Among the Best in the World
According to the latest ‘QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026’, the theology and religious studies programmes at Münster are among the best in the world. The subjects were ranked 20th in reputation surveys. In a national comparison, they are even in third place.
The ‘World University Ranking by Subject’ by the British education provider Quacquarelli Symonds is based primarily on reputation surveys among academics and employers, as well as on the number of citations of individual publications. The weighting of reputation surveys and bibliometric indicators varies depending on the subject area. The number of institutions included in the ranking varies depending on the size of the subject field.
Exceptional Travel Equipment
What looks like a common book of hours from the outside turns out to be a sophisticated storage place for a Catholic priest's travel gear when you open the book cover: in the wooden box hidden in the book cover, there are silver jars with oils and a communion plate made of the same material. This rare piece, which probably dates from the late 18th century, is one of the highlights of the museum's Easter exhibition, which opens on 17 March and runs until 19 April. There is an open guided tour every Sunday at 3 p.m., for which no registration is required. The museum will be closed over Easter from 3 April (Good Friday) to 6 April (Easter Monday).
The Institute for New Testament Textual Research (Institut für Neutestamentliche Textforschung, INTF)
Our central task is to research the textual history of the New Testament and to reconstruct its Greek initial text on the basis of the entire manuscript tradition, the early translations and patristic citations. Foremost among the results of this research is the ongoing publication of the Editio Critica Maior, which has been accepted by the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts as one of their long-term research projects in 2007. Moreover, INTF produces several more editions and a variety of tools for New Testament scholarship, including the concise editions known as the Nestle-Aland and the UBS Greek New Testament. Many of the results of our work are also available to the wider public at the adjoining Bible Museum, which is affiliated with the institute.