Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel

Christian-Albrechts-Platz 4
24118 Kiel
Phone: +49 431 880-00

http://www.uni-kiel.de/index-e.shtml

General remarks

This University is also featured in the U-Multirank world university rankings.

Basic information

Kind of Institution and funding body	University, public
Year of foundation	1665
Total number of Students	26,528
Students at this campus	26,528
Semester contribution	124,00 € *
Tuition fees	There are no study fees.

Subject areas featured in the ranking

Students by area of study

Medicine, Health Science		9.6 %
Mathematics, Natural Sciences		20.8 %
Law, Economic and Social Sciences		29.8 %
Language, Civilisation Studies		19.6 %
Engineering Science (incl. Computer Science)		8.7 %
Other studies		11.6 %

Students by type of degree pursued

Bachelor's degree		42.6 %
Master's degree		18.1 %
Teacher qualification degree		17.2 %
Pre-Bologna degrees		21.3 %
Other types of degrees		0.7 %

Central services

Opening hours central student counselling

please see university website (link below) more information

Special features regarding the library

Kiel university library consists of the main library (with 3 departments.: the main department and two subject-specific departments for Medicine and Engineering) and 43 special libraries in the institutes (about 4.7 million volumes, 5,000 print and 34,300 electronic journals); Since 1.1.2016 the university library supervises the specialist information service "Northern Europe" (DFG-funded); The following specialist libraries are important on site: German German Central Library for Economics, Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education, the Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research. more information

Foreign language courses

There is a foreign language centre. English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Polish, Russian, Chinese, Latin, Turkish, Arabic, Danish, German as a Foreign Language, Finnish, Galician, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Icelandic, Catalan more information

Special features regarding university sports

The university offers its own sports programme. Participation is subject to fees. Students attending the institution can participate in the FH Kiel sports programme. The programme is open to: FH Kiel University of Applied Sciences, Muthesius University of Fine Arts and Design, Kiel. Facilities include one of the largest university sailing centres in Germany in Kiel-Schilksee. A cooperation agreement is in place with the operator of a nearby fitness centre, which enables students at the institutes listed to take part in fitness sports at affordable rates. With a climbing area of 350 m², the university sports programme runs the largest climbing facility in Kiel and the surrounding area. more information