Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences
| Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences | |
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| founding | 1971 |
| Sponsorship | state |
| place | Krefeld (headquarters) and Mönchengladbach |
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 North Rhine-Westphalia
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| country |
 Germany
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| president | Thomas Grünewald |
| Students | 14,215 |
| Employee | about 880 |
| including professors | 245 |
| Networks | DFH |
| Website | www.hs-niederrhein.de |
The Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences was founded on August 1, 1971 through the merger of eight “higher technical schools”, three engineering schools and a craft art school in the Krefeld-Mönchengladbach area. The state engineering school for textiles in Krefeld, which had the longest tradition of its predecessors, was also incorporated into it.
The Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, which was called the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences until 2001 , has its headquarters with the executive committee and administration in Krefeld ; the departments are spread over the two campuses in Krefeld and one in Mönchengladbach . For the 2019/20 winter semester, 8,425 people are studying in Mönchengladbach and 5,790 in Krefeld (at the Frankenring and Reinarzstraße locations). With around 14,215 students, the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences is one of the ten largest universities of applied sciences in Germany.
Faculties & courses
- Department 01 Chemistry , Krefeld location, Frankenring / Adlerstrasse
- Department 02 Design , Krefeld location, Frankenring
- Department 03 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science , Krefeld location, Reinarzstrasse
- Department 04 Mechanical and Process Engineering , Krefeld location, Reinarzstrasse
- Department 05 Ecotrophology , Mönchengladbach location, Rheydter Straße
- Department 06 Social Affairs , Mönchengladbach location, Webschulstraße / Richard-Wagner-Straße
- Department 07 Textile and Clothing Technology , Mönchengladbach location, Rheydter Straße / Webschulstraße - member of the teXellence network
- Department 08 Economics , Mönchengladbach location, Webschulstraße / Richard-Wagner-Straße
- Department 09 Industrial Engineering, Krefeld location, Reinarzstrasse
- Department 10 Healthcare , Krefeld location, Reinarzstrasse
A total of around 60 Bachelor's and around 30 Master's courses are offered full-time and part-time as well as part-time and dual.
With 3,478 students, the economics department is the university's largest department. In Krefeld, the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science is currently the largest department with 1,336 students.
Teaching
The Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences has a tutor program that it officially accredited in June 2016, which has existed since 2010. In the field of teaching, she was also successful in three major funding programs of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research . For the implementation of the concept of "peer tutoring and course guidance ", which is intended to help weaker students in particular, by providing them with individual support and support, she received around 4.7 million euros in the years 2011 to 2015; In 2015 she received the decision for 5.3 million euros for a further five years. In the second funding round of the Teaching Quality Pact, she was successful as the coordinator of the joint application "Service Agency Lecturer Pool". Accordingly, together with three other universities of applied sciences in North Rhine-Westphalia, she received money from the Federal Ministry to make the recruitment of lecturers more professional. The program expired in December 2016.
Dual & Trials studies
The "Krefeld Model" has existed since 1982, which was developed with the Middle Lower Rhine Chamber of Commerce and Industry and began in the chemistry and mechanical engineering departments. It is now possible to study dual studies in seven out of ten departments. In the dual course of study, students spend three days a week in a partner company and two at the university during the first four semesters. They finished their vocational training after two years. You then continue to study full-time and after a total of eight - instead of six - semesters (standard period of study) have your bachelor's degree (plus vocational training). Other options provide for further studies after completing your vocational qualification. If you want to apply for a dual course of study, you need a training contract with a company that cooperates with the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences. If this training contract exists, there are no further admission restrictions. Since 2013, in cooperation with the medicoreha Welsink Academy as a state-recognized college for physiotherapy and occupational therapy, the dual bachelor's degree in "Applied Therapy Sciences" has been offered.
Since the 2015 winter semester there has been a triple degree course in craft management. In this course, students can acquire three degrees: journeyman, master and bachelor. Such a study model is otherwise only available at the private medium-sized technical college and no other state university. The trades carpenters, plant mechanics, bricklayers, construction mechanics and woodworkers are currently represented.
research
In 2018, the university acquired third-party research funds totaling 9.3 million euros. The lion's share of the sum, namely eight million euros, comes from publicly funded projects. Funders for the 23 public projects are the European Union, the federal government or the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. There are also 73 projects with private sector partners. With a total funding volume of 1.3 million euros, these are each significantly lower than the publicly funded projects.
The main research areas are: functional surfaces, applied health and nutrition research, IT and logistics concepts, innovative product and process design, social and economic innovations, energy efficiency . There are currently nine research institutes and 14 competence centers at the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences. Application-oriented research is carried out there across departments.
