Cathedral chapter requests establishment of a school for training priests in the electoral capitulation of Bishop Martin von Schaumberg
Bishop Martin von Schaumberg establishes the Collegium Willibaldinum
School is incorporated into the Ingolstadt Faculty of Arts
Jesuits appointed as supporters and sponsors (until dissolution of the order in 1773)
Dissolution of the episcopal lyceum due to secularization
New formation of the lyceum, the later theological college, by Bishop Karl August von Reisach
Lyceum is renamed “Bischöfliche Pädagogische Hochschule” (college of education)
Foundation of the college of education (“Pädagogische Hochschule”)
Establishment of the “Kirchliche Gesamthochschule Eichstätt”
The “Gesamthochschule” is elevated to university status and becomes the Catholic University of Eichstätt (KUE) with seven faculties.
Resolution for the foundation of a business and economics faculty at the KU Eichstätt that will be located in Ingolstadt
Foundation Charter is issued. Concordat is changed for the purpose of establishing a business and economics faculty
Opening of the KU’s business and economics faculty, the Ingolstadt School of Management
The University is renamed “Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (KU)” to also reflect the increased importance of the second campus in Ingolstadt.
(Parts taken from Holzbauer, Hermann: Ein alter und ein neuer Bund, pp. 169 and 171.)