University of Göttingen and Göttingen State and University Library

Founded in 1737, the University of Göttingen is a research university of international fame with a strong focus on research-led teaching. The University is distinguished by the rich diversity of its subject spectrum particularly in the humanities, its excellent facilities for the pursuit of scientific research, and the outstanding quality of the areas that define its profile.

Göttingen State and University Library maintains a leading position among German academic libraries and plays a pivotal role in the development of digital libraries as well as research infrastructures at an international level. Areas of activities include digitisation, electronic publishing, open access, digital repository networks, grid-based research infrastructures, research data management and long-term access. Prominent examples of large-scale research infrastructure networks are OpenAIRE, DARIAH-DE and COAR.

High standards and an attractive environment for research and teaching

The University of Göttingen is strong in research basis, maintaining high standards in research and teaching and a top-level international reputation. In order to maintain this status and to build on it for the long term, the university, together with its partners on the Göttingen Campus, places particular emphasis on innovation and enhancement of profile, fostering young-generation academics and expanding research and information structures.

Göttingen's vibrant research and teaching environment attracts excellent scientists and scholars from within Germany and abroad. Significant factors are the interdisciplinary research conducted in innovative research topics and the optimal support provided for up-and-coming young researchers, making it possible for the university to retain excellent young scientists and scholars who have trained here or to send them out into the world as ambassadors. Göttingen University ensures that its researchers and lecturers have the time and space required for creative work by gearing its administration, advisory support and services specifically to the needs of academics, and ensuring that working and living conditions are family-friendly. In addition, the Göttingen Campus makes available the necessary research and information infrastructure to facilitate outstanding performance in science and scholarship over the long term.

Göttingen University and its partners on the Göttingen Campus conduct pursue the research-based teaching approach. The university seeks to provide its students with broad methodological knowledge, develop their capacity for analytical thought, and grant them space for creativity. It also supports student mobility and intends to take further steps to integrate periods of study abroad into curricula.

Source: Göttingen University