Deutsche Universität für Verwaltungswissenschaften Speyer | |
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Type | Public |
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Established | 1947 |
President | Holger Mühlenkamp |
Academic staff | 17 university professors, approx. 100 lecturers |
Postgraduates | Approx. 400 |
Location | , , Germany 49°18′59″N 8°24′59″E / 49.31639°N 8.41639°E |
Campus | Suburban |
Colors | White and yellow |
Affiliations | EMPA EGPA SCEPSTA NASPAA TPC IASIA |
Website | www.uni-speyer.de |
The German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer (German: Deutsche Universität für Verwaltungswissenschaften Speyer; sometimes referred to as Speyer University), is a national graduate school for administrative sciences and public management located in Speyer, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.[1] Founded in 1947 by the French occupational authorities as a grande école, today it is operated under the joint responsibility of both the Federal Republic (Bund) and all 16 German states (Länder).[2] It runs four Master's programs, grants doctoral degrees and habilitations, offers a postgraduate certificate program, and administers programs of executive education. The school is a major training ground for German and international senior government officials.[3] Noted alumni and faculty include former President of Germany Roman Herzog, Professor Niklas Luhmann; former Minister of Defence Christine Lambrecht, current Justice at the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany Heinrich Amadeus Wolff, former President of the Bundesbank Helmut Schlesinger, former Prosecutor General of Germany Alexander von Stahl, and CEO of BASF Jürgen Strube.
The school was founded in 1947, as the State Academy of Administrative Sciences Speyer (Staatliche Akademie für Verwaltungswissenschaften Speyer). In 1950 it was renamed the School of Administrative Sciences Speyer (Hochschule für Verwaltungswissenschaften Speyer) and after reunification became the German School of Administrative Sciences Speyer (Deutsche Hochschule für Verwaltungswissenschaften Speyer).