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Studying at Bielefeld University opens doors to the national and international job markets. With a variety of subject combinations in the Bachelor’s degree programme, a wide-ranging catalogue of elective courses, and an interdisciplinary Master’s programme, students can move beyond the bounds of their chosen subject area.

Each year Bielefeld University welcomes several hundred visiting students from all over the world. A large number of cooperation programmes, courses in English and multilingual degree courses, Double Degree Programmes as well as study programmes with an international track prepare students and young researchers from Germany and abroad for the international job market.

A strong research university with a prominent international presence: Here, top-​class interdisciplinary research is carried out at the highest international level. Excellence in teaching means engaging students’ sense of personal responsibility. It also means taking each student seriously and treating them respectfully, irrespective of background, origin and interests, and acting in a fair and transparent manner.

Bielefeld University has steadily increased its proportion of female professors in recent years, but there is still a need for action. Therefore, the university uses a comprehensive portfolio of instruments to attract and retain more female professors.

Throughout their academic studies, students not only acquire specific specialist knowledge, but also the ability to think critically and analytically, to reflect upon and to solve problems. With this in mind, Bielefeld University attaches great importance to the teaching of civil courage, respect, willingness to take responsibility, and the ability to work together constructively.

The task and goal of the staff members in administration and services is to best support the researchers, instructors, and students of Bielefeld University. They provide services that are tailored to the needs of specific target groups. Our staff members in administration and services thus take on the responsibility for helping the university successfully continue on its path towards development – now and in the future.

Our researchers transcend borders – between disciplines, between people and between science and society. The principle of “transcending boundaries” is the driving force behind top-level basic research at the international level.

Bielefeld University is an internationally renowned and globally networked institution. It sees itself as a space for societal reflection, characterised by international exchange and cultural openness.

The Bielefeld study model is characterised by a high degree of transparency and flexibility: With a large number of subject combinations and a uniform module system at the Bachelor’s level, a wide-ranging catalogue of elective courses, and interdisciplinary Master’s degree programmes, Bielefeld University actively promotes interdisciplinary teaching and learning.

Bielefeld University prepares students for careers in a wide range of professional fields in both research and industry. In addition to gaining subject-specialist knowledge and methodological skills, our research-based teaching empowers students to think critically and analytically, along with strengthening their reflective and problem-solving skills.