University of Wuppertal
| Bergische Universität Wuppertal | |
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| Location | |
| Bergische Universität Wuppertal Gaußstraße 20 D-42119 Wuppertal North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | |
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| Established | 1972 |
| Principal | Lambert T. Koch |
| Staff | 1,513 |
| Number of students | 19,000 |
| Website | www.uni-wuppertal.de |
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The University of Wuppertal (Universität Wuppertal) is a German scientific institution, located in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia.
The university, the full German name of which is Bergische Universität Wuppertal (BUW), was formed in 1972 and is located in the city of Wuppertal, within the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. In 2013/14 it had more than 19,000 students in a wide range of subjects with many interdisciplinary linkages in 7 faculties:
- Division A: Humanities and Cultural Studies
- Division B: Schumpeter School of Business and Economics
- Division C: Mathematics and Natural Sciences
- Division D: Architecture, Civil Engineering Mechanical Engineering, Safety
- Division E: Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, Media Technology
- Division F: Design and Art
- Division G: Education and Social Sciences
The main building of the BU Wuppertal is located in the suburb of Elberfeld on Grifflenberg and is a massive, cut honeycomb concrete purpose. The university now has 3 campuses:
- Campus Grifflenberg (main campus) in Elberfeld, Wuppertal
- Campus Freudenberg in Elberfeld, Wuppertal
- Campus Haspel in Unterbarmen, Wuppertal
All three campuses hold specific parts of the University Library of Wuppertal, the main library at Campus Grifflenberg holds five specific libraries.
From 2004 until 2010, the University of Wuppertal had the second supercomputer at a German university. ALiCEnext, the supercomputer, is designed as a cluster and consists of 512 so-called Blades. ALiCEnext used in the field of elementary particle physics, applied computer science, astro-particle physics and experimental high energy physics.
Notable professors
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The university employs 250 professors (as of 2010). Notable people who have taught in Wuppertal are:
- Bazon Brock, art theorist [1]
- Gerd Faltings, mathematician [2]
- Lev Kopelev, writer and historian of literature [3]
- Peter Ulrich, economist
- Dieter Vieweger, archaeologist
- Paul J. J. Welfens, economist (current)
Notable alumni
- Walter Heidenfels, industrial designer
External links
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- Official website of Bergische Universität Wuppertal (In German)
- Website of University of Wuppertal (In English)
- Study & International
- Zentrale Studienberatung (Course Guidance)
- The three university campuses
- General student committee
Coordinates: 51°14′43″N 7°08′58″E / 51.24528°N 7.14944°E