University of Wuppertal

University of Wuppertal
Bergische Universität Wuppertal

Seal of the University of Wuppertal
Type Public
Established 1972
Budget € 189.4 million[1]
Rector Lambert T. Koch
Academic staff
 992[2]
Administrative staff
 581[2]
Students 20,957[3]
Undergraduates 15,072[3]
Postgraduates 4,703[3]
957[3]
Location Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Campus Urban
Website www.uni-wuppertal.de
Campus Grifflenberg, University of Wuppertal

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 2014/15 it had almost 20,000 students in a wide range of subjects with many interdisciplinary linkages in 7 faculties.

Organization

Campus

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:

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 more than 250 professors (as of 2014). Notable people who have taught in Wuppertal are:

Notable alumni

Awards and rankings

International Rankings

Shanghai Ranking placed the University of Wuppertal between 404th and 502nd overall as compared to other international collegiate programs.[4] However, the Physics program in particular is ranked somewhat higher, being placed between the 101st and 150th places in 2013 and between 151st and 200th in 2014.

Due to rather homogeneous standards of teaching and research, German university rankings generally are far less significant than for many other countries. [5]

National Rankings

At the CHE ranking , which evaluated more than 300 universities in the German-speaking world on the basis of the judgments of more than 250,000 students, University of Wuppertal was awarded three times. In 2011 the university reached the top group in eleven of the 13 categories. With a total score of 1.9, the Faculty of Economics was above the nationwide average of 2.6. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Finanzen" (PDF) (in German). University of Wuppertal. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
  2. 1 2 "Personal" (PDF) (in German). University of Wuppertal. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Studium und Lehre" (PDF). University of Wuppertal. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
  4. ↑ http://www.shanghairanking.com/World-University-Rankings/University-of-Wuppertal.html
  5. ↑ https://www.daad.de/en
  6. ↑ http://www.wiwi.uni-wuppertal.de/rankings-und-presse/rankings/che-hochschulranking-2011.html

Coordinates: 51°14′43″N 7°08′58″E / 51.24528°N 7.14944°E / 51.24528; 7.14944

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