Use Archival Records

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Utilization

The archival material stored in the UniArchives can be viewed in the reading room of the UniArchives, provided they are no longer subject to retention periods.
Please submit a request for access via Arcinsys and order the required archive materials. We look forward to your visit.

Appointments can be made by email or telephone:

UniArchives
Phone: +49 561/804-2476

Email: archiv[at]uni-kassel[dot]de

Reading room opening hours:
Monday to Friday 9am-12pm and 1pm-5pm.

University history

Predecessor facilities

The University of Kassel is still young, but can refer to numerous academic predecessor institutions.

  • The Higher Technical College for Social Work in Fürstenhagen
  • State Higher Business College
  • German Engineering School for Foreign Agriculture
  • Max-Eyth-Schule, School of Engineering for Agriculture, Witzenhausen
  • State engineering school for mechanical engineering
  • State Engineering School for Civil Engineering
  • Pedagogical Institute
  • State College of Fine Arts
Image: GHK Publik 12. Jahrgang, Nr. 2

Kassel University of Applied Sciences

In 1970, the Hessian state government decides to establish the first comprehensive university in Germany in Kassel. On June 24, 1970, the state parliament passes the law on the establishment of the comprehensive university in Kassel. It is not created on a greenfield site, but through the integration of predecessor institutions. On October 26, the Kassel Comprehensive University opens its doors to 2,913 students for the 1971/72 winter semester. The reformed "Kassel Model" provides for tiered courses of study, an opening of the universities, interdisciplinary work and more practical relevance.

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University of Kassel

In 1993, the Convention decides on the name "Universität Gesamthochschule Kassel" as a compromise between the profile as a research institution and the reform idea of the comprehensive university. In the same year, the GhK is accepted into the German Research Foundation. It has borne its current name "University of Kassel" since 2002. In its resolution, the University Senate also declares that the University of Kassel will maintain its profile as an innovative reform university.

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Public

The first issue of the university magazine, which is still published today, appeared in 1978, providing an initial introduction and a central source on questions of university history.


Virtual exhibition

If you are interested in topics such as the founding of the comprehensive university, the Kassel model, the beginnings of the sustainability profile or the walking sciences, you can research these documents in our reading room.