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Basic information

Kind of Institution and funding body
University, public
Year of foundation
1972
Total number of Students
18,502
Students at this campus
18,502
Semester contribution
347.82 €
Tuition fees
There are no study fees.

Students by area of study

Medicine, Health Science
0%
Natural Sciences, Mathematics
8.1%
Law, Economic and Social Sciences
23.8%
Humanities, Languages
34.5%
Engineering Science (incl. Computer Science)
25.7%
Other studies
7.9%

Students by type of degree pursued

Bachelor's degree
42.3%
Master's degree
17.6%
Teacher qualification degree
39.7%
Pre-Bologna degrees
0%
Other types of degrees
0.5%

Central services

Opening hours central student counselling

Special features regarding the library

Locations: Central campus library; Stock: Over 2.3 million media; high proportion of electronic media (books, journals, databases), including approx. 66,000 licensed electronic journals; Approx. 95% of the print stock is freely accessible; Services: Central place of work and study of the university, opening hours Mon. - Fri. until midnight, Sat. - Sun. from 07:30 to 8:30pm; Open 106 hours/week; Individual workspaces, individual workrooms and group work areas; WiFi, printing and scanning stations; Cash dispensers; self-service borrowing; Returns machine; Catalogue: Discovery system with catalogue enrichment (indexed table of contents); Open access support: Publication Service, Publication Fund, URN, DOI, ORCID Centre, DEA; Digitisation infrastructure; Support for teaching and studies, including electronic seminar equipment; Excellent advisory and training services
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Foreign language center and courses

There is a foreign language centre. Languages offered: English, French, German as a Foreign Language, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Swedish, Polish, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Latin, Arabic, Turkish, Ancient Greek, Quranic Arabic, Hebrew, Dutch, Finnish, Korean, Modern Greek, German Sign Language and Ukrainian.
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Special features regarding university sports

The university offers its own sports programme. Students attending the institution can participate in the sports programme of all higher education institutions in NRW. Some courses are free of charge, some subject to fees. People from outside the university can participate in the sports programme. Extensive weekend programme; Variety; Trend sports; Particular focus on health-enhancing measures for students and employees (mobile massage, preventive sports programme, health training for employees aged 35+, break-time exercises, beneFIT, recharge); health training centre with 600 places, golf academy with driving range and 18-hole golf course on campus, indoor climbing wall, health pass for students.
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Last update 2024: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education

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