哥廷根大学：为全人类之福利
英文导读
G.ttingen University (German： Georg-August-Universit.t G.ttingen， GAU)， known informally as Georgia Augusta， is a university in the city of G.ttingen， Germany. Founded in 1734 by George II， King of Great Britain and Elector of Hanover， it opened for classes in 1737. The University of G.ttingen soon grew in size and popularity. In the first years of the University of G.ttingen it became known for its faculty of law. By the university"s centenary in 1837， it was known as the "university of law"， as the students enrolled by the faculty of law often made up more than half of the university"s students. G.ttingen also had a focus on natural science， especially mathematics in the 19th century. To date， 45 Nobel Prize laureates have studied， taught or made contributions here. Most of these prizes were given in the first half of the 20th century， which was called the "G.ttingen Nobel prize wonder". G.ttingen is a historic university city， with a high student and faculty population. Emphasis on basic research and orientation towards source criticism and experimentation proved to be decisive preconditions for the development of the modern humanities and natural sciences， a development strongly influenced by the Georgia Augusta.
System： The university consists of 13 faculties including： Faculty of Agricultural Sciences， Faculty of Biology and Psychology， Faculty of Chemistry， Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology， Faculty of Geoscience and Geography， Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science， Faculty of Physics， Faculty of Law， Faculty of Social Sciences， Faculty of Economic Sciences， Faculty of Humanities， Faculty of Theology， Faculty of Medicine.
Funny tradition： The most famous tradition of the university is that each doctorate student who has just passed her/his oral doctoral test shall sit in a wagon—decorated with flowers and balloons and accompanied by relatives and friends， drive around the inner city and arrive at the Marktplatz —the central square where the old town hall and the G.nseliesel statue are located. The“newly born doctor” shall climb up to the G.nseliesel statue， kiss the G.nseliesel (a poor princess in an old fairy tale who was compelled to keep geese by a wicked woman and later regained her identity) and give bouquets to her.
生词助读
centenary [sen.ti：n.ri， sen’te-] n. 一百年；百年纪念
orientation [，.：rien.tei..n， .u-] n. 方向；定向
criticism ["kr.t.s.z.m] n. 批评；考证
experimentation [.k.sper.men.te..n] n. 实验；试验
precondition [.pri：k.n"d..n] n. 前提；先决条件
中文概述
乔治-奥古斯都-哥廷根大学简称哥廷根大学，位于德国西北部下萨克森州南端的大学城哥廷根市，因英王乔治二世创建而得名。始建于1734年，是一所公立综合型大学。
哥廷根大学属于传统的大学城，是“没有校门和围墙的大学”。哥廷根大学拥有十分辉煌的历史，名人辈出，蜚声世界，德意志帝国时期的“铁血宰相”俾斯麦，前总理格哈特·施罗德均曾于哥廷根大学学习法律，德国大诗人海涅也在此取得法学博士，格林兄弟在此任教并编写了第一部德语词典。大学创办之初，即设有神学、法学、哲学、医学四大经典学科，尤以自然科学和法学为重。
哥廷根大学设有神学院、法学院、经济学院、社会学院、哲学院、数学及信息学院、物理学院、化学院、地质学院、农学院、林学院、生物及心理学院、医学院。学校科系设置覆盖自然科学、数学与信息、医学、法律、经济科学、社会科学、人文与神学等领域，其化学、数学等学科一直位于德国大学前列。
在哥廷根大学至今还保存着一项有名的和有趣的传统，就是博士生通过答辩获得学位的当天，都会头戴博士帽，在亲友的陪同下乘坐花车前往市中心的鹅女孩广场去亲吻“鹅女孩雕像”。
有45位诺贝尔奖得主曾在哥廷根大学学习、任教或研究，其中大部分为物理和化学奖，其他为医学、和平及文学奖。不过大多数诺贝尔奖都是在20世纪上半叶获得的，创造了“哥廷根诺贝尔奇迹”。
梦想成功录
No one but the wearer knows where the shoe pinches.
只有穿鞋的人自己知道哪里夹脚。
Behind an able man there are always other able men.
山外有山，人外有人。