University of Göttingen, Germany

Founded in 1737, the University of Göttingen is a research university with strong focuses in research-oriented teaching. It is distinguished by the rich diversity of its subject spectrum in the natural sciences, humanities, and social sciences, with research foci in neurosciences, biophysical methods, imaging, and religious sciences. In 2003, the University of Göttingen became the first German university with a comprehensive range of disciplines to assume the legal status of a foundation under public law. The University and the University Medical Center form a strong partnership on the Göttingen Campus with five Max Planck institutes, the German Primate Center, the German Aerospace Center as well as the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities.

Network partner - Guild

The University of Göttingen and the University of Glasgow are both members of the Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities.

Founded in 2016, the Guild comprises nineteen European universities in fourteen countries and works to enhance the voice of its members' researchers and students.

Programme partner

Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree: Global Markets, Local Creativities

Available Subject Areas

Please ensure that you research the courses available to you as an exchange student, and check with your subject coordinator(s) that these courses are suitable for your Glasgow degree programme. Please note that partner course offerings may change on a yearly basis.

Please research course level; content and assessment structures; partner academic pre-requisites for exchange students; whether enough courses / credits are available in your degree subject(s) to meet your Glasgow degree credit requirements; language of teaching and for Joint Honours students, whether the partner has any restrictions on taking courses from different Schools/Faculties.

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