Heinrich Heine University (German: Heinrich-Heine-Universität), located in Düsseldorf, Germany, is named after German poet and political thinker Heinrich Heine, who was born in Düsseldorf in 1797. It became a fully-fledged university in 1965 and currently comprises faculties of law, medicine, philosophy, mathematics and natural sciences, and economics. Its current enrollment slightly exceeds 16,000 students. The rector is Prof. Dr. Hans Michael Piper. In 1806, Joachim Murat, Napoleon Bonaparte's brother-in-law, who had been put in charge of the Duchy of Berg, wanted to found a university in Düsseldorf. At the time, there existed only a few college-like institutions, which had developed between the 16th and 18th centuries. On 12 December 1811, Napoleon issued a decree calling for a university to be chartered in the duchy. It was to support five faculties. The French invasion of Russia, however, impeded its establishment. In 1907, a medical academy was founded in Düsseldorf. It began training students in 1923. The state of North Rhine-Westphalia assumed responsibility for the academy from the city of Düsseldorf in 1962.