Universität Trier

Universität Trier is a public research university on the Tarforst heights above the Moselle city of Trier in Rhineland-Palatinate, with roots in a university founded in 1473 and closed under French rule in 1798.特里尔大学（Universität Trier）是位于莱茵兰-普法尔茨州特里尔市、坐落在摩泽尔河上方塔尔福斯特高地上的公立研究型大学，其源头可追溯到 1473 年创办、1798 年在法国统治下关闭的老大学。

Re-founded in 1970 as the Trier half of a twin university with Kaiserslautern and independent since 1975, it is organised into six faculties plus an affiliated Catholic theology faculty.学校于 1970 年作为特里尔-凯泽斯劳滕双联大学的特里尔部分重建，1975 年起独立，现设 6 个学院以及一个附属的天主教神学院。

Around 10,000 students were enrolled in winter semester 2025/26, 61.66 per cent of them women and 17.2 per cent foreign, and the university sits in the 1401+ band of the QS World University Rankings 2027.2025/26 冬季学期在校生约 1 万人，其中女性占 61.66%，外国学生占 17.2%，学校在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中处于 1401+ 并列区间。

History

• The decision to found a university was probably taken in 1450, when Archbishop Jakob I von Sierck travelled to Rome for the Holy Year and met the curial cardinal Nicholas of Cusa, and Pope Nicholas V granted the right to found one in a bull dated 2 February 1455.创办大学的决定很可能是在 1450 年作出的，当时大主教雅各布一世·冯·西尔克赴罗马参加圣年并会见了教廷枢机尼古拉·冯·库萨，教皇尼古拉五世随后在 1455 年 2 月 2 日的教谕中授予创办权。
• Jakob von Sierck died soon after the bull and his successor, Johann II von Baden, was too entangled in feuds to act, so the city bought the founding charters in 1472 for 2,000 gold guilders and opened the university itself on 16 March 1473, among the last medieval foundations in the German lands.雅各布·冯·西尔克在教谕颁布后不久去世，继任者约翰二世·冯·巴登深陷争斗无暇顾及，市议会遂于 1472 年以 2000 金盾买下创办特许状，并于 1473 年 3 月 16 日自行开办大学，成为德意志地区最后一批中世纪大学之一。
• The city's university taught theology, philosophy, medicine and law, at first mainly through priests and part-time lecturers, and it succeeded well enough that about 10 per cent of the municipal budget went into keeping it open.这所市立大学教授神学、哲学、医学与法律，最初主要依靠神父与兼职讲师授课，办学颇为成功，维持它每年要花掉约 10% 的市政预算。
• Money was short from the start: the city's population fell from 10,000 in 1363 to 8,500 in 1542 through plague and the town's remote position, and the university's income fell with it.学校从一开始就经费拮据：由于瘟疫与城市位置偏远，特里尔人口从 1363 年的 1 万降至 1542 年的 8500 人，大学的收入也随之萎缩。
• When the dean of theology, Ambrosius Pelargus, died in 1554 his chair stayed empty because no other lecturer could fill it, and in 1560 the Jesuits took over the university under Archbishop Johann VI von der Leyen, rebuilding theology and philosophy while neglecting medicine and law.1554 年神学院院长安布罗修斯·佩拉尔古斯去世后，教席因无人可补而空置；1560 年耶稣会在选帝侯约翰六世·冯·德·莱恩支持下接管大学，重建神学与哲学，却冷落了医学与法律。
• Peter Binsfeld, president of the university in the 1580s, wrote one of the most widely read treatises on witchcraft, a work that fed the trials of his era.1580 年代任校长的彼得·宾斯费尔德写下了当时流传最广的巫术论著之一，为那个时代的猎巫审判提供了依据。
• An attempt in 1667 to reform the teaching of law along secular lines failed because there was no money for permanently salaried teachers, and the university remained a largely clerical institution.1667 年按世俗方向改革法律教学的努力因无力支付固定薪俸而失败，大学在很大程度上仍是一所神职人员的学校。
• A reform under Archbishop Franz Ludwig von Pfalz-Neuburg in 1722 brought new statutes and chairs, and Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim, the historian and auxiliary bishop, taught there in the 1730s.1722 年，大主教弗兰茨·路德维希·冯·普法尔茨-诺伊堡推动改革，颁布新章程并增设教席，历史学家、辅理主教约翰·尼古劳斯·冯·洪特海姆在 1730 年代于此任教。
• Suspicion of the Jesuits produced a second theology faculty in 1764, independent of the order and staffed by a small group of Benedictines, even as the university's internal and external decline continued.对耶稣会的猜疑促成了 1764 年第二个神学院的设立，它不受修会管辖，由一小批本笃会士主持，而此时大学的内外颓势仍在继续。