The research institutes:
- Institute for Occupational Safety, Environmental Protection, Health Promotion and Ethics (AUGE)
- Research Institute for Textiles and Clothing (FTB)
- Business process management and IT (GEMIT)
- Institute for Paints and Surface Chemistry (ILOC)
- Institute for Modeling and High Performance Computing (IMH)
- Institute for Pattern Recognition (iPattern)
- Niederrhein Institute for Regional and Structural Research (NIERS)
- Social Concepts - Institute for Research and Development in Social Work (SO.CON)
- SWK E² - Institute for Energy Technology and Energy Management
There are also the following competence centers:
- Competence Center Microbiology and Biotechnology (CCMB)
- Competence center for applied and optical technologies (CompASS 2025)
- Competence Center EthNa Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
- Competence Center eHealth (EHCC)
- Competence center eWeb Research Center
- Competence Center Research for Intelligent Assistance Systems and Technologies (FAST)
- Competence center women and cars
- Competence Center for Intelligent System Solutions for Automation (ISA)
- Competence Center for Applied Mycology and Environmental Studies (KAMU)
- Competence Center Childhood Education on the Move (KiB)
- Competence Center for Resource-Oriented Age Research (REAL)
- Competence center for routine data in healthcare
- Competence Center Social Urban Design (SOUND)
- Competence Center Surface Technology Applied Research (STAR)
Textile materials
The textile and clothing technology department is of particular importance. With over 2000 students, 30 professors, 25 lecturers and over 30 employees, it is the largest textile department in Europe. Every two years the trade fair "MG attracts" takes place on the Mönchengladbach campus, which is organized in cooperation with the Mönchengladbach business development agency.
The department includes the Research Institute for Textiles and Clothing, which conducts research in the field of technical textiles . Also on campus is the public testing center for textiles, which carries out nationwide tests on personal protective equipment (PPE), textile medical products, tests on industrial reprocessing and on the hygiene of textiles.
Awards
As part of the award ceremony for the university director in the weekly newspaper Die Zeit and the Center for University Development (CHE for short), University President Hans-Hennig von Grünberg received the award as University Manager of the Year 2017. This decision was justified, among other things, by the significant sharpening of the University profile of the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences with regard to knowledge and research transfer, especially in the regional area. In addition, the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences benefits from the university alliance for medium-sized companies , in which application-oriented universities of applied sciences (FH) and universities of applied sciences (HAW) provide training that is particularly job-market-oriented and practical. Special emphasis is placed on the training of young skilled workers for the regional economy and internships, theses or research projects are offered by regional companies. Hans-Hennig von Grünberg has also been a founding member and first chairman of the university alliance since November 2014.
Monument description
The building was entered under No. W 016 on January 11, 1988 in the monuments list of the city of Mönchengladbach .
The property consists of the school building (Webschulstraße 31), the former director's house (Webschulstraße 33), the former workshop on Webschulstraße (facade and front building with shed roof) and the former goods testing office for textiles (Rheydter Straße 291).
School building: It is a two-story brick building in neo-Gothic forms. The street facade is divided into two corner and a central projections with colored glazed bricks and ceramic reliefs. The formerly existing ornamental gables were not rebuilt after being severely damaged during the war. The main entrance door, the stairwell and the corridor areas with brick arches and cross ridge vaults have been preserved, as well as an auditorium on the top floor with complete seating from the reconstruction period.
The west adjoining the Webschulstraße storey shed roof -Werkhalle with basically original, lisenengegliederter brick facade is one of the historic training center to the memorial because of their street image formative effect and as functional integral part.
To the east of the main building, on the corner of Richard-Wagner-Strasse, is the former director's house, largely preserved in its original form. The two-storey corner building is closed on both sides of the street by a projecting protrusion with a half-timbered ornamental gable. A bay-like tower is arranged around the corner , which rests on brick consoles in the area of the ground floor . The upper end is a brick cornice with a timber framing above. The tent roof , initially sloping flat, merges into a pyramid-shaped helmet roof with a decorative tip. Between Eckturm and ornamental gable one is on each side of the road dormer in saddle roof arranged. The articulated brick facade, like the ornamental gable and the winter garden attached to the north side, has been preserved in its original form in an ornate wooden construction. The windows and window arrangements are partly preserved in their original form, as well as in the inner stairwell, tiled floor and room doors with neo-Gothic walls . The intermediate building between the school building and the director's house is not part of the memorial.
