In 2019, a design by two design students was selected for the Teaching Lion Award for the next five years: A tree was to be planted in the University…
Trees for excellent teaching: University arboretum continues to grow

The Start-up Days from 18 to 21 November promise exciting insights into the start-up scene at the University of Wuppertal and the region. At the three…
Discover the diversity of the start-up world at Start-up Days

Emissions trading is a key instrument in the fight against climate change. The introduction of CO2 certificates incentivises companies to reduce their…
Innovative mathematical models for emissions trading

The Centre for Transformation Research and Sustainability (transzent), the student union (AStA) and Students for Future at the University of…
Lecture series focusses on global climate justice

Today, 2,298 first-year students began their studies at the University of Wuppertal. This means that their current number (2,337 at this point in…
Wuppertal "first-year students" start the winter semester

How has the repertoire of German symphony orchestras changed since 1949 and what factors have influenced this development? Sociologists at the…
Symphony orchestra in transition

In view of the increasing strength of extremist and anti-democratic forces in Germany, a new project group was founded at the University of Wuppertal…
Wuppertal University and schools launch new project

A small delegation from the University of Wuppertal paid a particularly exquisite visit to the UN Climate Change Secretariat in Bonn last Saturday. At…
Hand in hand against the climate crisis

The luminous neon work "Be Afraid of the Enormity of the Possible" by Chilean artist Alfredo Jaar on the façade of the Kunsthalle Barmen already…
The new "Kunsthalle Barmen" opens in Wuppertal on 18 October

The Astrophysics Centre for Multi-Messenger Studies in Europe (ACME) aims to better coordinate the leading infrastructures for astroparticle and…
Astrophysics centre for multi-messenger studies in Europe launches