• The suppression of the Jesuits in 1773 split off their theology and philosophy faculty, which survived a few years as the Seminarium Clementinum while the teaching mandate passed to the Benedictines, and French revolutionary troops occupied Trier in 1794.1773 年耶稣会被解散，其神学与哲学学院被分出，以克莱门特神学院的名义又延续了几年，教学任务转由本笃会承担；1794 年法国革命军占领特里尔。
• The French administration closed the universities of Cologne, Mainz, Bonn and Trier, citing the political unreliability of their teaching staffs, and Trier was the last to go, on 6 April 1798, ending 325 years of teaching.法国当局以教师政治不可靠为由关闭科隆、美因茨、波恩与特里尔的大学，特里尔是最后一所，于 1798 年 4 月 6 日停办，325 年的教学史就此中断。
• Higher education in the region moved to Bonn University, founded in 1818, and the Prussian cultural administration regarded the western provinces as adequately served, leaving Trier without a university of its own for more than a century.这一地区的高等教育转向 1818 年创办的波恩大学，普鲁士文化主管部门认为西部各省的需求已得到满足，特里尔在此后一百多年里没有自己的大学。
• Mainz received a new university, Johannes Gutenberg University, in 1946, and the Trier plans of 1945 to 1948, which had reached the stage of negotiating with almost 200 academic applicants, collapsed in 1948 over money and the city's war damage.美因茨在 1946 年重建了约翰内斯·古腾堡大学，而 1945 至 1948 年间特里尔的复校计划虽已与近 200 名学术申请人接触，最终仍因经费与城市战争破坏而在 1948 年流产。
• The Catholic theology faculty was re-founded in 1950 as an independent institution, keeping a thread of higher education alive in the city.天主教神学院于 1950 年作为独立机构重建，使这座城市保留了一条高等教育的线索。
• In 1969 the state government of Rhineland-Palatinate decided to found a second university beside Mainz, choosing Trier for the humanities and Kaiserslautern for the sciences within a month, and on 15 October 1970 the first 360 students matriculated in the Trier half of the twin University of Trier-Kaiserslautern.1969 年莱茵兰-普法尔茨州政府决定在美因茨之外再建一所大学，一个月内便选定特里尔办人文学科、凯泽斯劳滕办理科，1970 年 10 月 15 日，双联大学的特里尔部分迎来首批 360 名学生。
• The twin arrangement lasted five years. In 1975 the two halves became independent universities, and Arnd Morkel (1975-1987), Jörg Hasler (1987-1995), Rainer Hettich (1995-1999), Peter Schwenkmezger (2000-2011) and Michael Jäckel (2011-2023) led Trier before Eva Martha Eckkrammer took office on 1 September 2023.双联体制维持了五年，1975 年两部分各自独立，阿恩德·莫克尔（1975 至 1987）、约尔格·哈斯勒（1987 至 1995）、赖纳·黑蒂希（1995 至 1999）、彼得·施文克梅茨格（2000 至 2011）与米夏埃尔·耶克尔（2011 至 2023）先后主政，2023 年 9 月 1 日埃娃·玛尔塔·埃克克拉默接任。
• Until the new buildings were ready, teaching took place across the Mosel in the former teacher-training college, today the Schneidershof site of the Trier University of Applied Sciences, and the campus on the Tarforst heights was built in three phases between 1974 and 1992, with the move in 1977.新校舍建成前，教学在摩泽尔河对岸的前师范学院进行，那里如今是特里尔应用科技大学的施奈德斯霍夫校区；塔尔福斯特高地的校园分三期于 1974 至 1992 年建成，1977 年开始迁入。
• A first student residence opened in 1981, the Mensa ran in the basement of the library until 1987, the Audimax with its own dining hall followed in 1988, and from 1992 the former French military hospital André Genet, a kilometre away in Kürenz, was converted into Campus II for the spatial and environmental sciences and computer science.第一栋学生宿舍于 1981 年启用，食堂在 1987 年前一直设于图书馆地下室，1988 年建成带餐厅的 Audimax 大讲堂，从 1992 年起，一公里外屈伦茨的前法国军医院安德烈·热内被改造成第二校区，供空间与环境科学及计算机科学使用。
• The Bologna reforms reached Trier in 2007, starting with the economics and business programmes of FB IV, the first bachelor's degrees were awarded in May 2010 and the first master's programmes began in winter 2010.博洛尼亚改革于 2007 年在特里尔落地，先从 FB IV 的经济与商业专业开始，2010 年 5 月颁发首批学士学位，同年冬季开出首批硕士项目。
• The university marked the 550th anniversary of its medieval foundation in 2023 with an exhibition and a volume on the old university, and in March 2025 Gregor Gysi, as the oldest member of the Bundestag, again proposed renaming it after Karl Marx.2023 年，学校以展览与一部关于老大学的文集纪念中世纪建校 550 周年；2025 年 3 月，格雷戈尔·吉西以联邦议院最年长议员身份再次提议以卡尔·马克思为学校命名。

