MUNICH, UNIvEliSITY OF. One of the leading German universities. founded by Duke Ludwig of Bavaria with the approval of Pope Pins 11. as a Studium Generale at 1ngolstadt. The members of the faculties took an oath of loyalty to the See of Rome. Though the bull authorizing the open ing of the institution was issued in 1455, it was not opened until 1472. True to its pledge, Ingot stadt University remained faithful to the Church of Rome during the trying period of the Reforma tion. In 1550 the Jesuits gained control of the university and conducted it until their suppres sion in 1773, though 1ckstatt labored from 1740 to remove them. At the instance of Ludwig whose name the institu tion now bears, it was moved in 1500 to Land shut, where it remained until 1526. when it was transferred to and reorganized. In addi tion to the collections and institutes brought thither from Iandshut, the Government trans ferred to the university the botanieal garden.
anatomical theatre, observatory, and antigun rium, and a valuable collection of coins. In 1902
the university consisted of the faculties of theol ogy, law, political science, medicine• and philoso phy, with an attendance of 175, 1324, 159, 1095, and 1450 respectively. The university also in cludes a number of seminars, clinics, museums, a. botanical garden, and an observatory. The Uni versity Library contains over 4011,000 volumes and about 2000 manuscripts. The Collegium Georgianum, founded in 1494 for the education of Catholic priests. and the Maximilianum, founded in 18.52 and opened in 1876, for the edu cation of talented Bavarian youth, tire affiliated with the university. The income of the univer sity is about 8250,000 a year. the greater share being contributed by the Government. The num ber of professors in 1902 was 117, besides 83 privat-docenten. including, such illustrious men as 11ermann Paul. the eminent philologist Von Zittel, and Riintgen.