The former “Public Goods Inspection Office for the Textile Industry” in Mönchengladbach is located on Rheydter Straße. The building, completed in 1916, was badly damaged in 1944 and reopened in 1951. It is a three-storey brick building with five window axes, natural stone cornices , natural stone window sills , a hipped roof with eaves and three dormer windows facing the street. On the first floor there is a central bay on natural stone consoles. The original front door and some old windows have been preserved, on the ground floor as arched windows and on the upper floor with arches. The base, the parapets and the window lintels are highlighted as decorative masonry or by masonry lintels. The entrance area with staircase is built in front like a risalit on the south side. Loggias are built into this porch on the first and second floors east of the staircase .
Personalities (selection)
Rectors / Presidents
- Karlheinz Brocks , Rector from 1971 to 1980
- Günther Edler , Rector from 1980 to 1990
- Karl-Heinz Broermann, Rector from 1980 to 1994
- Hermann Ostendorf, Rector from 1994 to 2010
- Hans-Hennig von Grünberg , President from 2010 to 2020
- Thomas Grünewald , President since March 1, 2020
Professors (selection)
- Gerhard Baker
- Theodor M. Bardmann
- Michael Borg runs
- Günter Dohr (light kinetics)
- Klaus Hansen (political scientist)
- Werner Heister
- Gerrit Heinemann
- Hans Jung (economist)
- Heinz J. Kersting
- Wilhelm Mulder
- Claudia New
- Gunzelin Schmid Noerr
- Sylvia Thun
- Jens Wetterau
Previous institutions in 1971
- Werkkunstschule Krefeld
- State engineering school for mechanical engineering Krefeld
- State engineering school for textiles Krefeld
- State engineering school for textiles Mönchengladbach
- Higher technical school for clothing industry Bielefeld
- Higher technical school for clothing industry in Cologne
- Higher technical school for home economics Essen-Holsterhausen
- Higher technical school for home economics in Wuppertal-Elberfeld
- Higher technical school for home economics in Cologne-Ehrenfeld
- Higher technical school for home economics Rheydt
- Higher technical school for rural housekeeping Neuss-Selikum
- Higher technical school for social pedagogy Rheydt
- State higher business school Mönchengladbach
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Network. List of universities in the DFH network. In: www.dfh-ufa.org. Franco-German University, accessed on October 4, 2019 .
- ↑ History - Get to know the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences. In: www.hs-niederrhein.de. Retrieved December 7, 2016 .
- ↑ Numbers and facts from and about the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences. In: www.hs-niederrhein.de. Retrieved December 7, 2016 .
- ↑ Students at universities. (PDF) Federal Statistical Office, September 2, 2016, accessed on February 8, 2017 .
- ↑ teXellence Competence Network Textile Niederrhein - We have found our topics ( Memento of the original from January 31, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 302 kB)
- ↑ Brief portrait of the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences. Hochschule Niederrhein, November 2016, accessed on February 9, 2017 .
- ↑ Numbers and facts from and about the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences. In: www.hs-niederrhein.de. Retrieved December 7, 2016 .
- ↑ Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences has its tutor program accredited. In: www.hs-niederrhein.de. Retrieved November 9, 2016 .
- ↑ 5.3 million euros third-party funding from the federal government for more quality in teaching. In: www.hs-niederrhein.de. Retrieved November 9, 2016 .
- ↑ medicoreha Welsink Academy ( Memento from January 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Triales Studies | Wegweiser-Duales-Studium.de. In: www.wegweiser-duales-studium.de. Retrieved September 13, 2016 .
- ↑ University of Applied Sciences NIederrhein raises 9.3 million euros in third-party funding. In: www.hs-niederrhein.de. Retrieved January 28, 2020 .
- ↑ Institutes and competence centers at the HS Niederrhein. In: www.hs-niederrhein.de. Retrieved November 9, 2016 .
- ↑ Institutes and competence centers at the HS Niederrhein. In: www.hs-niederrhein.de. Retrieved November 9, 2016 .
- ↑ WFMG | Leading industries | Textile & Fashion - WFMG - Mönchengladbach Economic Development Corporation. In: www.wfmg.de. Retrieved September 13, 2016 .
- ↑ Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, Public Testing Center for Textiles ( Memento from May 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Christine Prußky: Hans-Hennig von Grünberg: He can inspire . In: The time . November 16, 2017, ISSN 0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed December 5, 2017]).
- ↑ Member universities: University Alliance . Retrieved December 5, 2017 .
- ↑ Presidium of the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences at a glance. Retrieved December 5, 2017 (German).
- ↑ Monuments list of the city of Mönchengladbach ( memento from October 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), from August 14, 2013.
- ^ Ostendorf, Hermann .: Grown from the region: 40 years of the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences . Presidium of the Hochsch. Niederrhein, Krefeld 2011, ISBN 978-3-9814563-0-1 .
Coordinates: 51 ° 19 ′ 0 " N , 6 ° 34 ′ 14.2" E