Academics

• Trier is divided into six faculties numbered FB I to FB VI, a structure introduced with the modern university and kept through every later reform.特里尔大学设 6 个学院，编号为 FB I 至 FB VI，这一结构随现代大学一同确立，并在此后的改革中保留下来。
• FB I covers pedagogy, philosophy, psychology and nursing science and enrolled 2,797 students in winter semester 2019/20, the largest share of the university, and most teacher-training students pass through it.FB I 涵盖教育学、哲学、心理学与护理学，2019/20 冬季学期有 2797 名学生，占全校比例最高，多数师范生也在此就读。
• FB II combines English, German, Romance, Slavonic and classical philology with computational linguistics, digital humanities, media studies, phonetics, Japanese and Chinese studies, and had 2,280 students in 2019/20.FB II 把英语、德语、罗曼语、斯拉夫语与古典语文学同计算语言学、数字人文、媒介研究、语音学、日本学与汉学结合起来，2019/20 学年有 2280 名学生。
• FB III brings together history, political science, art history, classical and provincial Roman archaeology, Egyptology and papyrology, with 1,151 students in 2019/20, the cluster that gives Trier its distinctive profile in ancient studies.FB III 汇集历史学、政治学、艺术史、古典考古与行省罗马考古、埃及学与纸草学，2019/20 学年有 1151 名学生，这一组合使特里尔在古代研究上形成鲜明特色。
• FB IV is the second largest faculty, grouping business administration, economics, sociology, mathematics, computer science and business informatics, with 2,625 students in 2019/20.FB IV 是规模第二的学院，集中工商管理、经济学、社会学、数学、计算机科学与商业信息学，2019/20 学年有 2625 名学生。
• FB V teaches law for the German state examination, had 1,900 students in 2019/20, and hosts the Institute for Environmental and Technology Law.FB V 按德国国家考试的要求教授法律，2019/20 学年有 1900 名学生，并设有环境与技术法研究所。
• FB VI covers spatial and environmental sciences, geography and geosciences, with 1,178 students in 2019/20, and physical geography and soil science among its established fields.FB VI 涵盖空间与环境科学、地理学与地球科学，2019/20 学年有 1178 名学生，自然地理与土壤学是其传统强项。
• A Catholic theology faculty is affiliated to the university but administratively independent, with about 300 students preparing for the priesthood, school teaching or academic work.天主教神学院附属于大学但在行政上独立，约有 300 名学生，为神职、学校教学或学术工作做准备。
• The university advertises more than 30 subjects, its law and economics students take a subject-specific foreign-language course in one of ten languages, and teacher education remains one of its largest and most politically visible missions.学校开设 30 多个专业，法学与经济学学生还可从十种语言中选择一门专业外语课程，文理中学师资培养则始终是规模最大、最具公共能见度的使命之一。
• Teacher training is organised across the faculties rather than in a school of education: students take two subject disciplines plus courses in pedagogy and psychology from FB I, and finish with the state examination.师范培养分散在各学院而非单独的教育学院：学生修读两门学科，并到 FB I 修读教育学与心理学课程，最后参加国家考试。
• About 470 academic staff teach and supervise research across the six faculties and the theology faculty.约 470 名学术人员在这 6 个学院与神学院中承担教学与科研指导。
• Trier's papyrology collection of roughly 1,100 papyri supports teaching and editions in FB III and is one of the reasons ancient studies remain visible in the university's profile.特里尔收藏约 1100 件纸草文献，为 FB III 的教学与校勘工作提供支撑，也是古代研究在该校保持能见度的原因之一。
• The university library held 2,726,395 media in 2023, including 1.4 million monographs, 350,000 journal volumes and more than 800,000 e-books.2023 年校图书馆藏有 2726395 件文献，其中包括 140 万册专著、35 万册期刊合订本与 80 多万种电子书。
• Trier is a member of the University of the Greater Region, a network of seven institutions that also includes the University of Lorraine in Metz and Nancy, the University of Luxembourg, the University of Liège, Saarland University, the RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau and htw saar.特里尔是“大区域大学”的成员，该网络由七所院校组成，还包括梅斯与南锡的洛林大学、卢森堡大学、列日大学、萨尔大学、凯撒斯劳滕-兰道理工大学与萨尔工程技术大学。
• Erasmus agreements link the university with about 200 European partners, among them Jesus College Oxford and the Silesian University in Katowice, and a further 40 agreements cover universities outside Europe.伊拉斯谟协议把该校与约 200 所欧洲伙伴院校相连，其中包括牛津大学耶稣学院与卡托维兹西里西亚大学，另有 40 项协议覆盖欧洲以外的大学。
• Most programmes are taught in German, but a growing number of master's courses are offered in English, and 17.2 per cent of students come from abroad.多数专业以德语授课，但英语授课的硕士课程不断增加，外国学生占在校生的 17.2%。
• Doctoral candidates are trained within the faculties rather than in a separate graduate school, and the theology faculty awards its own doctorates.博士生在各学院而非独立的研究生院接受训练，神学院则自行授予博士学位。
• The semester contribution was 343.40 euros in winter semester 2024/25, a sum that includes the student union and transport components rather than tuition.2024/25 冬季学期的学期费为 343.40 欧元，包含学生会与交通部分，而非学费。

