History
In 1736, the Ludoviciana – as Giessen University was called up until 1945, in honour of its founder, Landgrave Ludwig V of Hessen-Darmstadt – took the blue, silver-framed three-armed Antoniterkreuz (Cross of St Anthony) as its university crest, which it continues to display.
Education
JLU’s strong contributions to research and teaching, its cultural program, and its status as an important wealth-creating institution make the University an influential presence in Giessen and, indeed, in the wider area of Central Hesse.
Research
JLU sees itself as a medium-sized 'differentiated' university with a clear commitment to maintaining its wide spectrum of study fields, developing its profile in individual, excellent - and application-oriented - research fields, and dynamically filling in emerging fields.
Distance Learning Courses
Law (1)
- Short Course U.S.-German Summer Law School
Social Sciences (1)
- Short Course U.S.-German Summer Law School
Library services
The Archaeological Library is located in Philosophikum I in rooms D12, 13, and 16.
It consists of about 15,000 monographs and about 100 journals from all subjects of Classical Archaeology.
The library is a reference library. Books cannot be borrowed.
Campus life
As Justus Liebig University Giessen is very centrally located it has excellent connections to the German Autobahn system, rail network, Frankfurt/Main International Airport, and various long-distance inter-city bus routes.
Student clubs
Students’ Union (AStA)