The University of Münster (Universität Münster) is a public research university located in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is part of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and has been successful in the German Excellence Initiative. The university offers a broad range of research and teaching activities across mathematics, humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and life sciences, with over 130 fields of study and more than 41,000 students.