Campus

• The campus sits on the Tarforst plateau about 150 metres above the city centre, a location chosen in the 1960s to give the new university room to expand.校园位于市中心上方约 150 米的塔尔福斯特台地，这一选址在 1960 年代确定，以便新大学有扩展空间。
• The first building phase ran from 1974 to 1978, further phases followed in 1979-85 and 1989-92, and the result is a compact ensemble of concrete and glass blocks.第一期建筑于 1974 至 1978 年完成，此后在 1979 至 1985 年与 1989 至 1992 年继续扩建，形成一片由混凝土与玻璃构成的紧凑建筑群。
• Campus II occupies the former French military hospital, a complex from the post-war occupation that was renovated for university use until 2007.第二校区占用前法国军医院建筑群，这组建筑源于战后占领时期，改造为大学用房的工作一直持续到 2007 年。
• The central library and the Audimax form the social heart of the plateau, the library is linked to almost every faculty building by glass passages, and the Mensa and lecture halls are a few minutes' walk apart.中央图书馆与 Audimax 大讲堂构成台地上的社交核心，图书馆以玻璃连廊与几乎所有院系楼相连，食堂与各讲堂相距只有几分钟步行路程。
• Student housing is provided by the Studierendenwerk at Tarforst, Petrisberg, Kleeburger Weg, Olewig and Martinskloster, and most students live in private rooms in the city.学生宿舍由学生事务局在塔尔福斯特、彼得斯山、克莱堡路、奥勒维希与马丁修道院等地提供，多数学生则租住城中私房。
• The Leibniz Institute for Psychology, a national research infrastructure, shares the Tarforst site with the university's psychology department.莱布尼茨心理学研究所是国家层面的研究基础设施，与大学心理学系共用塔尔福斯特校区。
• Bus lines 3 and 13 run every five minutes to the city centre during the day, the ride takes about fifteen minutes, and a footpath descends through the vineyards to the Moselle.白天 3 路与 13 路公交每五分钟一班开往市中心，车程约十五分钟，另有一条步道穿过葡萄园下行至摩泽尔河。
• The university sports programme uses pitches and halls on the plateau and along the river, and students can join rowing, hiking and skiing groups.大学体育项目使用台地与河畔的场地和场馆，学生可参加赛艇、徒步与滑雪等社团。
• Trier itself is Germany's oldest city, with Roman baths, an amphitheatre and the Porta Nigra a short bus ride from campus, and in 2013 the campus was named one of 100 special places in Germany by the Bund Deutscher Landschaftsarchitekten for its fusion of landscape, art and architecture.特里尔本身是德国最古老的城市，罗马浴场、圆形剧场与黑门离校园只有几站公交；2013 年，校园因把景观、艺术与建筑融为一体，被德国景观建筑师协会评为德国 100 个特别场所之一。
• Trier also hosts the Trier University of Applied Sciences, with its main campus at Schneidershof and an environmental campus at Birkenfeld, and the two institutions share the city's student housing market.特里尔还设有特里尔应用科技大学，主校区在施奈德斯霍夫，并在比肯费尔德设有环境校区，两校共享这座城市的学生住房市场。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 the university is placed in the 1401+ band, the shared bracket for institutions ranked below 1400.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，该校处于 1401+ 并列区间，即 1400 名之后院校共用的区间。
• US News ranks it 1,738th in its 2026-27 Best Global Universities list, a position that reflects its size and regional rather than global recruitment.在 2026-27 年 US News 全球最佳大学排名中，该校位列第 1738 位，这一位置反映其规模以及以区域而非全球为主的招生格局。
• It does not appear in the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities main table, a ranking dominated by much larger research universities.该校未进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名主榜，该榜单由规模大得多的研究型大学主导。
