Facts and Information
Universität Duisburg-Essen
Campus Essen
Universität Duisburg-Essen
Campus Essen
Further Locations
Subject areas featured in the ranking
- Biology / Bioscience (Last update 2024)
- Business Administration (Last update 2023)
- Business Computing (Last update 2023)
- Chemistry (Last update 2024)
- Civil and Environmental Engineering (Last update 2022)
- Computer Science (Last update 2024)
- Economics (Last update 2023)
- Education Science (Last update 2022)
- German Language and Literature (Last update 2022)
- Mathematics (Last update 2024)
- Medicine (Last update 2024)
- Psychology (Last update 2022)
- Romance Studies (Last update 2022)
- Social Policy and Social Work (Last update 2023)
- Sports Sciences (Last update 2024)
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- University
Basic information
- Kind of Institution and funding body
- University, public
- Year of foundation
- 2003
- Total number of Students
- 40,903
- Students at this campus
- 26,394
- Semester contribution
- no data
- Tuition fees
- There are no study fees.
Students by area of study
- Medicine, Health Science
- 11.5%
- Natural Sciences, Mathematics
- 21%
- Law, Economic and Social Sciences
- 19.8%
- Humanities, Languages
- 27.5%
- Engineering Science (incl. Computer Science)
- 17.9%
- Other studies
- 2.4%
Students by type of degree pursued
- Bachelor's degree
- 43.4%
- Master's degree
- 13.7%
- Teacher qualification degree
- 33.3%
- Pre-Bologna degrees
- 9.1%
- Other types of degrees
- 0.4%
Central services
Opening hours central student counselling
Special features regarding the library
Locations: Duisburg-Essen University Library with 6 specialised libraries; Stock: Books, journals and newspapers by bookbinding unit: 2,296,272; Digital stock: 601,220; Electronic journals and newspapers: 37,407; Services: The library (UB) provides access to literature, information and data for about 3,000 research assistants and about 40,000 students, but is also available to all citizens of the region. The University Library offers space for communication and promotes the transfer of knowledge into society. The library supports an integrated research process, from searching for information to media procurement and management. This includes the active promotion of open access publishing and the associated visualization of the research output of the UDE.
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Foreign language center and courses
There is a foreign language centre. Languages offered: English, French, German as a Foreign Language, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Swedish, Polish, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Latin, Arabic, Turkish, Ancient Greek, German Sign Language, Greek, Hebrew, Korean, Kurdish (Kurmancî), Dutch, Norwegian.
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Special features regarding university sports
The university offers its own sports programme. Participation in sports programmes of other universities is possible for our students. Some courses are free of charge, some subject to fees. The programme is open to: Students of University Ruhr West in cooperation, and students of all other universities. The sports programmes are open to students over the age of 16, university staff and guests. 2009 university sports club; fitness studios on the Duisburg and Essen campuses; trend sports such as American football, spinning, Zumba; Sports trips; cycling programme and more.
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Last update 2024: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education
