University of Wuppertal

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University of Wuppertal

Bergische Universität Wuppertal
Sealof 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]
Doctoral students	957[3]
Location	Wuppertal , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany 51°14′43″N7°08′58″E / 51.24528°N 7.14944°E /51.24528; 7.14944
Campus	Urban
Website	www.uni-wuppertal.de

TheUniversity of Wuppertal(Universität Wuppertal) is a German scientific institution located inWuppertalin the state ofNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

The university's official name in German isBergische Universität WuppertalorBUW. It was founded in 1972. In 2014/15, approx. 20,000 students were enrolled in a wide range of subjects with many interdisciplinary linkages between a total of seven 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 University of Wuppertal is located in the suburb ofElberfeldon the Grifflenberg. The university now has three campuses:

• Campus Grifflenberg (main campus) in Elberfeld, Wuppertal
• Campus Freudenberg in Elberfeld, Wuppertal
• Campus Haspel inUnterbarmen, Wuppertal

All three campuses house specific parts of theUniversity Library of Wuppertal; the main library atCampus Grifflenbergholds five specific libraries.

From 2004 until 2010, the University of Wuppertal was home to the secondsupercomputerat a German university.ALiCEnext, the supercomputer, was designed as a cluster and consisted of 512 so-called Blades. ALiCEnext was used in the field of elementary particle physics, applied computer science, astro-particle physics and experimental high energy physics.

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

• Bazon Brock, art theorist
• Gerd Faltings, mathematician
• Jürgen Gerlach[de], transport planner
• Lev Kopelev, writer and historian of literature
• Karl-Heinz Petzinka, architect
• Dieter Vieweger, archaeologist
• Paul J. J. Welfens, economist (current)

• Christian Boros(born 1964), German advertising agency founder and art collector
• Godela Habel, abstract painter
• Walter Heidenfels, industrial designer

University rankings
Overall – Global & National
QSWorld[citation needed] THEWorld2024[4] 501–600 42–45 ARWUWorld2023[5] 801–900 43–45 QSEurope[citation needed] QSEmployability[citation needed] THEEmployability[citation needed]

According to the 2024Times Higher Education World University Rankings, the institution falls within the 501–600 range globally, placing it between 42nd and 45th nationally.^[4]The 2023Academic Ranking of World Universities(ARWU) situates the university in the 801–900 bracket on a global scale corresponding to a national rank between 43rd and 45th.^[5]

In 2016, CWUR ranked University of Wuppertal as the 909th best university overall within its list of top 1000 international universities.^[6]In 2017, its place raised to 844th in the same list.^[7]

At theCHE rankingwhich 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.^[8]

• Official website(in English)