More than 500,000 kilometres of cable and almost as many transformers will be needed to expand the German electricity grids by 2045. This is the…
Cables and transformers put to the test: University of Wuppertal determines requirements for the climate-neutral electricity grid

Better equipped to deal with damage caused by natural hazards, pandemics or cyber attacks: The aim of the KRISENFIT research project, which was…
Making municipalities fit for crises

Wuppertal Bachelor graduate Jan Eric Bachhausen was awarded the Dr Karl-Heinz Weck Prize by the Forschungsgemeinschaft für elektrische Anlagen und…
Climate-neutral by 2045: what about the hydrogen supply?

Stadtradeln, the Climate Alliance's competition for climate protection and better cycle paths, started in Wuppertal for the seventh time this year.…
18,068 kilometres on the bike: Bergische Uni team secures third place

Gunther Wölfges, long-standing Chairman of the Board of Stadtsparkasse Wuppertal, has made numerous projects at the university of Wuppertal possible -…
Gunther Wölfges is the new honorary citizen of the University of Wuppertal

Anica Meins-Becker is the new Professor of Digital Design, Construction and Operation at the University of Wuppertal. She was most recently head of…
Digital transformation of the construction and property industry

Sport as a unifying element in everyday university life: Dennis Fink, the new head of the university sports centre at the University of Wuppertal…
More than exercise: How university sports centres can shape university life

Over 2,000 curious visitors brought a record number of visitors to the traditional Wuppertal building on Barmer "Werth" on the opening weekend in…
2,000 visitors at the opening: Wuppertal sets new standards with the new Barmen Art Gallery

A new book by Wuppertal historian Prof Dr Tatjana Tönsmeyer sheds light on life in German-occupied Europe during the Second World War. In it, the…
Under German occupation: Europe 1939-1945

Bringing students closer to scientific knowledge in an innovative way is the idea behind the "Collaborative Biodiversity Experience" (KollaBio)…
Students analyse Wuppertal's biodiversity