History
The Gustav-Siewerth Academy was founded in 1988 under private ownership, legal and financial support is a non-profit limited liability company (Gustav-Siewerth House gGmbH ). The focus of the Academy is predominantly Christian-Catholic. Although the Academy is not denominationally bound, she is a member of the Forum of German Catholics . She sees herself as "a philosophical university that provides an interdisciplinary dialogue between professors and students dealing with the modern social and natural sciences and to the presentation of a Christian worldview strives" and "to contribute to the re-Christianization of Europe on the basis of Western civilization . "
The college has in addition to the rector, vice-rectors and deans of a university senate and a Registrar; honorary rector is Albrecht Graf von Brandenstein-Zeppelin . Chancellor of the Academy is the Archbishop of Freiburg and head of the German Bishops' Conference, Robert Zollitsch . There are courses in the subjects of Philosophy, Sociology and Family Studies with the two majors Catholic theology and pedagogy, as well as minor subjects philosophy of science and journalism (Giessen model) offered at the winter term 2010/11 a total of 16 students are enrolled. Due a passed master's degree in higher degree of 'is Master of Arts "or" Master of Arts "(MA) awarded. The university has no right to award doctorates . The University has established various institutions but are not identical to the studies. There are the following institutions: Department of Family Science Institute for Luther research Institute of hagiography Institute for Scientific border issues Institute for Ostwissenschaft
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