• The university still uses the seal of the old university, with the Latin motto Treveris ex urbe deus complet dona sophiae, and a logo built around it was introduced in 2000.学校仍使用老大学的印章，其上的拉丁文校训意为「上帝从特里尔城成全智慧的恩赐」，2000 年还推出了以印章为核心的标志。
• Its location in the Greater Region gives it a cross-border profile: Luxembourg is less than an hour away, and the university cooperates with partners in Luxembourg, France and Belgium.地处大区域核心地带，使学校具有跨境特色：卢森堡不到一小时车程，学校与卢森堡、法国与比利时的伙伴院校保持合作。
• Trier is one of the main suppliers of teachers and lawyers for Rhineland-Palatinate, and its graduates staff schools, courts and administration across the state.特里尔是莱茵兰-普法尔茨州教师与法律人才的主要来源之一，毕业生遍布全州的学校、法院与行政部门。
• Research strengths cluster in ancient studies, psychology, environmental and technology law, and the geosciences, fields that fit the university's small size and its faculty structure.研究强项集中在古代研究、心理学、环境与技术法以及地球科学，这些领域与学校较小的规模及学院结构相适应。
• The library has been recognised in the national BibTop ranking of academic libraries, and its papyrology and ancient-studies holdings are used by scholars beyond Germany.该校图书馆曾进入全国学术图书馆 BibTop 排名，其纸草学与古代研究馆藏也为德国以外的学者所用。
• With 17.2 per cent foreign students and about 200 Erasmus partners, Trier presents itself as an internationally open university despite its peripheral location.凭借 17.2% 的外国学生与约 200 所伊拉斯谟伙伴院校，特里尔尽管地处边缘，仍以开放的国际型大学自居。

Student life

• Around 10,000 students were enrolled in winter semester 2025/26, 61.66 per cent of them women, and a large majority come from Rhineland-Palatinate and the neighbouring states.2025/26 冬季学期约有 1 万名学生注册，其中女性占 61.66%，多数来自莱茵兰-普法尔茨及相邻各州。
• The student parliament has 25 seats, but turnout in its elections has been low, around 8 per cent of the student body in recent votes.学生议会有 25 个席位，但选举投票率长期偏低，近年约为在校生的 8%。
• The General Students Committee, known as the AStA, runs student services and political representation, and has repeatedly campaigned on transport, rents and tuition.被称为 AStA 的全体学生委员会负责学生服务与政治代表，并多次就交通、租金与学费展开倡议。
• Rents in Trier are lower than in Germany's large cities, and the student union's halls at Tarforst and Petrisberg are the cheapest option for first-year students.特里尔的租金低于德国大城市，学生事务局在塔尔福斯特与彼得斯山的宿舍是新生最便宜的选择。
• Campus life is concentrated on the plateau, where the Mensa, the library and the Audimax host parties, film screenings and the annual university ball.校园生活集中在台地上，食堂、图书馆与 Audimax 大讲堂承办聚会、电影放映与一年一度的大学舞会。
• University sport ranges from running and football to rowing on the Moselle, and the campus teams compete in regional university leagues.大学体育从跑步、足球到摩泽尔河上的赛艇都有，校队在地区高校联赛中参赛。
• Students spend evenings in the city's wine taverns and Roman monuments, and Luxembourg's capital is close enough for a day trip by train.学生夜晚常去城中的葡萄酒馆与罗马遗迹，卢森堡首都近到可以乘火车当日往返。
• Karl Marx, born in Trier in 1818, never studied at the university, but the student committee long used his name for the institution and the city's Marx house is a standard student tour.卡尔·马克思 1818 年生于特里尔，从未在本校就读，但学生委员会长期以他的名字称呼学校，城中的马克思故居也是学生常去的参观点。

