Science and research in the most concentrated university landscape in Europe
The twin-campus University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE), located in the centre of the Rhine-Ruhr region, offers a broad, internationally designed curriculum that encompasses the humanities and social sciences, economics, engineering, natural sciences, and medicine, including a university hospital. Founded in 2003, as a result of the merger of two previous academic institutions (the Comprehensive Universities of Duisburg and Essen), this youngest of institutions of higher learning in North Rhine-Westphalia takes its place among the ten largest German universities.
Over 30,000 students have a choice from a vast array of Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes. Students from 130 different countries attend the University, and so in addition to German and English, anybody familiar with the campuses of UDE will also be sure to hear many other languages.
Research at its best In research, UDE occupies a respectable high-ranking position among the ...