The University of Wuppertal is research-oriented and offers a wide range of subjects, including disciplines and courses such as safety engineering and industrial design that are offered by no other university in Germany.
- #601 Ranking
- 2 Masters
- 382 Academic Staff
- 15,384 Students
- 1,742 Students (int'l)
- 8,550 Students (female)
- Public Institution Type
Master's Programmes
Environmental Studies & Earth Sciences (1)
Natural Sciences & Mathematics (1)
Social Sciences (1)
About
History
Founded in 1972, the University of Wuppertal (UW) is still young. Its twin goals are academic excellence in its individual disciplines and the consistent development of the interface between these disciplines and the world of practical experience – in a word, the transfer of knowledge and technological know-how.
Education
Study with a goal – find the program that’s best for you!
- Bachelor of Arts/Science (BA/BSc)
- Master of Arts/Science/Education (MA/MSc/MEd)
Research
As well as its many different teaching programs the University of Wuppertal offers a wide spectrum of research activities, covering both fundamental and applied research in almost all departments.
UW's key competency lies in the interdisciplinary dovetailing of its research activities. The four already established Interdisciplinary Centers indicate the strategic orientation of UW research.
Research is not an end in itself; it is a service to society. In view of this, the transfer of knowledge and technological skills between the university and the worlds of business, industry and culture is integral to UW activities. This applies from individual thesis topics through to contractually based research cooperations.
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World University Rankings by Times Higher Education
2023
601
2022
601
2021
601
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Academic Ranking of World Universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2022
901
2021
901 -100
2020
801
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Best Global Universities Rankings by U.S. News & World Report
2023
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2022
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2021
467
Best Global Universities Rankings by U.S. News & World Report presents all the top universities from the U.S. and 60 other countries around the world. They measure the rate of students going to their second year of studies, as well as the rate of students who graduate. It also asks university representatives on the performance of universities, and evaluates university resources, teacher salaries, graduation rates, student academic achievements and satisfaction. After calculating and comparing these criteria, U.S. News ranks the top international universities accordingly.
Services
Housing services
UW has three campuses. The Main Grifflenberg Campus and the Freudenberg Campus & guesthouse are situated on the southern side of the Wupper valley. The Main Grifflenberg Campus is on Gauss Str. and the Freudenberg Campus is on Rainer-Gruenter-Str. The Haspel Campus is in Unterbarmen (Haspeler Str. / Pauluskirchstr.).
Library services
- Databases
- Ebooks
- Electronic Journals
- Electronic theses and dissertations
- Course reserve collection
Multidisciplinary Databases
- General Reference Work: Dictionaries, Encyclopaedias, Biographies, miscellaneous
- Bibliographic Databases
- Library Catalogues
- Newspapers
Student Life
Campus life
UW has three campuses. The Main Grifflenberg Campus and the Freudenberg Campus & guesthouse are situated on the southern side of the Wupper valley. The Main Grifflenberg Campus is on Gauss Str. and the Freudenberg Campus is on Rainer-Gruenter-Str. The Haspel Campus is in Unterbarmen (Haspeler Str. / Pauluskirchstr.).
Student Reviews
Covid lockdowns making studies harder, though not the universities fault
Anonymous rated 3 out of 5 stars
Can’t say too much good or bad about the University as I was on distant learning because of covid pretty much from the start. I’m facing difficulties to estimate expectancies of exercises or tests as I don’t have contact with any fellow students. It makes it quite difficult to impossible.
Choose university carefully without emotional bias
Anonymous rated 1 out of 5 stars
This master course is badly designed. Also teaching quality is poor. Surprisingly very few teachers can speak English properly. Although in the course website you may find it multi-disciplinary, but in reality it is not. The teachers are mostly from particle physics background and they also push the curriculum and students in this direction. But unfortunately, you will...
I am hard work ،hopeful,interesting to study and continue to ph.D , and get job in Research Institute by Master degree,
Anonymous rated 5 out of 5 stars
I will start at next semester 2020 ,I will sucsess and I have offer for Medicine Electronic 2020 ,
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