page_title: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
section_title: Universities and colleges
hierarchical_section_title: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern / Education / Universities and colleges
caption_attribution_description: English: Main building of the university in Rostock, Germany Deutsch: Hauptgebäude der Universität in Rostock, Deutschland Русский: Главный корпус университета в Ростоке, Германия
context_page_description: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, also known by its anglicized name Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania or Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, is a state of Germany. Of the country's sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ranks 14th in population, 6th in area, and 16th in population density. Schwerin is the state capital and Rostock is the largest city. Other major cities include Neubrandenburg, Stralsund, Greifswald, Wismar and Güstrow.
  The state was established in 1945 after World War II through the merger of the historic regions of Mecklenburg and the Prussian Western Pomerania by the Soviet military administration in Allied-occupied Germany. It became part of the German Democratic Republic in 1947, but was dissolved in 1952 during administrative reforms and its territory divided into the districts of Rostock, Schwerin, and Neubrandenburg. A state called in German Mecklenburg-Vorpommern was re-established in 1990 following German reunification, and became one of the new states of the Federal Republic of Germany.
context_section_description: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern has the two oldest universities of the Baltic Sea region, also among the oldest of Germany and all of Europe:
  University of Greifswald (established 1456)
  University of Rostock (established 1419)
  Also, there are further colleges / technological universities:
  Fachhochschule des Mittelstands (FHM) in Rostock and Schwerin (private)
  Rostock University of Music and Theatre
  Hochschule Wismar (University of Applied Sciences: Technology, Business and Design)
  Fachhochschule Stralsund (University of Applied Sciences)
  Hochschule Neubrandenburg (University of Applied Sciences)
  Fachhochschule für öffentliche Verwaltung, Rechtspflege und Polizei Güstrow (University of Administration, Judicature and Police in Güstrow)
  Hochschule der Bundesagentur für Arbeit with its Schwerin campus
  DesignSchule Schwerin with options to study design (private; game/fashion/media/web design)
caption: The University of Rostock
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