page_title: Göttingen
section_title: Universities and colleges
hierarchical_section_title: Göttingen / Universities and colleges
caption_attribution_description: Goettingen University
context_page_description: Göttingen is a university city in Lower Saxony, Germany, the capital of the eponymous district. It is run through by River Leine. At the start of 2017, the population was 134,212.
context_section_description: Göttingen is officially a 'University town' and is known particularly for its University.
  Georg-August University of Göttingen, http://www.uni-goettingen.de/
  German Aerospace Centre, http://www.dlr.de/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-343/470_read-664/
  Private University of Applied Sciences, http://www.pfh.de/
  University of Applied Sciences and Arts, http://www.fh-goettingen.de
  Goethe-Institut Göttingen, http://www.goethe.de/goettingen/
  Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
  Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine
  Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity
  Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization
  Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
  German Primate Center, http://www.dpz.eu
caption: View from University Campus looking South
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