brewery .

  • Oslo building

    Oslo building (formerly "main building")

  • Helsinki building

    Helsinki building (formerly "extension building")

  • Audimax (outside)

    Audimax (outside)

  • Audimax (inside)

    Audimax (inside)

  • Outside area of ​​the cafeteria

    Outside area of ​​the cafeteria

  • Campelle

    Campelle

  • Front of the Central University Library Flensburg

    Front of the Central University Library Flensburg (ZHB)

  • Central University Library (ZHB)

    Way to the Central University Library (ZHB)

literature

Web links

Commons : University of Flensburg  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The President on uni-flensburg.de (last accessed on 31 July 2019).
  2. ↑ a b c d e University facts and figures , accessed on October 16, 2019.
  3. ↑ Early modern times. Kiel instead of Flensburg - a failed university foundation in the early modern period ( memento from July 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), from: February 7, 2008; accessed on: May 10, 2018
  4. ↑ Friedrich Drenckhahn. Didactics of Mathematics , p. 116 f .; accessed on: May 10, 2018
  5. ↑ Flensburger Tageblatt : 100 Years of the Naval School. School history , dated: August 11, 2010, accessed: September 11, 2014.
  6. ↑ See: David Käbisch:  Bohne, (Paul) Gerhard. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 27, Bautz, Nordhausen 2007, ISBN 978-3-88309-393-2 , Sp. 143-161.  ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive  on 2007-06-13)
  7. ↑ Flensburg. Image of a city. Flensburg 1967, p. 102.
  8. ^ Sports center - Sports center - European University Flensburg. Retrieved on July 19, 2018 (German).
  9. ^ Campus Flensburg: Topping-out ceremony for the Campelle | shz.de . In: shz . ( shz.de [accessed July 19, 2018]).
  10. ↑ European building names - Europa-Universität Flensburg (EUF). Retrieved on July 19, 2018 (German).
  11. ↑ Research and teaching in the container. Retrieved on July 19, 2018 (German).
  12. ^ Donaukurier : Roof of the University of Flensburg is collapsing ( memento from October 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive ); from October 28, 2013.
  13. ^ Die Welt : Lessons are canceled in several schools and a university ; from October 29, 2013.
  14. ↑ Fibaa-accredited courses ( Memento from November 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), search for: "Universität Flensburg"
  15. ↑ The University, Quality Management, External Evaluation (Accreditation) ( Memento from December 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  16. ↑ Teacher training courses at the University of Flensburg accredited again
  17. ↑ ZEvA Central Evaluation and Accreditation Agency Hanover ( Memento of December 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), search for: "Universität Flensburg"
  18. ^ University of Flensburg, information on accreditation ( Memento from December 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  19. ^ European University of Flensburg. Educational Sciences (BA) , accessed: August 3, 2018
  20. ↑ dpa: Campus: Flensburg becomes European University | shz.de . In: shz . ( shz.de [accessed July 19, 2018]).
  21. ↑ Prof. Dr. Werner Reinhart's speech on the proclamation of the European University of Flensburg on June 30, 2014 , accessed on: August 3, 2018
  22. ↑ Joachim Pohl: A committed European . In: SHZ from May 14, 2018
  23. ↑ a b Facts and Figures - Europa-Universität Flensburg (EUF). Retrieved on July 19, 2018 (German).
  24. ^ Educational Sciences - European University Flensburg (EUF). Retrieved on July 19, 2018 (German).
  25. ↑ a b Master - European University Flensburg (EUF). Retrieved on July 19, 2018 (German).
  26. ↑ Kita - Master - European University Flensburg (EUF). Retrieved on July 19, 2018 (German).
  27. ↑ Degree programs - European University of Flensburg (EUF). Retrieved September 19, 2018 .
  28. ^ Institutes - European University Flensburg (EUF). Retrieved on September 19, 2018 (German).
  29. ^ Institutes - European University Flensburg (EUF). Retrieved July 21, 2020 .
  30. ^ IZRG - Institute for Schleswig-Holstein Contemporary and Regional History: Home. Retrieved July 19, 2018 .
  31. ^ Center NEC - European University Flensburg (EUF). Retrieved on July 19, 2018 (German).
  32. ^ Center KURS - European University Flensburg (EUF). Retrieved on July 19, 2018 (German).
  33. ↑ Dr. Werner Jackstädt Center ›Competence center for entrepreneurship and medium-sized businesses Flensburg. Retrieved July 19, 2018 .
  34. ↑ The ZNES | Center for Sustainable Energy Systems (ZNES) Flensburg |. Retrieved July 19, 2018 .
  35. ↑ wal: University of Flensburg: Young people want to study Europe | shz.de . In: shz . ( shz.de [accessed July 19, 2018]).
  36. ↑ Information and frequently asked questions about the new semester times - Europa-Universität Flensburg (EUF). Retrieved on July 19, 2018 (German).
  37. ↑ Program description - European University Flensburg (EUF). Retrieved on July 19, 2018 (German).
  38. ↑ uni-flensburg.de: Library ( Memento from May 15, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), accessed: April 18, 2009.
  39. ^ Sports center - Sports center - European University Flensburg. Retrieved on July 19, 2018 (German).
Universities in Schleswig-Holstein
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