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University of Tübingen

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The University of Tübingen, officially the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, is a public research university in the city of Tübingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was founded in 1477 by Count Eberhard V, later elevated to first Duke of Württemberg, a reformer who established the school after becoming absorbed in the Renaissance revival of learning during his travels to Italy. It is one of eleven German Excellence Universities and is especially known for plant biology, medicine, law, archeology, philosophy, theology and the humanities, and more recently artificial intelligence. Its alumni and faculty include presidents, a pope and Johannes Kepler, and eleven Nobel laureates are associated with it.

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The University of Tübingen, officially the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen (German: Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen; Latin: Universitas Eberhardina Carolina), is a public research university located in the city of Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
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    The University of Tübingen, officially the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen (German: Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen; Latin: Universitas Eberhardina Carolina), is a public research university located in the city of Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
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    The University of Tübingen was founded in 1477 by Count Eberhard V
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    The University of Tübingen, officially the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen (German: Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen; Latin: Universitas Eberhardina Carolina), is a public research university located in the city of Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
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