Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: More than 1500 new students in Greifswald

Greifswald (dpa/mv) - So far, more than 1560 students have enrolled at the University of Greifswald for the 2022/23 winter semester.

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: More than 1500 new students in Greifswald

Greifswald (dpa/mv) - So far, more than 1560 students have enrolled at the University of Greifswald for the 2022/23 winter semester. Next Monday, the freshmen will be welcomed with the traditional enrollment ceremony in St. Nikolai Cathedral, as the university announced on Friday. In total, more than 10,270 students are currently enrolled at the university. More than 1000 of them come from a total of 102 countries.

According to the information, in addition to medicine and law, political science and teaching at high school educational science were particularly popular. The two master's courses Bioeconomy and Infection Biology are new

The second university in the north-east, the University of Rostock, wants to celebrate the enrollment ceremony in the St. Marien Church on Friday afternoon. A parade through the city center was planned beforehand.

The 2022/2023 winter semester began on October 1st at the universities in Rostock and Greifswald. In Rostock, Monday was the first day of lectures. Lectures are scheduled to start next Monday in Greifswald. Both universities recently expressed their concern about the increased costs. The universities in the north-east - for example in Neubrandenburg and Wismar - had already started the semester around four weeks ago.