Notable people

• Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, minister-president of Saarland from 2011 to 2018, leader of the CDU from 2018 to 2021 and federal minister of defence from 2019 to 2021, studied at Trier.安妮格雷特·克兰普-卡伦鲍尔在 2011 至 2018 年任萨尔州州长，2018 至 2021 年任基民盟主席，2019 至 2021 年任联邦国防部长，曾在特里尔就读。
• Georg Bätzing, bishop of Limburg since 2016 and chairman of the German Bishops' Conference since 2020, studied Catholic theology in Trier.格奥尔格·贝青自 2016 年起任林堡主教，2020 年起任德国主教团主席，曾在特里尔攻读天主教神学。
• Friederike Fless, a classical archaeologist, has led the German Archaeological Institute since 2014 and has directed excavations in Turkey and Greece.古典考古学家弗里德里克·弗莱斯自 2014 年起领导德国考古研究所，并在土耳其与希腊主持发掘。
• Claude Meisch, Luxembourg's minister for education since 2013, studied in Trier before entering Luxembourg politics.克洛德·迈施自 2013 年起任卢森堡教育部长，在进入卢森堡政界前曾于特里尔就读。
• Carole Dieschbourg, Luxembourg's minister for the environment from 2013 to 2022, is also a Trier graduate.卡罗尔·迪施堡在 2013 至 2022 年任卢森堡环境部长，同样是特里尔校友。
• Axel Voss, a member of the European Parliament since 2009, built his legal career on a degree from Trier and works on civil and data-protection law.阿克塞尔·福斯自 2009 年起任欧洲议会议员，以特里尔学位为法律职业起点，主要处理民法与数据保护法事务。
• Tina Müller, who ran the cosmetics retailer Douglas, studied at Trier before moving into brand management at Henkel and Opel.蒂娜·米勒曾执掌化妆品零售商道格拉斯，在转入汉高与欧宝的品牌管理之前就读于特里尔。
• Guildo Horn, the singer who represented Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1998, studied at Trier and remains a cult figure in the city.1998 年代表德国参加欧洲歌唱大赛的歌手吉尔多·霍恩曾就读于特里尔，至今仍是这座城市的文化符号。
• Frank Sieren, a journalist and author who has reported on China for three decades, studied in Trier before moving to Beijing.记者与作家弗兰克·西伦报道中国三十年，在移居北京之前于特里尔就读。
• Mervat Seif el-Din, a classical archaeologist and former director of the Graeco-Roman Museum in Alexandria, completed her doctorate at Trier.梅尔瓦特·赛义夫·埃尔丁是古典考古学家、亚历山大希腊罗马博物馆前馆长，在特里尔完成博士学位。
• René Dirven, a cognitive linguist known for his work on metaphor and applied linguistics, studied at Trier before his academic career in Belgium and Germany.勒内·迪尔文是以隐喻与应用语言学著称的认知语言学家，在比利时与德国展开学术生涯之前曾就读于特里尔。
• Peter Binsfeld, president of the old university in the 1580s, is remembered less for his administration than for his treatise on witchcraft and the trials it encouraged.彼得·宾斯费尔德在 1580 年代任老大学校长，后人记住他的更多是关于巫术的论著及其所助长的审判，而非其治校成绩。
• The student committee's proposal to rename the university after Karl Marx was rejected by the authorities, but the name stayed in student use until a new coalition took over the student parliament in 2015.学生委员会把校名改为卡尔·马克思大学的提议被校方否决，但这一称呼在学生中沿用，直到 2015 年学生议会新的党团联盟上台。