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Erlangen 1,261 



Greifswald 1,260 



Eostock 881 



The largest faculties of Protestant theology- 

 range in the following order: 



Berlin 555 



Leipzig 466 



Halle 401 



Tiilbingen 336 



For the largest Catholic schools of divinity 

 the order is as follows: 



Bonn 400 



Miinster 305 



Bieslau 269 



Freiburg 225 



The University of Berlin possesses the larg- 

 est schools of law (2,280) and philosophy 

 (4,Y32), being followed in law by Miinchen 

 (1,165), Leipzig (892), Bonn (846), Breslau 

 (535) and Freiburg (519) ; in philosophy by 

 Leipzig (2,832), Miinchen (2,34Y), Bonn 

 (2,156), Gottingen (1,740) and Halle (1,642). 



The University of Miinchen leads in medi- 

 cine with 2,287 matriculated students, to 

 which must be added 203 in pharmacy and 94 

 in dentistry; Berlin follows with 2,239 stu- 

 dents; then come Freiburg with 1,029 students 

 (plus 35 pharmacists), Leipzig with 947 (plus 

 136 pharmacists and 78 dentists), Heidelberg 

 with 734, Bonn with 652, Breslau with 641, 

 and Wiirzburg with 615 (plus 76 dentists and 

 47 pharmacists). 



The largest enrollment of foreigners during 

 the winter semester of 1912-13 was found at 

 the University of Berlin, where 1,605 matric- 

 ulated foreigners were enrolled. Berlin was 

 followed by 



Leipzig 784 



Miinchen 687 



Halle 315 



Heidelberg 264 



Kijnigsberg 244 



Strassburg 191 



Freiburg 177 



Gottingen 174 



Breslau 162 



Bonn 144 



Jena 140 



Altogether there were 5,193 matriculated 

 foreigners enrolled at the German universities ; 

 of these 4,648 hailed from Europe, 338 from 

 America, 184 from Asia, 22 from Africa and 1 

 from Australia. Of the Americans 171 studied 

 at Berlin, 36 at Miinchen, 31 at Gottingen, 21 

 at Heidelberg and 20 at Leipzig. Of the Euro- 

 pean countries, Russia had the largest number 

 of representatives, namely, 2,840, of whom 641 

 were enrolled at Berlin, Russia being followed 

 by 



Austria 900 



Switzerland 340 



Roumania 156 



Great Britain 145 



Bulgaria HI 



Greece 100 



Turkey 78 



Servia 61 



Luxembourg 58 



France 53 



Holland 47 



Italy 39 



Sweden 27 



Spain 25 



Norway 20 



Belgiiun 19 



Denmark 13 



Portugal 10 



Montenegro 1 



The number of students matriculated at the 

 seven Swiss universities in the winter semester 

 of 1912-13 amounted to 7,019 as against 7,226 

 in the summer semester of 1912. 53.33 per 

 cent, of these students hailed from Switzer- 

 land, 30 per cent, from Russia and the Balkan 

 States, 10 per cent, from Germany and Aus- 

 tria, 2.5 per cent, from France and Italy, 

 and 4.4 per cent, from other countries. No 

 country in the world has as large a percentage 

 of foreign students at its institutions of higher 

 learning as Switzerland has. 



Rudolf Tombo, Jr. 

 Columbia University 



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