University of Konstanz

The University of Konstanz is a university in the city of Konstanz in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Its main campus was opened on the Gießberg in 1972 after being founded in 1966. It is Germany's southernmost university, situated on the shore of Lake Constance just four kilometres from the Swiss border, and it has been successful in the Excellence Initiative. The university cooperates with institutions such as Harvard, Johns Hopkins University, Yale University, the University of Chicago, UC Berkeley and the University of Zurich, has approximately 11,500 students from around 100 countries, maintains over 220 partnerships with European universities, and offers more than 100 degree programmes.