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Christian Albrecht University of Kiel
Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
higher education institution in Germany.
CAU began its activity in 1665.
It has an urban campus located in Kiel.
The composition of the university
Christian Albrecht University of Kiel is among the largest universities that educates more then 24 thousand students.
Foreign applicants are not excluded from the admission process.
At CAU there are about 7% of foreigners.
The teaching staff consists of more than 2500 specialists.
The university is an active participant of international programs aimed at academic exchange of students between the educational institutions.
University’s social media profiles can give you more information about the students and current events:
Infrastructure of CAU
The library is available to all of the students.
The university is a part of the European University Association (EUA).
Christian Albrecht University of Kiel – Official Description
When Herzog Christian-Albrecht von Holstein-Gottorf decided to found a university in 1665, the devastating Thirty Years’ War was not long over. The university to which the duke gave his name was the a response to his country’s need for well-educated young men able to serve the state. 140 students enrolled in the faculties of Theology, Law, Medicine and Philosophy initially established. Just as the body of students attending the CAU has increased to over 20,000, so the range of subjects offered has long been extended to include economics, the natural sciences, agriculture, engineering, and science of education. In the former workplace of Max Planck and Heinrich Hertz, a teaching staff of 600 passes on its knowledge to students from Germany and more than a hundred other countries. Kiel is well aware of its special role as the only university in Schleswig-Holstein offering a spectrum of subjects sufficiently wide to serve the requirements of school-leavers in the region seeking university education within their own federal state. At the same time, its clear academic profile and areas of specialization reflect a determination to accept the challenge of national and international competition among universities.