The University of Duisburg-Essen Open-Minded
Campus Locations A dual presence in the ruhr area 17.11.2011 2
Campus Locations Duisburg 500,000 inhabitants the most important steel production site in Europe logistical centre of Germany, with the largest inland port in Europe home of the Wilhelm-Lehmbruck Museum Essen 585,000 inhabitants the cultural and economical centre of the Rhine-Ruhr region as well as a hotspot of the service industries European Capital of Culture RUHR.2010 home of the Folkwang Museum with its unique collection of art from the 19th and 20th centuries 17.11.2011 3
Overview History August 1, 1972: Foundation of two universities (Gesamthochschulen) in the cities Duisburg and Essen January 1, 2003: Merger of the two universities into the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) March 12, 2007: Foundation of the Universitätsallianz Metropole Ruhr (UAMR), a strategic research alliance with neighboring universities October 1, 2008: the first Vice-Rectorate for Diversity Management (DiM) in Germany is established at the UDE 17.11.2011 4
Overview 11 Departments Humanities Social Sciences Educational Sciences Economics Business Administration Mathematics Physics Chemistry Biology Engineering Medicine 17.11.2011 5
Overview People at the university 34,016 students 415 professors 2,529 academic staff 1,325 employees technical support and administrative services (without Faculty of Medicine) Budget 2010 448.2 mill. total revenue, of which 114.3 mill. is for the Faculty of Medicine 91.5 mill. revenues from third-party funds, of which 29.2 mill. is for the Faculty of Medicine 17.11.2011 6
Studying &Teaching Students 34,016 students: 51 % female students 15 % international students 10,120 first-year students: 54 % female students 17 % international students 3,996 graduates: 56 % female students 13 % international students 17.11.2011 7
Studying &Teaching Students (by department and gender) 17.11.2011 8
Research Main Research Areas Nanosciences Biomedical Sciences Empirical Research in Education Urban Systems Change of Contemporary Societies 17.11.2011 9
Research German Research Foundation (DFG) Programmes 8 collaborative research centres SFB/TR (Managing or participating roles) in Physics, Medicine, Computer Science, Geography and Mathematics 5 DFG research training groups in Medical Biotechnology, Medicine, Empirical Research in Education, Radiobiology and East Asian studies 4 DFG research units in Empirical Research in Education, Physics, Medical Psychology and Chemistry 17.11.2011 10
Research Central Research Facilities Center for Computational Sciences and Simulations (CCSS) Center for Empirical Research in Education (ZeB) Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CeNIDE) Centre for Logistics and Transport (ZLV) Centre for Medical Biotechnology (ZMB) Centre for Water and Environmental Research (ZWU) Erwin L. Hahn Institute for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (ELH) Essen College of Gender Studies (EKfG) Institute for Experimental Mathematics (IEM) Institute of East Asian Studies (IN-EAST) 17.11.2011 11
Research Associated Institutes Center for Studies on Turkey and Integration Research (ZfT) Centre for Fuel Cell Technology (ZBT) Confucius Institute Metropolis Ruhr Development Centre for Ship Technology and Transport Syst. (DST) German Textile Research Centre North-West (DTNW) Institute for Prevention and Health Promotion (IPG) Institute of Energy and Environmental Technology (IUTA) Institute of Mobile and Satellite Communication Technology (IMST) IWW Water Centre Rhine-Ruhr Institute for Social Research and Political Consulting (RISP) Salomon Ludwig Steinheim Institute (StI) 17.11.2011 12
Research Expenditure of third-party funds (excluding Medicine) Total sum: 60 mill. Euro 17.11.2011 13
International 81 active Partnerships worldwide Joint office in New York, Rio de Janeiro and Moscow for international relations of the Universities of Duisburg-Essen, Bochum and Dortmund (UAMR) 17.11.2011 14
International Incoming Students 3,570 students who acquired their university entrance qualification abroad, of whom: 44 % are from Europe 44 % are from Asia 10 % are from Africa 2 % are from America 17.11.2011 15
Central Services Information and Counselling Centre for Information and Media Services (ZIM): with 18,500 interconnected systems Centre for Teacher Education (ZLB): 3,000 Work placements arranged per year Science Support Centre (SSC): 22 Supervised Research Projects Student Councelling and Academic Career Services (ABZ): with more than 29,000 annual contacts University Library (UB): with 2.6 million print volumes 17.11.2011 16
For the general public Offers for everyone Mercator-Professorship e. g. Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Richard von Weizsäcker, Ulrich Wickert, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, Peter Scholl- Latour, Alice Schwarzer Poet in Residence e. g. Günter Grass, Rolf Hochhuth, Jurek Becker, Martin Walser, Cees Nooteboom, Barbara Köhler, Händl Klaus, John von Düffel Scientist in Residence e.g. Wilhelm Barthlott, Julian Nida-Rümelin, Heinz-Elmar Tenorth, Rudolf Jaenisch Further events UniKids lectures for children, Summer University, taster courses, student competition freestyle-physics 17.11.2011 17
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