Equal opportunities
Equal opportunities and educational justice - we want to make more out of them than just catchwords. With commitment and ever better offers without inhibitions. Studies and good teaching must be accessible to all. Because education must not be dependent on origin or financial means.
We support independent learning as well as commitment and willingness to perform among our students with a wide range of offers, funding opportunities and in many programmes.
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The LehramtsWiki is the information portal for prospective teachers at the University of Duisburg-Essen. Developed by the Center for Teacher Education in cooperation with student teachers - financed by quality improvement funds of the university.
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Not New York City - but close to itLiving in Duisburg & Essen
Anyone who walks across the two campuses of the UDE will encounter people from more than 130 nations meeting in a great melting pot: Here in the Ruhr region. The Ruhr region is an entity of superlatives - the largest settlement area in Germany. Despite all the prejudices, it is not gray here, but green. In 2017, Essen bore the title of "European Green Capital." And the Ruhr region is rich in culture. So rich, in fact, that the entire region was declared Capital of Culture 2010 by the EU. But while other metropolitan areas strive to always present their chocolate side, the people here show themselves as they are.
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Our spectrum of subjects for you ranges from the humanities, education, social sciences and economics to engineering and natural sciences, including medicine.
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Open University
The Open University at the Academic Advising Center Studies and Career (ABZ) addresses new, non-traditional target groups of students and wants to help realize individual educational ideas according to their needs.
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Study international
A stay abroad broadens one's horizons and is an experience that is not only personally enriching, but also belongs to the so-called "soft skills" that are expected of most young professionals today. The International Office offers information about the requirements, scholarships, financing and everything around a stay abroad.
- Information for Outgoing Students
- International Programs
- Exchange programs
We will not leave you alone. Well accompanied through studies
Creating educational equity - that doesn't happen without effort. That is why we have established a large-scale mentoring system at our university. The task of our mentors is to support, accompany and inspire their students. In most cases, this professional and personal support improves academic performance and reduces dropout and failure rates.
Making teaching and learning processes succeed Quality of study & teaching
What conditions must be in place for teaching and learning processes to succeed and produce successful results? And how can the quality of teaching and learning be assured and continuously developed? At the UDE, we systematically address these questions - also on the basis of evaluation and research - and develop answers together with many stakeholders at different levels.
Individual situation and structural conditions UDE-Umfrage
The UDE-Umfrage team at the ZHQE regularly conducts university-wide surveys among (former) students and lecturers at the UDE to gather their opinions on topics related to their studies. The surveys are analysed according to scientific standards. The results are passed on to decision-makers as part of UDE's quality management system. The surveys thus provide important information for the data-supported further development of studying and teaching at UDE.