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Giessen
combines the advantages of a small university town (approximately
80,000 inhabitants) with a picturesque, almost rural surrounding
and the close proximity to a major international metropolis (Frankfurt).
You can enjoy the peace and serenity of Giessen and still be within
commuting distance to Frankfurt International Airport for flights
all over the world.
For
entertainment the town has its own opera house and congress centre,
where international groups perform. Giessen is primarily a university
town and has the highest capital rate of students to inhabitants
in Germany.
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Theatre
and Opera House
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Giessen's
university (with more than 21,000 students) has a long and interesting
history. It was founded 1607. The official name "Justus-Liebig-University"
stems from the famous German "Justus von Liebig", who became professor
in Giessen at the age of 21 and who taught in the agricultural
chemistry department for 28 years.
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Justus
von Liebig
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Roentgen
Memorial
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Medicine
was one of the original faculties when founding the university.
It has yielded many famous scientists during its long history, e.g.
Wilhelm K. Roentgen, the inventor of the X-ray.
The "clinic" is located on the campus hill. It possesses large clinical
facilities in Internal Medicine and Surgery.
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Medizinische
Klinik and Poliklinik II
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The
School of Medicine
occupies almost an entire city district by itself. Built in the
second half of the nineteenth century, it has been progressively
expanded and is now an extremely modern institution of paramount
importance for the medical care of those living in the region.
The clinical complex is both: a centre of teaching and research
and a university hospital offering a full range of medical services.
Giessen
has always maintained a tradition of active scientific research
within the faculties in the various clinical and theoretical departments.
Internationally renowned research groups are concerned with varied
fields such as lung diseases, transplantation (lung, heart, kidney,
pancreatic islets for example), cardiac ailments, as well as current
problems in immunology to name but a few. In fact, it is impossible
to imagine that the Liebig University is not cooperative with
another medical institution anywhere in the world at any time.
In
recognition of this, the German Research Foundation (DFG) supports
many of our various research groups intensively and with ample
funds. Great priority is given to our "Cardiopulmonary Vasculature"
group. Also, there is a collaborative research group entitled
"Mechanisms
and Strategies of Invasion and Replication of Pathogens".
Furthermore, there are various postgraduate research units, e.g.
Basics
of Vascular Biology,
Molecular Biology and Pharmacology, Biochemistry
of Nucleoprotein Complexes, and Molecular
Veterinary Medicine (see also LINKS
on our "Cardiopulmonary Vasculature"-Homepage).
For
further information, please do not hesitate to visit our homepage
www.uni-giessen.de
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